There has been increased interest in recent years on gardening with children and a variety of programs have been started to support different types of programmatic goals. Goals of gardening programs include environmental stewardship, personal growth/social skills, an integrated learning environment, nutrition/health, science education, practical living skills, and just plain fun. How the goals for one's gardening program get implemented will depend on the ages of the children in one's program. Developmentally appropriate gardening programs look at how to base their activities on sound principles of child development and learning. In this article, the author uses her past volunteer experiences at the Beanstalk Children's Garden to offer concrete examples of developmentally appropriate gardening. The Beanstalk is part of the Kansas City Community Gardens, a non-profit urban group that assists low-income families and community groups in learning how to grow their own food. (Contains 19 resources.)