Root · Flower · Leaf · Fruit: what shall we plant today?
A sowing calendar for 2026 that children read with you every morning, and The Little Garden: eight themes of songs, stories and garden activities about seeds, soil, helpers, trees and the moon. Made by Sarvam Ekam with Karu for kindergartens, schools and families who grow food with their own hands.
Plant. Care. Grow. Together.
A year in the school garden, four minutes a morning
Each morning the class finds today's square on the calendar, sees which kind of day it is, and sows, waters or harvests to match. The stories and songs give the children words for what they see happening in the soil.
The four kinds of day
Why we garden with children, the four-minute morning routine, what to sow on each day, and how to read the marks on a square.
- Why this?
- Four minutes
- What to sow
- The marks
January to December 2026
A full page for every month, each day coloured as a root, leaf, flower or fruit day, with the marks for the moon.
- 12 months
- Moon marks
- Year on one sheet
"I am a friend of the Earth"
Eight themes, each with a picture, a song, a story and things to do, draw and notice in the garden. Ends with seed-tin labels to cut out.
- Seeds
- Soil
- What plants need
- Little helpers
- Leaves
- Trees
- The moon
- The senses
Every day belongs to one part of the plant
Plants that grow under the soil: carrot, mullangi (radish), beetroot, onion, ginger, turmeric.
Plants we eat as leaves: keerai, kothamalli (coriander), pudina (mint), vendhayam (fenugreek).
Plants that give us flowers: samanthi (marigold), sunflower, hibiscus, jasmine.
Plants that give us fruits and seeds: tomato, vendakkai (okra), beans, pumpkin, maize.
The calendar shows which kind each day is for the whole of 2026, so even the youngest children can find today by its colour.
Bring a growing programme to your school
Sarvam Ekam and Karu set up classroom gardens with schools: a teacher orientation, the growing medium mixed in front of the children, and a plant of their own for every child to care for through the year.