Complimenting your child’s outdoor playhouse and the space that it occupies is a lot simpler than you probably thought possible. All it takes is a little time and a lot of seeds! Yes, seeds. Your child can completely reconfigure the area around his or her playhouse by starting a vegetable and herb garden.

Here are a few reasons why you should really consider working with your child to convert that beautiful land into something extra special:

Get active with your child! You and your child will get a good workout as you dig, pull, and tend to the veggies and herbs that you are growing. Breathing that fresh air will be reinvigorating!  The amount of time that you spend could depend on the size of the space that you want to dedicate alongside your child’s outdoor play house.

Gardening will yield healthy foods or flowers that your family can enjoy!  Children that plant a garden alongside their playhouse will love being able to eat the foods that they worked so hard to cultivate.  Your child can plant many different vegetables, herbs or flowers that they normally wouldn't be think about planting just because they aren't familiar with that type of plant.

Your child can explore their creative side with a garden! Your child will get inspiration from their garden and will want to go to their special play house creative space.  Colors abound from bright red tomatoes that grow in clusters, beautiful deep purpled egg plants tops, yellow bell peppers and the multiple flowers that surround the wooden playhouse.  The fantastic array of colors around the playhouse will make your child want to spend hours in their very own garden.

When everything has begun to produce fruits, vegetables or herbs and the flowers have bloomed, you child and their outdoor playhouse will will be surrounded by an extraordinarily colorful environment. Your child will always remember their first garden next to their kid's playhouse!

Being outside in a kids playhouse may seem like what some would consider to be standard kid's play. However, those precious moments could actually be a major force in inspiring a child to go after work that is nature or environmentally based. Every minute that kids have outside is a minute that they are interacting, in some way, with the Earth and its many elements and inhabitants. So, for a kid, their play easily translates into a broader interest and deeper investigation into the world around them.

Some kids will want to pursue a nature-based career because they were so inspired by their outdoor experiences as a child. A nature-loving kid has several possible jobs available to them when they get older:

Horticulturalist - Plants are captivating. They are often pretty. They generally smell very nice, and they are important factors to how we live and breathe. Kids can learn more about plants through dissecting them, viewing them under a child's microscope, or just by picking them for a vase for their playhouse. These small opportunities to interact with plants and flowers may be the spark for a kid to want to learn more about jobs dealing with them.

Floral Design - Most people love receiving flowers. Children will gain experience with many types of flowers, and plants as they play in and around their kids playhouse. As children begin to fashion bouquets for parents or to decorate their playhouse, they are actually learning some of the basic elements of what it takes to create gorgeous floral arrangements.

Animal Trainer - How exciting to train animals to do a variety of tricks! While their first experiences may only be with a lady bug that they get to move along with a stick or a lizard that they keep in a shoebox in their outdoor playhouse, some children will relish those moments and want to learn more about the field of working with animals. Fields that these children may find interesting when they grow up could include animal trainer, animal rescue worker or zoologist.

Kids playhouse fun and interacting with nature go hand-in-hand. Kids whose parents encourage them to embrace and explore the Earth and it's wonders, may develop a deeper love and interest in science or nature-based careers.