Make a Tomato Tub

This fun project is a great way to introduce kids to vegetable gardening! Use our simple steps to create a container garden for your deck, patio, or balcony.

In May, First Lady Michelle Obama and Better Homes and Gardens hosted Lunch on the Lawn for eight students from Washington, D.C.'s Harriet Tubman Elementary School. On the menu were healthy, kid-friendly recipes inspired by the White House Kitchen Garden. Each child went home with a plastic tub, a tomato seedling, a packet of lettuce seeds, and a how-to booklet on growing a mini vegetable garden. Read on for step-by-step planting instructions, geared for kids, on how to make your own tomato tub.

Read on for step-by-step planting instructions, geared for kids, on how to make your own tomato tub.