--- product_id: 219817 title: "Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children" price: "147.86 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/219817-roots-shoots-buckets-and-boots-gardening-together-with-children store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # 12 themed garden projects Original watercolor illustrations Quick 10-minute child-friendly planting plan Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children **Price:** 147.86 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🌿 Grow memories, not just plants — because childhood should bloom with wonder! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children - **How much does it cost?** 147.86 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/219817-roots-shoots-buckets-and-boots-gardening-together-with-children) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Quick & Doable:** Child-friendly 10-minute planting and maintenance plans ensure instant engagement without overwhelm. - • **Art Meets Nature:** Beautifully illustrated with Sharon Lovejoy’s lyrical watercolors, making gardening visually inspiring. - • **Eco-Friendly & Creative:** Encourages use of found household items and organic composting for sustainable, budget-wise gardening. - • **Cultivate Wonder Together:** 12 spirited, easy-to-implement garden projects designed for parents and kids to bond over nature. - • **Grow Curiosity & Knowledge:** Discovery Walks and fun factoids turn every garden into a living classroom for kids. ## Overview Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots is a bestselling, beautifully illustrated guide that offers 12 imaginative garden projects tailored for children and parents to cultivate a shared love of nature. Featuring quick, easy-to-follow plans, eco-conscious gardening tips, and engaging activities, this book transforms gardening into a fun, educational, and creative family experience. ## Description Pizza Patches & Bean Tunnels: Kids' Garden Projects to Cultivate Wonder Here are 12 spirited, easy-to-implement ideas for theme gardens that parents and kids can grow together, connecting children to nature through gardening. Each project includes a plan and the planting recipe--as well as a "Discovery Walk," activities and crafts to make with what you grow. And each is illustrated with author Sharon Lovejoy's lyrical watercolors. There's the Pizza Patch, a giant-size wheel garden planted in "slices" of tomatoes, zucchini, oregano, and basil. A Flowery Maze to get lost in. A Moon Garden of night-blooming flowers, including a moonflower tent. And Mother Nature's Medicine Chest. Discovery Walks teach kids how the gardens work, and a chapter on gardening basics includes a child-friendly 10-Minute Plan for planting and maintenance, plus a list of the top 20 plants guaranteed to make gardeners out of kids. Review: Rediscover the joy of playing in the dirt - Sharon Lovejoy probably wasn't the very first gardener to think of creating fairy gardens, pizza gardens, sunflower houses and flower mazes; but I'll give her credit for introducing them to the gardening public like no one else had before or since. ROOTS, SHOOTS, BUCKETS AND BOOTS is a delightful introduction to gardening for children and the people who cherish them. The book is grounded on the idea that gardening should be shared with kids at a young age, the better to nurture a lifetime of healthy pleasure and respect for nature: therefore, learning how to grow things should be a fun experience, without a lot of restrictions, rules and long waiting to see results. Every project is scaled for children -- with a little help from parents - to be quick, do-able and fun. Parents will appreciate that the theme gardens in RSB&B will not send them running to the local garden center to charge up a small fortune in tools and materials. In keeping with organic horticultural practices, the author explains simple, homemade composting techniques and recipes to build soil and feed plants. Whenever possible, readers are encouraged to use found objects around the house and garage for cultivating and planting: she gives "permission" to dig and work the soil with spoons and forks, pot up potatoes in colanders and herb gardens in old gardening boots, and find new purpose for rusty old wagons as movable feasts of annual flowers. Kids can't help but learn quite a bit from their experiences in sowing and growing. The author opens up a world of wonderment that tantalizes kids to learn from the changes and growth taking place. She subtly encourages kids to watch for all the insect and animal life their gardens will attract. RSB&B is densely packed with fun factoids like, "Run your fingers over the pumpkin vines. Farmers use them to protect the plots of other crops" and "If you like the taste of licorice, you won't be able to pass your fennel without nibbling. Fennel is called the weight-watcher's herb because it satisfies an appetite." Designed with humor and illustrated with charm, RSB&B will prompt people of all ages to rediscover why they love playing outside in the sun, fresh air and dirt. Review: Planning a Children's Garden? Look no further... - I'm in the early stages of planning a garden for my 4-yr old daughter (and 2-yr old son, if he eventually develops an interest!). This book caught my eye immediately so I bought it, and was not disappointed! It's a book that grabs you as soon as you see the cover. I just wanted to sit down immediately and read the whole thing! Beautifully illustrated by the author's own watercolors, it contains a wealth of ideas and information. It's obvious that the author is very enthusiastic about gardening and wants to ensure that you, and your children, have a successful and enjoyable experience. I disagree with the reviewer who said you need a huge plot of land to use this book. While the designs (if you follow them exactly) require plots ranging from 10 foot square up to 18 foot square, the author herself states in the introduction that her garden designs "aren't set in concrete; they're grown in soil, so experiment, change, add to or subtract from them." She has an entire chapter on container gardens, and most, if not all, of the plants in her top 20 can be grown successfully in containers. Use your imagination! I also saw a comment that the plants in her top 20 can be hard to find. She offers a substantial listing of sources, but I'll save you the trouble! If you can't find the plants at your local nursery, look no further than Bluestone Perennials and Burpee seeds, both of which you can shop on-line. I was able to locate everything in her top 20 list between those two companies, except for the mimosa plant seeds which I found on eBay, of all places! Bluestone is a excellent family-run company whom I have had great luck with--the best mail order nursery around in my opinion. You need to plan ahead and order your spring plants from them during the winter, but your patience will be rewarded with large healthy plants that come guaranteed to grow. Happy Gardening! ## Features - Publication Date: May 1, 1999, First printing, First Edition - Series: Gardening together with children - Signed by the author, "Culitivate Wonder!" Sharon Lovejoy ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #209,653 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #52 in Children's Gardening Books (Books) #136 in Children's Flower & Plant Books (Books) #335 in Children's Craft & Hobby Books (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 491 Reviews | ## Images ![Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1ozVR4D0ZL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rediscover the joy of playing in the dirt *by A***N on April 9, 2003* Sharon Lovejoy probably wasn't the very first gardener to think of creating fairy gardens, pizza gardens, sunflower houses and flower mazes; but I'll give her credit for introducing them to the gardening public like no one else had before or since. ROOTS, SHOOTS, BUCKETS AND BOOTS is a delightful introduction to gardening for children and the people who cherish them. The book is grounded on the idea that gardening should be shared with kids at a young age, the better to nurture a lifetime of healthy pleasure and respect for nature: therefore, learning how to grow things should be a fun experience, without a lot of restrictions, rules and long waiting to see results. Every project is scaled for children -- with a little help from parents - to be quick, do-able and fun. Parents will appreciate that the theme gardens in RSB&B will not send them running to the local garden center to charge up a small fortune in tools and materials. In keeping with organic horticultural practices, the author explains simple, homemade composting techniques and recipes to build soil and feed plants. Whenever possible, readers are encouraged to use found objects around the house and garage for cultivating and planting: she gives "permission" to dig and work the soil with spoons and forks, pot up potatoes in colanders and herb gardens in old gardening boots, and find new purpose for rusty old wagons as movable feasts of annual flowers. Kids can't help but learn quite a bit from their experiences in sowing and growing. The author opens up a world of wonderment that tantalizes kids to learn from the changes and growth taking place. She subtly encourages kids to watch for all the insect and animal life their gardens will attract. RSB&B is densely packed with fun factoids like, "Run your fingers over the pumpkin vines. Farmers use them to protect the plots of other crops" and "If you like the taste of licorice, you won't be able to pass your fennel without nibbling. Fennel is called the weight-watcher's herb because it satisfies an appetite." Designed with humor and illustrated with charm, RSB&B will prompt people of all ages to rediscover why they love playing outside in the sun, fresh air and dirt. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Planning a Children's Garden? Look no further... *by M***3 on July 19, 2009* I'm in the early stages of planning a garden for my 4-yr old daughter (and 2-yr old son, if he eventually develops an interest!). This book caught my eye immediately so I bought it, and was not disappointed! It's a book that grabs you as soon as you see the cover. I just wanted to sit down immediately and read the whole thing! Beautifully illustrated by the author's own watercolors, it contains a wealth of ideas and information. It's obvious that the author is very enthusiastic about gardening and wants to ensure that you, and your children, have a successful and enjoyable experience. I disagree with the reviewer who said you need a huge plot of land to use this book. While the designs (if you follow them exactly) require plots ranging from 10 foot square up to 18 foot square, the author herself states in the introduction that her garden designs "aren't set in concrete; they're grown in soil, so experiment, change, add to or subtract from them." She has an entire chapter on container gardens, and most, if not all, of the plants in her top 20 can be grown successfully in containers. Use your imagination! I also saw a comment that the plants in her top 20 can be hard to find. She offers a substantial listing of sources, but I'll save you the trouble! If you can't find the plants at your local nursery, look no further than Bluestone Perennials and Burpee seeds, both of which you can shop on-line. I was able to locate everything in her top 20 list between those two companies, except for the mimosa plant seeds which I found on eBay, of all places! Bluestone is a excellent family-run company whom I have had great luck with--the best mail order nursery around in my opinion. You need to plan ahead and order your spring plants from them during the winter, but your patience will be rewarded with large healthy plants that come guaranteed to grow. Happy Gardening! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome! *by A***R on April 19, 2026* Love this book! Filled with creative ideas for the garden. 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