Gardening with Emma

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Written for kids by a kid, this guide helps kids see the fun side of gardening, whether it’s growing giant vegetables, making a bug vacuum, or making a sound-themed garden.

Emma shares lots of inspiring ideas for young gardeners about how to grow healthy food, raise cool plants, and have fun outdoors.

Copies from the Food Garden Life shop are signed by Emma!

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Written for Kids by a Kid

Shortlisted for the Culinary Narratives category of the 2020 Taste Canada Awards

My 13-year-old daughter, Emma, shows young gardeners how to grow healthy food, raise cool plants, and have fun outdoors in the garden.

There are tips for making fun garden hideaways such as a sunflower house or been tee-pee. Learn how to make a bug vacuum. And get ideas for kid-friendly theme gardens including a rainbow garden, a sound garden, and a tickling garden.

By Emma Biggs (helped by Steven Biggs)

Page count: 144
Paperback
Full colour throughout
ISBN - 978-1-61212-925-9
Storey Publishing, 2019

“I wish I'd read your book before I raised my kids!” Julie G.

Making the Book

What a privilege to get to do a book with my daughter. Storey Publishing and photographer Donna Griffith were amazing to work with. We had loads of fun together! Here are some memories.

Bean Teepee

Emma’s brother Keaton loved the bean teepees!

Writing the Book

We started by looking through our photos for really fun memories.

Writing

Writing about gardening in a kid’s voice.

Garden Projects

We did a lot of garden projects that we could write about or which spruced up the garden for the photo shoots. Here is Emma with logs for making wicking beds for her tomato garden.

Weeding

We did more weeding than ever to keep the garden in tip-top shape for photos!

Making Hypertufa

Emma made hypertufa planters for her mint garden. By the third round of planters, she pinpointed a technique she liked for the book.

Photo Shoot 1

We had no idea how much work photographers do to take great photos. Donna Griffith was amazing to work with!

Saving up Bugs

We saved up slugs and snails for a few days to make sure Keaton would have some for the day of the photo shoot.

The Photo Shoot

Working fast while the light is just right.

The Rainbow of Veggies

We’re still laughing about this photo. The flagstones on the patio were a bit dirty, so we washed them. But then the photo didn’t look right on wet stone…so Emma got out the hair dryer to dry the flagstone patio!

The Beginning of the Sunflower House

The sunflower house is on the cover of the book. We LOVE this project. Here it is in the spring, when we had outlined the space with a few straw bales. What a transformation by fall. What an amazing space for kids.