![]() ![]() Harvesting our first ever attempt at carrots, the year after Caroline’s cancer treatmentĬaroline loves gardening and has enjoyed lots of mini projects at our previous houses (where we couldn’t do much except container gardening). This first year will involve lots of trial and error, as Caroline and I learn how to grow fruit and veg together. We have just bought a house with a large garden and a vegetable patch at the back where we’re planning to grow all sorts over the years. You can learn alongside the children and they’ll never know! ![]() If you’re keen for your children to learn hands-on gardening (even if you don’t have much experience, or gardening space, yourself), a great way is to organise a club. Have a read: go wild in the garden – 25 ways to connect with nature in your garden. I’ve included 25 garden-fun suggestions in an old post which will undoubtedly inspire your kids to get outdoors and hopefully to start growing things too. Start with al fresco eating or a summer water slide – they’ll love you for either! Grass, water and fun – it’s not always gardening in the garden! Even if yours is only tiny, doing anything in the garden encourages children to enjoy the outdoors and to interact with nature. It doesn’t have to be actual gardening in the first instance. Gardening encouragement abounds at this time of year, with National Gardening Week, National Gardening Day and even Children’s Gardening Week.Įvidently we’re being urged to try family gardening from all quarters! Read on to learn how to set up a gardening club for your kids and their friends. She also saw Monty Don but that’s another story! CwCUK’s Strength of Humanity show garden I had tickets but was unable to attend so Wild Grandma took this picture for me. ![]() This week a charity close to our hearts due to Caroline’s cancer, Children with Cancer UK, revealed their very first show garden at BBC Gardeners World Live entitled Strength of Humanity, featuring a representation of the bell cancer children ring to celebrate the end of treatment. It was aimed at children and the community and includes a paddling stream and campfire, the epitome of my ideal family garden! The Duchess of Cambridge unveiled her co-designed garden at the RHS Chelsea flower show entitled Back to Nature. It’s all happening in the gardening world, with May & June being the ideal time to take first steps in the garden. ![]()
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