World’s Youngest Gardening Blogger
August 4th, 2006 
by Susan Harris
A passion was born in Dylan Dukes when, at the age of 3, he was shown a
watermelon seed and told it would turn into a watermelon. So he grew a
few and when that wasn’t enough, his smart mom started a
real veggie garden with him at the Youth Garden of the National Arboretum in the heart of D.C. Now 6 and nuts about gardening, Dylan may be the
gardening world’s youngest blogger; he’s already
documenting his garden and will soon be uploading his photos.
Dylan, send us the link!
This community garden for kids and their parents is just one of the amazing places I’ve been visiting in my job chronicling the work of D.C. Master Gardeners. I got to meet Dylan’s mom, who told me her favorite thing about gardening there is
meeting and exchanging vegetable recommendations and recip
es
with gardeners from different cultures - Asian, Caribbean, African
American, white and biracial families all have plots. It’s part of a program called Seed to Supper that guides families through that whole process, ending in a glorious meal in celebration of their own harvest. And even a hopeless noncook like myself can tell that’s way cool.
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August 4th, 2006 at 2:43 pm
Very cool. Go Dylan!
August 6th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
Yay Dylan! (And kudos to Dylan’s Mom for getting him started in the first place!) I can’t wait to see your blog–Susan, will you please post the link when he forwards it?
August 7th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
The wave of the future! My neighbors have a vegetable garden in their back yard and their kids (12, 10, and
are helping out with it. It’s amazing what you absorb without realizing it at that age — those kids will all probably have an interest in gardening when they go out on their own.
Looks like we can give the lie to those surveys saying gardening only appeals to older folks, if we show kids the options are there.
November 2nd, 2006 at 6:01 am
Hi Dylan (I was going to be called Dylan too but my Dad changed his mind at the last minute!)
I have started blogging at age 3 too.
I like gardeing too. The best part is the watering! Bye….