Chloe the Gardener is thrilled to have Kristen Crouch visit Chloe’s Gardening Club.
Kristin is the host for Eastlink’s television show That Bloomin’ Garden. Her show is geared towards the new gardener in hope that she can encourage someone to try their hand at gardening and further beautify this earth we love. Kristin is passionate about [...]
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CALLING ALL OUTDOOR BOYS -The Dragonfly Boys want to know:
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SUMMER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY?
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Once the Dragonfly Boys have [...]
Welcome to our first post on Gardening with Chloe. Both Chloe and I are super excited to start the series with an inspirational gardener- Carole Brown from Ecosystem Gardening
Carole is a Conservation Biologist and passionate about teaching people to manage their properties to benefit the environment, conserve natural resources, and create wonderful habitats for the [...]
We absolutely adore Squirrels and on this special day we would like to say “three cheers” to the Squirrels for their curiosity-bringing fun, laughter and inspiration into our lives.
Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens
My eldest (now 17yrs) first close encounter of a squirrel.
These beautiful Botanic Gardens became our back garden when we lived in a top floor [...]
Helping to address the disconnection between children and the natural world in my own small way.
I am really excited to launch my new “Let’s Go Outside” webisodes – my small way of helping address the disconnection between children and the natural world.
When children and nature mix, something Magical happens, I want to share some of [...]
We filled old sellotape rolls with water, placed nut shells and cones from Sam’s nature collection then left the recycled cylinders outside in the freezing temperatures and let Mother Nature do her Magic…..
It was two of my wonderful nature loving twitter friends: @wildchild and @activekidsclub- that inspired us to make some ice ornaments. We decided [...]
Creativity is natural in all children
Inspired by nature One of the first things our children wanted to do when we moved into our new home in BC was to build a stone man…in fact lot’s of stone men.
Being part of the creative process is so rewarding both as a parent and an author/illustrator
Materials and experiences [...]
Treasured Memories on Film
Our children really miss their cousins back in Scotland. They were very close and spent a lot of time outdoors together. So when it comes to one of their cousins birthdays, our kids love to create mini movies for them-a special keep sake gift. (They have acted out a rock band video, [...]
Fun Outdoors
Our kids love being outdoors and one of the reasons for that is because my husband and I do too. My own childhood influenced the way I decided to bring up my own children. I had a carefree childhood, my parents invested their time in taking us on forest trails, mountain hikes, scavenger hunts, [...]
The Little Humbugs would like to wish you all a very Happy Green Halloween.
1. Go on a Pumpkin Hunt. Buy from your local farmer.
Great family fun – Kids love to choose their very own pumpkin.
2. Dry the pumpkin seeds and make them into necklaces.
3. Compost all left overs but leave any spare seeds for the [...]
