Content Themes: Art. Slow design. Activities | Cornell Garden-Based Learning. Dig Art! Home | Benefits | Eco Arts | Activities | Resources | Gallery | Toolkit Adapt these activities to the age, interest, and skill levels of your group. All activities are in printable PDF format. Click on the topic heading for background information and connections to NYS Learning Standards. “Garden arts, theater, music, and dance are not merely interesting spectacles for entertaining community. They are the very stuff that a community’s culture is made of. The best children’s gardening programs don’t try to fit “the arts” into a pre-established agenda, but instead cultivate project ideas, garden designs, and horticultural activities based on the natural creative instincts and artistic passions of the children themselves, young and old.”
~from Digging Deeper: Integrating Youth Gardens into Schools and Communities by Joseph Kiefer and Martin Kemple. Recycled Art Work & Garden July 10, 2011. Kylie Stillman. Superhero Garden Gnome Mod. The first thing you'll need to do is determine your gnome's alter ego. Spend time with the gnome. Sleep with it if you have to. Look into its eyes...its soul. Look around your yard too. What type of issues are the yard inhabitants facing? Additionally, you'll want to consider the physical feature of your gnome. Batman and Robin: One gnome is in a proud, alert stance. Spiderman: I also had a crawling gnome.