Growing Easter Grass

An Activity for Palm Sunday and Holy Week

In each package* is a pouch of wheat grain to soak and sow for easter grass. Easter grass is traditionally planted on Palm Sunday and nurtured over the Holy Week until Easter Sunday.

Growing your own Easter grass is a simple process that anyone can do. Growing your own wheat grass has long been a tradition in Waldorf circles as a way to welcome spring.

Supplies needed to grow your own Easter Grass

• A Basket, pot, bowl or other suitable container
• Potting soil
• Wheat Grain (soaked in water for 24 hours before planting) OR grass seed would work fine, too. Wheat grain are the product of the wheat plant and are ground to make flour.
• Spray bottle.

The most important step: soak the wheat grain overnight

Make sure to soak the wheat overnight. The night before you plan to start your basket, place the wheat grain in a bowl and cover them with water to soak overnight. Make sure the water covers them completely as they will soak it all up.

In whatever you are planting in, add a couple inches of soil, and then top with the soaked wheat grain. Cover in a VERY thin layer of soil.

Make sure the grain is still nice and moist. If not, spray them with a water sprayer.

Make sure to keep spraying the grain with water. Don’t let them dry out or they won’t grow.

On the very next day after you’ve planted the grain, you should already notice them growing! Make sure to keep them moist as they grow. Just keep spraying them with water. You might have to water them every day. Or even twice a day.

​See how fast this grass grows! And use the growing green blades of wheat to decorate your easter table, nest your boiled or chocolate eggs among them, and celebrate the spring and the return of life!

* because we couldn't hold an Easter service for the children, we sent them parcels with Easter activities and goodies!