We, as adults, have the awesome responsibility of providing opportunities, companionship, and guidance to encourage and stimulate children down a path of self-discovery. The garden does and will talk back, sharing successes and failures to those who love to garden. Failure is part of the gardening experience. How children learn to respond to failures will decide the success of their gardens and gardening experience. Patient and tolerant, herbs are very adaptable to various growing conditions.
Children differ in their interests, personalities and aptitudes.
Herb gardens can be just as unique and individual as the child or group planning and planting a garden. Schoolyard gardens can be integrated into school curriculum to be used as living laboratories. It is much easier to instill a fundamental part of science into children using a garden, rather than a dull classroom lecture. Actually experiencing the lessons with a hands on approach could transform a child's knowledge. In a computer class they can record rain fall and chart plant growth rates.