Gardening for Kids with Madi

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Gardening for Kids with Madi
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Genre Children's television series
Created byPhillip Tanner
StarringMadison de Sousa
Theme music composerAngela Little
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducersDina Panozzo
Jason Critelli
Editors Enzo Tedeschi
Hayley Lake
Christopher Mill
Running time5 minutes
Production companiesTotal Perception
Nickelodeon Australia
Release
Original network Nick Jr. Australia
Original release16 September 2006 (2006-09-16) [1]  
2008 (2008)
Chronology
Preceded by Cooking for Kids with Luis
Related shows All for Kids

Gardening for Kids with Madi (called Madi's Garden on Discovery Kids Asia) is an Australian series of shorts for preschoolers. It is a follow-up to Cooking for Kids with Luis from the same creators (Luis also appeared in some of the episodes). The shorts are about a green-fingered girl named Madi who teaches viewers how to garden. [2] Madi loves gardening because she likes to learn about different plants.

Contents

The first short aired in 2006 on Nick Jr. Australia. Later on, new shorts with Madi were made for the All for Kids show on the Seven Network. [3] The gardening segments from All for Kids were then broadcast on Nick Jr. Australia beginning on December 29, 2008.

In 2007, the show won the ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Children's Program. [4]

Episodes

One season of 20 episodes was made. [5]

List

Broadcast

The series aired on Nick Jr. Australia in its country of origin. It also aired on TVOntario in Canada [6] and Discovery Kids in Asia.

Awards

The program was nominated for two ASTRA Awards in 2007, winning the ASTRA for Most Outstanding Children's Program. [4] Madi was nominated as Most Outstanding Television Presenter. [7] Editor Enzo Tedeschi received an Australian Screen Editors nomination in 2008 for his work on the show, [8] in the "Best Editing in a Non-Drama Television Programme" category. [9]

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