Planting a kid's garden

I'm always looking for ways to develop my son's appreciation of the outdoors and nature. His backyard playhouse has given me a unique opportunity to encourage and foster his development in so many ways - with imaginative play, and by using the space surrounding it for garden beds that attract bees, hummingbirds, butterflies and other wildlife.  

We hung a birdhouse that my son made at a Home Depot kid's workshop in one of the trees and hung a window birdfeeder so he could watch the birds.  

We included a porch and patio with the house with chairs and benches so he'd have a place to sit outdoors and take it all in. And we created a new little garden bed this spring on the garage side for him to dig in and experiment.  He's already asked for a strawberry pot and a little cherry tomato plant of his very own :)

There isn't much in his new garden yet (it is only April, after all), just some salvia, pansies and rose plants along with some garden sculptures (I have a love of mushrooms lately)...but he's so excited about planting annuals in it soon! (and YES, we let him do the planting - and the watering, too!)  It's a awesome way to teach him about responsibility and to encourage his love of gardening.