Garden Journal Planner Pages – Printable

These printable garden journal planner pages can be a great resource for planting this Spring and Summer! You’ll find template .pdf files for the journal cover, catalog wishlist, seed starting, and even a page for photos and drawings. Put the pages together into a binder, and the kids can help keep records of your garden this year. Use what you learn to help plan for an even better garden next year!

Why Keep a Garden Journal

A garden journal can help you keep track of the weather conditions and dates when seeds were planted. You can also use the planning grid to map out where you would like to have the plants located. The catalog wishlist is great for pasting in clippings from seed catalogs. The photos and drawings page is perfect for keeping track of how well your plants have grown over the course of the season.

To put together your garden journal planner pages, you will need:

• printable template .pdf files (click the links below to download)
  • Garden Journal Cover Page
  • Catalog Wishlist Garden Journal Planner Page
  • Seed Starting Garden Journal Planner Page
  • Planning Grid Garden Journal Page
  • Photos & Drawings Garden Journal Planner Page
• printer paper and color printer
• 1/2″ thick three-ring binder
• 3 hole punch
• 5 tab dividers
• label maker (optional)
• graph paper (optional)

Directions:

To begin, download and print out the template .pdf files. As a starting point, you may want to print out 5 copies of each planner page. You can always print more copies as needed. Next, use the label maker to create five labels: Catalog Wishlist, Seed Starting, Planning Grid, Photos & Drawings, and Notes. Place each label on a tab divider.

Separate the templates and insert the dividers as needed. Use the 3 hole punch along the left side of each of the sheets of paper, and add the pages to the three ring binder. Add sheets of graph paper for the Notes section. Lastly, slide the journal cover sheet into the binder’s clear plastic cover.

More Garden Fun to Explore:

• Planting a Three Sisters Garden – learn more about this Native American planting technique that works especially well for those who are short on space.
• Gardening with Kids – foster a love of nature while teaching kids how to grow their own food!
• Make Your Own Seed Tape – perfect for planting lettuce or carrots.
• Simple Spring Science Projects for Kids – these experiments can be done indoors or out.
• Fast Growing Seeds for Flowers and Vegetables to Grow with Kids – great reference guide from our friends at Rainy Day Mum.
• Spring Bulbs Nature Study with Kids – another resource from Rainy Day Mum.