Photo of the Future Children's Garden Location

Here's the future location of the children's garden. The area over in the corner, currently covered in gravel, measures about 18 x 22 feet. I have a LOT of work ahead of me, but I have been researching children's gardens and have many ideas. The two greatest resources I have found are the following books:

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children by Sharon Lovejoy

A Child's Garden: Enchanting Outdoor Spaces for Children and Parents by Molly Dannenmaier

I know I can't do everything I want at first, but here are some of the ideas I have:

• a playhouse located in the middle of the garden
• separate smaller plots of varying themes (sensory garden, fairy garden, picking garden, eating garden)
• a vine-covered teepee in which children can sit inside (with hanging gourds?)
• plants I am especially interested in: pumpkins, sunflowers, gourds, and nasturtium

I hope we can start really working on the garden around February or March, when the weather warms up a bit.