Briers Kids' Gardening Tools Set with Bag

Spending time outdoors is both healthy and exciting for children, and their natural curiosity makes them keen to explore the dirt and plants around them. With the Briers Kids' Gardening Tools Set with Bag, your little one can lend a helping hand the next time you're cultivating or weeding, providing opportunity for both bonding and learning.

What's Included?

• 1 x Children's Gardening Fork
• 1 x Children's Gardening Trowel
• 1 x Children's Gardening Rake
• 1 x Children's Watering Can
• 1 x Carry Bag

Special Bonding Time In the Fresh Outdoors

It's not just your child who'll benefit from the kids' gardening set. By encouraging your child to help you out with gardening, you're planting the seeds to a healthier relationship with quality bonding time. Better yet, you're bonding outdoors, where the fresh air naturally lifts spirits and helps children to release any excess energy.

How Safe Are the Kids' Gardening Tools?

As these gardening tools are designed specifically for children, they're a lot safer than the average instrument. The fork, trowel, and rake all have quite rounded edges, so there are no sharp or pointy bits that can caused any damage to the child – or to your garden if they get a bit carried away!

Additionally, the wooden handles are made from FSC-certified timber. This stamp of approval from the Forest Stewardship Council provides peace of mind that the tools are safe in your child's hands.

The gardening kit is specially designed
for little hands

Easy to Store Away or Carry

While some gardeners enjoy working outdoors all year round, you may prefer to limit your child's gardening to the warmer months. Thankfully, the carry bag included with the gardening tools is designed to store all of these accessories snugly and safely when it's not needed.

The bag is also great for transporting your little one's personal gardening tools. Whether they're going for a day to their grandparents' house or they're helping out a neighbour, it's easy to grab the packed bag out of the shed or cupboard and carry it all together.

Should My Child Wear Gardening Gloves?

Although the tools are made from FSC-certified timber and are therefore safe and comfortable to hold, it's best if you kit out your little one's hands with a pair of protective gardening gloves. You can view our Children's Gardening Gloves category to view a selection of sturdy and brightly coloured kids' gardening gloves. 

Benefits of Growing a School Garden

Having a nursery garden or primary school garden that's looked after by the children is a fantastic way to boost their development. Not only will it teach them about plants, but it'll also help learn to share the gardening tools, taking turns to plant and water the flowers. For children who are shy or nervous, it can also be a great opportunity to help grow their confidence.

What Should I Plant with My Child?

You can plant whatever you like – to the young mind it's not so much about what's being planted, but about the journey from the moment you cultivate the soil until you pluck the sweet fruit or smell the beautiful flower petals. If you don't have a garden, it's a good idea to purchase a window box or even just a little plant pot that your child can keep on their windowsill.

Overview of the Benefits of Gardening for Children

The kids' gardening kit contains an array of gardening tools to encourage your child's curiosity, enhance their education, and improve their day-to-day skills. Benefits of gardening for kids includes, but are not limited to, the following:

• Spending Time Outdoors: There's no question that time spent outdoors can be healthy for children, and they'll be able to learn about how weather affects plant life.

• Increased Confidence: If a child lacks confidence, then allowing them to take control of their own potted plant or small area in your garden will allow them to develop their abilities and, in turn, their self-confidence.

• Relaxing Atmosphere: Owing to the more relaxed nature of gardening, many children may see this as an opportunity to open up. Whether a child is struggling with school, worried about something specific, or scared to mention something, gardening side by side is a great opportunity to encourage them to open up in a safe and relaxed space.

• Improved Numeracy Skills: Activities such as counting out seeds can help to boost a child's numeracy skills in a way that doesn't feel like formal education.

• Educational Opportunities: With gardening, the opportunities for learning are endless. You can teach your child about nature and wildlife, about the weather and the seasons, and so much more all year round!

• Responsibility for Their Projects: By allowing a child to plant a seed, water it regularly, and nurture it as it grows, they'll learn to take responsibility for and pride in their own work from start to finish. This is particularly useful for preparing for school projects and beyond.

• Bonding with Other Children: School gardens are a great place to help children flourish. By encouraging them to work outdoors, sharing the rake and the fork, or taking turns to fill the watering can, they will learn to bond and share with others.

• Sensory Exploration: The garden is full of different smells and textures! Allowing your child to feel the damp soil, smell the fresh flowers, and watch the wriggling worms opens them up to a world of new experiences. 

• Developing Motor Skills: Whether it's raking through the mud, patting down the soil with a trowel, or gripping onto the watering can, the gardening tools included in this set will help your child to develop and enhance their motor skills.

• Healthier Lifestyle: If you plan to grow your own fruits and vegetables, this is likely to make your child curious about these healthy offerings. This works to promote a healthier diet that'll be easier for them to carry throughout life if ingrained in them from a young age.