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How children can start a bee-friendly garden during the summer holidays
School is out and there is plenty of time for children to get involved in gardening but we don’t always take full advantage of all the great things that can be achieved in the garden during the summer holidays.
August is a great time for kids to start creating or continue working on their bee-friendly garden.
So what plants can children grow from seed or plant now that will help bees thrive through this coming winter and next spring and summer? Here are our suggestions!
Top 5 summer gardening ideas for kids
Longer and warm days, bountiful crop of food to much on, the opportunity to have fun with water and wonderful minibeasts to look at, make summer days in the garden lots of fun.If your kids or grandkids love spending the summer in the garden and you are looking for some inspiration for gardening activities to do with them here are my top 5 suggestions.
Gardening ideas for kids with little time to garden
Are your kids interested in gardening but life is just too busy?
As a working parent with two young children I often struggle to find time to garden as well as supporting my daughters in their own gardening journey. In light of this I have been looking for clever ideas to help me garden with the girls within the little spare time that we have (even just 5 minutes) and here are my suggestions.
Ideas to spark kids imagination through gardening
Keeping kids interested in gardening can be challenging unless they are creating something that captures their imagination. This does not require a whole lot of work and it can easily focus on specific smaller projects that will have their imagination running wild and engaging them at an emotional level as well as physical. Here are four easy ideas of gardening activities that can capture children’s imagination.
What can you do in the garden with children in Spring?
Spring is the perfect season to introduce children to gardening and growing plants. Here are my five favourite Spring things to do in the garden with kids.