Strawberry Nature Study

Step softly into the garden with us. This Strawberry Nature Study is the kind of learning we love best at Farm School Co., the sort that starts with a magnifying glass and a berry patch and ends with a child who sees the whole world a little differently.

Over ten days and a handful of joyful extensions, your young naturalist will learn how a strawberry wears her seeds on the outside like golden polka dots, how one tiny plant “walks” across the dirt to grow a whole patch, and how the sun bakes a green berry into a sweet red ruby. Along the way they will sail the Atlantic with two Traveler Berries, meet the gardeners of the King of France, and discover the artist behind the famous Strawberry Thief pattern.

There are berries to hunt, seeds to count, a mini-greenhouse to build, a felt strawberry to stitch, and a honey-sweetened drink to mash and sip. Every page was drawn and written by hand on our small family farm, with plenty of room for wonder and no pressure to finish every square.

Curious to gather your supplies and living books in one place? Visit farmschoolco.com/strawberry-resources.