Visits with young grandchildren take place during summer or winter holidays, or March break for a week or so, sometimes only a weekend at a time. Grandparents can take this opportunity to spend time in the garden. Often parents are so busy with full time jobs, they do not personally have time to garden for enjoyment. People living in big cities might only have a small balcony, patio or no garden at all. Many people, in fact, discover gardening as they reach their middle years, when their own children are off at university and they can afford a house with a yard.
Grandparents can enjoy the luxury of time to garden, years of experience and homes with yards.
Young children also have jammed packed days full of lessons and practises during the rest of the year, so a visit to their grandparents' house can be a restful time-out from their many supervised activities. They'll absorb a lot more if you relax and enjoy yourself too. Later you can look at books, watch the Nature channel or go on the internet to explore gardening web sites together. Digging in dirt is a perennial toddler past-time. Even quite young children can help plant seeds or annuals in spring or bulbs in fall.