concocting potions from plants, water and goodness knows what else! ?Plants with an interesting scent from flowers or leaves are always lots of fun in potions.? Some suggestions are Mint (grows like a weed so the kids can pick as much as they like), Lavender and ?Pineapple Sage??. Plants with Flowers Making daisy chains or just picking a bunch of flowers to brighten someone's day is a simple, lovely way for kids to interact with the garden. Choose some hardy flowering perennials that take little maintenance and also annuals that easily self seed each Spring. ?Some suggestions are: There is no better way to teach children where food comes from than growing it themselves. Plus it's loads of fun to collect up little stashes of home grown goodness to snack on in the cubby house or feed to your soft toys.?? Choose easy to grow fruit or veggies that you know your children enjoy, beginning with those your kids can eat right of the plant for fast snacking while playing.? Suggestions include: It's always fun to plant a few strange and interesting things if you have the space. Weird and wonderful plants can spark a child's imagination and provide a little extra magic to the garden. Gourds come in lots of strange shapes and sizes and you can dry them to make all kinds of interesting things.? Popping Corn is great, allowing children to grow and pop their own corn ! Plants You Can Hide In A cubby house is