A garden through the eyes of a 6-year-old

GPOD veterans might recall that I take my 5 - yr - old daughter , Kaia , garden visiting last year and put a television camera in her deal to see her linear perspective . I portion out the oh - so - interesting resultsHERE .

Well , now she ’s 6 , and last weekend she and myhusbandtagged along as I visitedTower Hill Botanic Gardenin Boylston , Massachusetts , on Saturday . Poor thing , we yanked her out of bed right smart earlier than she ’s used to , plopped her in a garden , and gravel an iPhone in her workforce . “ Take off , child , go take some pictures ! ” She caught on fairly chop-chop , as you may see .

Check out what she call up deserving of a click of the camera . It ’s obvious she ’s really good at something I ’m not : looking at the big picture . I pass spate of metre with my camera sink in the plants – she take some time to look up and admire . Oh , the lesson to be learned !

- - - - WE STILL NEED TIPS ! * * * * * * Hey everyone , put your thinking caps on – we’re in the midst of collecting horticulture tips for the May / June 2013 issue ( Crazy , I know … it ’s not even winter yet ! ) . Got any time hold open tricks , quick soupcon , or helpful trace you ’d care to divvy up ? They should be relevant to spring and early summer ( for example , no fall leaf - raking tips ) . Accompanying pic are welcomed but not at all necessary . ship them to me at[email protected ] , and if we make up one’s mind to release yours we ’ll send you $ 25 . Thanks !

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