Grow ─ A Family Guide to Growing Fruits and Vegetables

A dynamic and delightful guide--packed with games, activities, and extras--that will satisfy the garden-curious and get families excited about growing their own fruits and vegetables.


In Grow, Ben Raskin looks at the whole life cycle of food, from sowing and saving to planning and planting, and--most exciting of all--harvesting the food you've grown. From planting your own pizza toppings to becoming competitors in the great runner-bean race,Grow will teach families that growing your food is easy and fun, and that eating the crop you've produced together is even better. Complete with stickers, a Fruit Pairs game, a Rainbow Wheel of Taste, and a runner-been growth chart, Grow offers the inspiration and knowledge that you need to get out there and start planting.

BEN RASKIN is the Head of Horticulture at the Soil Association in the UK, and a father to two. He runs courses and training on organic growing and launched the Soil Association's flagship Organic Apprenticeship Scheme in 2007. Ben got the gardening bug working on an organic vineyard in northern Italy, and has worked in horticulture for eighteen years. He is also the author of?Compost.