Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Kids can get taste of gardening
BY CINDY KRANZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Sharon Lovejoy believes the seeds of a gardener are sown early in life. That's why she's coming to town to encourage parents to garden with children.
Ms. Lovejoy, author of Roots Shoots Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children (Workman; $13.95) will help kids start a “pizza” vegetable garden Thursday at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Norwood.
“It teaches about life,” she says of gardening. “They learn about life from the first moment they plant the seed to the moment it pops out of the ground.”
Then, they harvest, save the seeds and replant them. Children learn science, recyling and ecology, she says.
“It's something parents and children can enjoy together. It's almost like a voyage of discovery,” Ms. Lovejoy says. “I have kids who come in from the city who don't know a carrot comes from a seed.”
Ms. Lovejoy of Cambria, Calif. maintains a quarter-acre garden that has been featured in national and international magazines and books. People can take her ideas, she says, and translate them to small spaces such as a patio or porch.
Her book offers 12 different theme gardens with related activities, fun facts and recipes. The pizza garden is a small round garden with vegetables planted in sections that resemble pizza slices.
Besides learning, Ms. Lovejoy says, gardening with children creates family time and is a good intergenerational activity with grandparents.
“I learned a long time ago that ephemeral pleasures are ones that are most lasting in children's minds.”
Sharon Lovejoy will be at Joseph-Beth Booksellers Rookwood Pavilion, 2692 Madison Road, Norwood. at 3 p.m. Thursday. Information: 396-8960.
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