Gardening jobs for October
As we settle into autumn, there is lots to do to ready your garden for winter. From harvesting the last of your crops to preparing your plants for the cold weather to come.
Gardening jobs for September
As summer slowly gives way to autumn, September is a busy yet exciting time for us gardeners, filled with planting, harvesting, and preparing the garden for the colder months ahead.
Gardening jobs for August
Read our August gardening jobs, which includes harvesting, planting, seed collecting and making a bug hotel.
Gardening jobs for July
With its long, sunny days, July is a prime time for tending to the garden. From sowing last batches of seed for this season to helping established plants are look their best, here are some jobs for this month.
Plantable seed tags
Create your own beautiful plantable seed tags! Add flower petals and you'll have a beautiful decorative card for now, and flowers for later!
Gardening jobs for June
Summer is here and with the solstice on June 20th marking midsummer, why not take a moment to pause, appreciate your garden and the beauty of nature in this new season. Then, it’s back to work as you take on some of the jobs for June!
Ink-powered leaf boat
This is a really fun experiment showing how little boats made of leaves can be powered by ballpoint pen ink!
How gardening can help nurture happier and healthier children
The link between time in nature and our mental health is getting clearer and clearer. Gardening is especially good because it provides a window into processes that take place in nature
Watercolour leaf paintings
This is a great activity for creating leaf prints with watercolour paint.
Gardening jobs for May
With the weather finally starting to warm up, May is ideal for spending more time nurturing your outside space. Here are some jobs you can get your little ones to help with in your own gardens this month:
Gardening jobs for April
Although usually a very wet time of year, April can bring some surprisingly warm and sunny days, providing plenty of opportunity to get stuck into the long list of jobs for this month!
Stick plant markers
If you’re planting out new plants in your garden or in pots this season or sowing seeds directly outdoors, then these garden stick plant markers are a must have!
Make crystallised flowers
Crystallised flowers make great decorations for cakes and biscuits and they’re really easy to make!
Growing Strawberries in Pots
Not only are strawberries delicious and nutritious, but they are also relatively easy to grow, making them perfect for little green thumbs to cultivate.
Gardening jobs for March
Spring is here, the days are beginning to lengthen and become warmer and us gardeners have a busy month ahead! Here are some jobs for March.
Fairy notebooks
These little notebooks bound with a twig and some twine and decorated with pressed flowers look just like they would belong to a fairy!
Branch weaving
Branch weaving is a really lovely nature craft that can be adapted for children (and adults!) of various ages. You can use left over bits of yarn, ribbon, twine and even found nature items such as grasses and feathers to weave onto your branch loom.
Gardening jobs for February
There’s still lots of planning and preparation to do in February, along with a few practical tasks to ready the garden for spring! Here are some jobs to consider this month