Gardening for Kids with Madi
Gardening for Kids with Madi is an Australian children's television series directed towards preschoolers. It first aired in 2006 on both Nick Jr. and Nickelodeon in Australia.Plot
A young gardener named Madi encourages viewers to garden.Episodes
Twenty episodes were produced, making up one season.List
- Tools for the Garden - Madi shows viewers the essential tools of gardening.
- Grow Your Own Salad - Madi shows viewers how to plant a vegetable patch.
- Rock Garden for a Rock Concert - Madi builds a rock garden for a blue-tongued lizard.
- At the Nursery - Madi visits a "gardener's paradise," the nursery.
- Making Compost - Madi explains what compost is, and how it benefits gardens.
- Working Bee - Madi's friends Aisling and Niamh need her help making a garden.
- Big Ideas for a Little Garden - Madi helps create a garden small enough for an apartment.
- Botanic Gardens Adventure - Madi and her cousin Naomi visit the Botanic Gardens.
- Sandpit for Conor - Madi's friend Conor wants to recreate the beach in his backyard.
- Off to the Show - Madi and Naomi visit a fair to find the perfect plant.
- Native Plants - Madi visits a native plant nursery, where she finds a rare Wollomi Pine.
- Cubby with Dad and Cam - Madi's brother and father join her in making a cubby.
- Worm Farm - Madi creates her own "worm farm" and gets new earthworm pets.
- Herbs Herbs Herbs - Madi buys a variety of herbs and shows viewers how to plant them.
- The Great Glass Pyramid - Madi takes Naomi to a greenhouse to see exotic orchids.
- Garden for the School Yard - Madi convinces her class to help create a new school garden.
- Rabbit Hutch for Starsky - Madi builds a portable hutch for her pet rabbit, Starsky.
- Flower Market - Madi visits the flower market early in the morning.
- A Visit to the Orchard - Madi goes to a fruit orchard to pick persimmons.
- Bird Bath - Madi gets a birdbath for her friend Rachel, whose yard is home to many birds.
Broadcast
The series was originally broadcast on Nick Jr. Australia in its country of origin. The series aired on TVOntario in Canada and Discovery Kids in Asia.Awards
The program received two nominations at the 2007 ASTRA Awards, winning the ASTRA for Most Outstanding Children's Program. Madi was nominated as Most Outstanding Television Presenter. Editor Enzo Tedeschi received an Australian Screen Editors nomination in 2008 for his work on the show, in the "Best Editing in a Non-Drama Television Programme" category.
