National Children’s Gardening Week

25th May – 2nd June 2024

There are a variety of fun activities for all the family to enjoy throughout the summer so you and your children can be close to nature.

It is so important for children to spend time outside, there’s a huge amount of evidence for the benefits gardening has for children. It improves concentration, creativity, knowledge and understanding of the world, and above all it’s fun!

We have some great activity ideas which are likely to already be within your garden and home, but if not, our garden centres offer wide range of products to assist and entertain you this week and all summer long!

This is a great activity for the whole family.

Join in the fun and see if you can grow the tallest sunflower this year!

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Activity ideas…

Planting a bulb lasagne
Plant spring or summer bulbs in layers to create a long-lasting display.

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Pinecone Bird Feeder
Attract birds to your garden with a homemade feeder.

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Hedgehog Hut
Make a home for local hedgehogs. Add some food such as beetles, worms or wet cat food.

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Flower Pressing
Pick flowers and leaves from your garden then press them to make beautiful pictures.

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Treasure Hunt
Hide your children’s favourite treats around your garden.

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Colouring fun with your kids

National Children’s Gardening week have some great colouring sheets filled with your favourite gardening characters!

Colour in Sammy the snail Bumble the bee Spike the hedgehog Buddy the plant pot

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Otter kids gardening range

We have a range of children’s gardening equipment so that kids can work alongside you in the garden and get the best enjoyment possible.

Children will benefit from having tools made for them which are shaped for smaller hands.

Create the perfect start for budding gardeners everywhere!

Find out more about National Children’s Gardening Week

Children love growing plants and love being involved in the garden but they’re often impatient, wanting to see instant results.

National Children’s Gardening Week aims to capture children’s enthusiasm at a time when results are immediate. National Children’s Gardening Week takes place annually in the ‘warm’ week at the end of May.

This means that pretty much throughout the UK they can plant all the popular plants with little fear of weather damage or the need for complicated protective growing.

National Children’s Gardening Week was the brainwave of Neil Grant, Managing director of Ferndale Garden Centre near Sheffield who is also BBC Radio Sheffield’s garden expert and co-presenter of their weekly garden phone in, and it’s widely supported by the whole of the UK garden industry.

It’s now an annual festival of fun that’s embraced in homes, schools, and community groups across the country, and supports the amazing Greenfingers charity, which is dedicated to providing magical gardens for children in hospices suffering from life limiting illnesses.

Get involved with National Children’s Gardening Week and find everything you need in your local Otter store.

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