Can you keep plants alive during a hosepipe ban? Well, yes in fact you can. Sproutl’s Creative Director, Hollie Newton shares her top tips for gardening in a drought.
It’s hot, there’s no rain and now hosepipe bans are being introduced around the country. But it’s not all doom and gloom for the garden as Hollie explains: “This year a scorched lawn is like a badge of honour and we...
Are you tearing your hair out at the idea of keeping your rambunctious little ones entertained this summer?
You might have signed them up for activity clubs or planned days out to theme parks, but these costs can quickly add up. And it’s hard to tire them out enough for a good night sleep at home.
But there is a solution. Have you tried getting them into gardening?
Spring is approaching, so it’s a perfect time to make use of the outdoors in the warmer weather. Especially for your children, it can seem difficult to find anything that distracts them from their devices. But once you discover something different yet entertaining to do outdoors, it’s no doubt that they will no longer be glued to their screens. But how can you persuade them to step outside...
Child's play: how to get your kids into gardening By The Greenhouse People
It’s National Gardening Week, and what better way to spend it than by introducing all members of the family to this physically and mentally stimulating hobby.
And with summer half-term just around the corner, and the weather set for a glorious heatwave , gardening could be the perfect activity to keep your...
The great outdoors presents almost endless possibilities to hide Easter eggs from children this season!
And the garden building experts at GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk have come up with some of the most unusual places for you to place chocolate treats or eggs to outsmart your little ones.
This top ten list of ideas should keep children guessing for a long time and entertained during...
Spring is a time of rejuvenation. There is no better sight than flowers blooming and fruits beginning to grow in the sunshine. To make the most of the outdoors this year, your family can enjoy gardening. Whether you’re particularly green-minded or entirely new to the hobby, this is a great skill for everyone to learn.
This article will explore some of the ways you can...
Introducing our brand new garden, grow, eat! placemat to go Garden, grow, eat! Our brand new placemat to go is great for teaching children about the fruits and vegetables they eat, how they grow and when they’re ready to harvest. From pears to parsnips and apples to aubergines, kids can forage through the seasons using the ‘clock’ to colour-in while they learn about when everything is ready to...
Concrete Britain: Do you actually DESERVE a garden?
Have a look at your back garden, what do you see - is it mostly covered over with an artificial lawn, a patio, or sad looking grass? And out the front – it’s been concreted over for a car.
Then, according to one waste and recycling company, your garden could be part of the reason why the UK is suffering a biodiversity crisis, as we...
This is my go to activity on sunny days when the children need a bit of extra stimulation but I haven’t set anything up and don’t want a big tidy up job afterwards.
All you need is a paintbrush and a pot of water, that’s it! Then tell the children that they can go and paint anything out in the garden. They may want to paint pictures on the patio, or pretend to...
Build your own bug mansion and attract a multitude of creepy crawlies to your garden.
An average garden accommodates more than 2,000 different species of insect! Very few of these creatures cause significant damage to our prized plants, and there are many more insects that actually help us to control the ones that do! By providing the right habitats, we can greatly increase the...
