Small Backyard.
Big Discoveries.
Science-based nature stories that help children notice and care for the living world right outside their door.
Meet the Garden Helpers
Why Ladybugs Are Garden Heroes
🐞 Lily’s Life Cycle Story
Right outside our doors, a tiny world is busy at work.
Ladybugs protect plants, worms build healthy soil, butterflies grow through amazing transformations, and fireflies light up the evening sky.
Nature is closer than you think.
How a Caterpillar Becomes a Butterfly
🦋 Bella’s Metamorphosis Story
In Each Backyard Nature Story - You’ll meet one of these garden helpers and discover how they LIVE, GROW, and HELP the backyard ecosystem thrive.
After Each Video -Download a Backyard Scientist Observation Sheet and head OUTSIDE to see what you can find in your own neighborhood.
Why Do Fireflies Glow? ✨
Freddy’s Amazing Life Cycle Story for Kids
The Underground Engineer 🪱
Ollie the Earthworm Story for Kids
Watch & Learn. Then...
Head Outside - Discover Nature in Your Own Neighborhood.
Watch & Learn. Then... Head Outside - Discover Nature in Your Own Neighborhood.
Why Backyard Nature Matters
The most important ecosystems are often right outside the door — in backyards, balconies, school yards and shared green spaces. When children are introduced to these small living worlds, they begin to understand how nature works and why it matters. They learn how small choices can support life wherever they live.
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When Children Learn to Notice Nature…
They Begin to Care for it.
Backyard Nature Stories is a brand-new channel just beginning its journey, with new stories and learning activities being added every month.
My goal is simple: to help nurture the next generation of Earth’s caretakers by helping children notice, understand, and appreciate the incredible living world right outside their door.
Today I’m a Master Gardener, and at my home in Reston I’ve built both a rain garden and a conservation garden designed to support pollinators and wildlife.
Through these stories, my hope is to help children develop an early appreciation for the interconnectedness between people, plants, insects, and the natural systems that sustain life on Earth.