{"id":6253,"date":"2017-05-26T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/?p=6253"},"modified":"2017-05-25T18:13:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T01:13:37","slug":"children-garden-anxiety-depression-adhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywomanover29.com\/blog\/children-garden-anxiety-depression-adhd\/","title":{"rendered":"Children who garden have fun, eat more vegetables, and have less anxiety, depression and ADHD symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLittle hands gathering fennel for juicing with apples and cucumber (photo: Anne Binder)<\/div>\n

I\u2019m sure you\u2019d agree that children who garden have fun and that it may motivate them to actually eat more vegetables but would you expect gardening to reduce anxiety, depression and ADHD symptoms? Read on to learn more and be inspired.<\/p>\n

My friend Anne Binder has the children at her school, Sunrise Montessori School of Roseville<\/a>, participate in gardening and juicing and I just love it! She told me that the kids love gardening and that she\u2019s been doing it with her pupils for 31 years now. They are constantly in the garden, weeding, raking, planting and reaping the benefits of their hard work.<\/p>\n

They recently harvested some fennel that they had been growing and seeing the pictures she shared on Facebook just made my day! She kindly gave me permission to share them via a blog so here goes:<\/p>\n

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We grew the fennel and then the children picked it and we made juice with the fennel, apples and cucumber.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This is one of my favorite pictures \u2013 the newly picked fennel with all their little feet showing! (photo: Anne Binder)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here are just some of the things she overheard the children saying on harvest day: \u00a0<\/p>\n