Gardening for Kids with Madi

Gardening for Kids with Madi

Genre	Children's television series
Created by	Phillip Tanner
Written by	George Dodd Lyndon Barnett Fiona Campbell Leone Carey
Directed by	Daniel Burns Rami Fischler
Starring	Madison de Sousa
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer(s)	Jason Critelli
Cinematography	John Brock Nate Martin
Editor(s)	Enzo Tedeschi Christopher Mill Hayley Lake Michael O'Rourke Baylon Davies
Running time	5 minutes
Production company(s)	Nickelodeon Productions Total Perception
Distributor	MTV Networks
Release
Original network	Nick Jr. (Australia)
Original release	16 September 2006^[1] – 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Cooking for Kids with Luis
Related shows	All for Kids

Gardening for Kids with Madi (aired under the title Madi's Garden on Discovery Kids Asia) is an Australian children's television series directed towards preschoolers. It first aired in 2006 on both Nick Jr. and Nickelodeon in Australia.

Plot

A young gardener named Madi encourages viewers to garden.

Episodes

Twenty episodes were produced, making up one season.^[2]

List

Tools for the Garden - Madi shows viewers the essential tools of gardening.
Grow Your Own Salad - Madi shows viewers how to plant a vegetable patch.
Rock Garden for a Rock Concert - Madi builds a rock garden for a blue-tongued lizard.
At the Nursery - Madi visits a "gardener's paradise," the nursery.
Making Compost - Madi explains what compost is, and how it benefits gardens.
Working Bee - Madi's friends Aisling and Niamh need her help making a garden.
Big Ideas for a Little Garden - Madi helps create a garden small enough for an apartment.
Botanic Gardens Adventure - Madi and her cousin Naomi visit the Botanic Gardens.
Sandpit for Conor - Madi's friend Conor wants to recreate the beach in his backyard.
Off to the Show - Madi and Naomi visit a fair to find the perfect plant.
Native Plants - Madi visits a native plant nursery, where she finds a rare Wollomi Pine.
Cubby with Dad and Cam - Madi's brother and father join her in making a cubby.
Worm Farm - Madi creates her own "worm farm" and gets new earthworm pets.
Herbs Herbs Herbs - Madi buys a variety of herbs and shows viewers how to plant them.
The Great Glass Pyramid - Madi takes Naomi to a greenhouse to see exotic orchids.
Garden for the School Yard - Madi convinces her class to help create a new school garden.
Rabbit Hutch for Starsky - Madi builds a portable hutch for her pet rabbit, Starsky.
Flower Market - Madi visits the flower market early in the morning.
A Visit to the Orchard - Madi goes to a fruit orchard to pick persimmons.
Bird Bath - Madi gets a birdbath for her friend Rachel, whose yard is home to many birds.

Broadcast

The series was originally broadcast on Nick Jr. Australia in its country of origin. The series aired on TVOntario in Canada^[3] and Discovery Kids in Asia.

Awards

The program received two nominations at the 2007 ASTRA Awards, winning the ASTRA for Most Outstanding Children's Program.^[4] Madi was nominated as Most Outstanding Television Presenter.^[5] Editor Enzo Tedeschi received an Australian Screen Editors nomination in 2008 for his work on the show,^[6] in the "Best Editing in a Non-Drama Television Programme" category.^[7]

External links

References

↑ "Total Perception Works". Total Perception. Archived from the original on 9 May 2007. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Nick Jr. Gardening for Kids with Madi". nickjr.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
↑ "TVOKids Schedule - August 2005". TVOKids.com. TVOKids. Archived from the original on 31 August 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ "Nickelodeon dominates ASTRA Awards". The Hollywood Reporter.
↑ "2006 ASTRA nominees". TV Tonight.
↑ "Men's Group, Rogue nominated for Australian Screen Editors Awards". Inside Film Magazine.
↑ "Australian Screen Editors Awards 2008". Australian Screen Editors.

Nick Jr. original programming

1980s debuts	Eureeka's Castle (1989–95)

1990s debuts	Gullah Gullah Island (1994–98) Allegra's Window (1994–96) Little Bear (1995–2002) Blue's Clues (1996–2006) Franklin (1997–2003) Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (1998–2004) Team Umizoomi (2010–15) Phred on Your Head Show (1999–2002) Maisy (1999–2001) Little Bill (1999–2004)

2000s debuts	Oswald (2001–03) The URL with Phred Show (2001–02) Play with Me Sesame (2002–07) Oobi (2003–05) Miffy and Friends (2003–07) Moose and Zee (2003–12) Whoopi's Littleburg (2004) Curious Buddies (2004–05) Blue's Room (2004–07) LazyTown (2004–08) Dora the Explorer (2000–14) Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004–09) The Backyardigans (2004–10) Cooking for Kids with Luis (2004–05) Jack's Big Music Show (2005–08) Pinky Dinky Doo (2005–09) Go, Diego, Go! (2005–11) Wonder Pets! (2006–15) Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (2007–11) Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006–10) The Upside Down Show (2006–08) Toot & Puddle (2008–09) Olivia (2009–11) The Fresh Beat Band (2009–13) Dora and Friends: Into the City! (since 2014)

2010s debuts	Mike the Knight (2011–13) Franklin and Friends (2011–13) Lalaloopsy (2013–15) Julius Jr. (2013–15) Fresh Beat Band of Spies (2015–16) Bubble Guppies (since 2011)

Current	Max & Ruby (since 2002) Yo Gabba Gabba! (since 2007) Dino Dan (since 2009) Peter Rabbit (since 2012) PAW Patrol (since 2013) Wallykazam! (since 2014) Blaze and the Monster Machines (since 2014) Little Charmers (since 2015) Nick Jr. Puppies (since 2015) Mutt & Stuff (since 2015) Shimmer and Shine (since 2015) Teletubbies (since 2016) Rusty Rivets (since 2016)

See also	Nickelodeon on CBS Nickelodeon

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