By Don Trotter Should We Teach Our Children About Nature? Hello
fellow Earthlings and welcome to the garden. In our ongoing
attempt to bring nature back into your gardens we have not
really touched on one of the most important reasons why
natural/organic gardening is so smart. Our children and the
children of our communities, regardless of their socioeconomic
background, really deserve to know as much as we can teach them
about how nature works. The obvious classroom for this knowledge
is the garden. Let’s take a walk and discuss some of the ways we
can increase awareness of the natural world for our kids. As our
society continues to sprawl into open spaces that once
surrounded our communities, we are continuing to lose precious
native areas that once allowed us to take our families on hiking
trips or picnics. These spaces continue to shrink and our
choices for immersing our children’s inherent curiosity in a
natural place are getting fewer by the week. This is where the
home garden, parks, or community/botan