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Gardening Activities & Classroom Resources for Teachers

A simple way to bring nature-based learning into the classroom. Explore ready-to-use gardening ideas, download our free Plant Journal, and shop classroom-friendly grow kits for your students.

A ready-to-use gardening activity for your class

We’ve prepared a simple gardening activity teachers can use straight away. It is easy to run, enjoyable for children, and a natural fit for science, literacy, maths, and wellbeing.

You can also pair it with our Kids Garden DIY Grow Kits, including our Party Pack options for classrooms, school events, and group activities.

Ordering for a school, nursery, or event?

Teachers and schools can shop our Party Pack options directly, including packs of 9 and 12. For larger classroom, school, or event orders, simply message us on WhatsApp and we’ll help you quickly.

Why gardening works so well in the classroom

Gardening gives children something real to do, observe, and care for. It supports curiosity, patience, responsibility, and confidence, while naturally connecting to multiple areas of learning.

It is simple to run, memorable for children, and easy to extend into follow-up lessons over the days and weeks that follow.

Children remember what they experience
When children plant, water, observe, and track growth, the learning feels personal and stays with them for longer.
It connects naturally to multiple subjects
One simple planting activity can lead into science lessons, journaling, measurement, sequencing, discussion, and reflection.
It is easy to run in class
You do not need a garden or a complicated setup. Children can complete the activity in class, then continue caring for their plant at home.
Featured Classroom Activity

DIY Gardening — Plant, Observe, and Grow

Our Kids Garden DIY Grow Kits make it easy to bring gardening into the classroom. Each child plants their own seeds, watches the soil expand, and leaves with something living to care for and observe.

Each kit contains a bamboo pot, a peat-free soil disc, and seeds — everything needed for a simple, hands-on activity children genuinely enjoy.

It is a beautiful way to make learning feel more meaningful, while giving teachers an easy activity they can build on across the term.

How to run it in class

Opening: Ask children what plants need to grow.

Activity: Add water to the soil disc, let it expand, plant the seeds, and place the pot near a sunny window.

Closing: Ask children to predict what their plant will look like in one week, then revisit it later through drawing, writing, or discussion.

Curriculum connections

Science: Plant growth, life cycles, observation

Literacy: Journaling, sequencing, descriptive writing

Maths: Measuring growth, counting days, simple data recording

Wellbeing: Patience, care, responsibility, and connection to nature

How to extend it across the term

Use the Plant Journal to track growth week by week.

Ask children to describe changes in their plant over time.

Measure plant height and compare results across the class.

Use the activity as a starting point for wider conversations about nature and caring for living things.

Free resource: Kids Garden Plant Journal

Our Plant Journal is a simple printable children can use to track and document their plant’s progress over time.

It works beautifully as a classroom resource on its own or as a companion to the grow kit activity, helping connect science, literacy, and creativity in one place.

A simple way to use it over 4 weeks

Start with one activity, then build around it. Here is one easy way teachers can turn the grow kit into a small cross-curricular classroom project.

Week 1 — Plant the seed
Run the gardening activity in class. Children plant their seeds and make a prediction about what will happen next.
Week 2 — Observe and record
Use the Plant Journal for children to draw or write about what has changed.
Week 3 — Measure and compare
Bring in simple maths by measuring plant height and comparing results across the class.
Week 4 — Reflect and create
Ask children to describe what they learned, create a drawing, or share the story of their plant’s journey.

Shop Party Packs for your class or event

Looking for something ready for a group? Our Party Packs are ideal for classrooms, birthdays, school events, and hands-on group activities.

Teachers and parents can purchase our Pack of 9 or Pack of 12 directly online. For larger quantities, simply message us on WhatsApp.

Perfect for

Nursery classrooms Primary schools School projects Science and nature units Cross-curricular learning School events

Ready to bring gardening into your classroom?

Download the Plant Journal, explore our grow kits, shop Party Packs, or message us on WhatsApp for larger school and event orders.