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Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

Instead of using plastic imitation grass in an Easter basket, why not give your child a natural Easter basket, filled with sprouted wheat berry grass.
If you start at least one week in advance, you can have a lush, living blanket of grass in time for Easter Sunday.

With this simple idea to create a natural grass basket,

 you can further honor the meaning of rejuvenation and hope inherent to the holiday.

Easter, as well as other traditional holidays, is a celebration of rebirth and renewal. 
 
Directions

If you only have one week to grow the grass, soak organic wheat berries in warm water overnight. If you have two weeks before Easter, proceed to the next step; soaking the berries isn't necessary.

Find a glass pie pan, jar, or other container, to fit inside the Easter basket. Put at least one and a half inches of potting soil into the bottom of the container and spread evenly. Scatter the soil generously with spring wheat berries and cover lightly with soil.

Gently yet thoroughly water the seeded soil and place in a warm sunny location.

Make certain the soil remains moist at all times during germination.

For added decoration, you might wrap the basket handle with ribbons, lace, delicate silk, or dried flowers. Spring bulbs like snowdrops planted along with the wheat grass will add blooming beauty to your basket.

Adapted from a 1993 Nova Natural Catalogue