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Grow Forage and Make by Alys Fowler
Spring has well and truly sprung! It’s the perfect time to plant a whole range of different plants from beetroots to basil, cucumbers to cantoloupes! Not to mention carrots, radishes, sunflowers, basil, capsicums, eggplants, tomatoes and peas!
How do I know all this you may ask? Why because I have been reading “Grow, Forage and Make” by Alys Fowler with delightful illustrations by Heidi Griffiths. This book is full of fun and rewarding activities, crafts, information and recipes to turn your thumbs green.
I loved how this book makes gardening feel like an adventure! There are so many fun things to try, like making your own wildflower seed paper, turning leaves into colourful art, and growing bright pink beetroot in the dark (yes, really!). You can even go exploring to find flowers you can eat, build a parsnip pea-shooter, and learn about the best strategies for growing and extraordinary garden.
The best part is that you don’t need a big garden to join in; just a few seeds from the Wyndham Seed Library, a bit of compost, and a sunny windowsill. It’s full of ideas that make you want to roll up your sleeves and get growing right away!
Grab a copy here.
- Reviewed by Nick, Children's Librarian
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