Preserve flower seeds and create a beautiful mobile decoration at the same time!

Using wood slices as miniature canvases for any kind of painting is really fun for kids (and adults!) of all ages. For older children who are moving on from mark-making, this activity shows an easy way to paint a miniature flower meadow on wood slices.

Growing loose leaf lettuce to ‘cut and come again’ is a really quick and easy way to have a fresh, continual supply of salad leaves from spring to autumn (and even in winter if you grow it undercover!) and is great if you have limited growing space.

Over recent years, the numbers of butterflies and moths in the UK have decreased significantly. Here are our top tips to help make your garden or outoor space more butterfly friendly.

Germinating an avocado tree in water is a really fun project. The seed is so different to the seeds of a lot of the plants we usually grow and because they are so big, you get a really good view of what happens when an avocado seed germinates.

Building a mossarium, is really fun - it’s like creating your own mini world! It’s also great for exploring different mosses as well as learning about the water cycle.

This colour changing flowers experiment is a great way to see how water travels in plants and it’s really fun to see the flowers change colour!

A really easy and fun activity making your own charcoal for drawing.

Prints made from the spores of King Alfred’s Cake fungus.

If your children love making potions and love bath bombs, then this activity is for you!

This pickled wild garlic bud recipe allows you to preserve the incredible flavour of wild garlic for a little bit longer. It’s a really easy recipe and a great way for children to get involved in foraging for food.

See how the fluffy white dandelion clock forms after the flower has blossomed and preserve the dandelion clocks by keeping them in a jar so that the wind doesn’t blow the seeds away.

If you’ve been spending lots of time outdoors or gardening, then this homemade sugar scrub made with lemon and fresh mint is perfect to help keep your hands hydrated and soft.

Making a miniature woodland garden is a great way to bring a bit of the woodland into your own garden as well as creating a fun space for small world play.

Spanakopita is a traditional Greek dish made with fresh greens and feta and layers of golden flaky filo pastry. It’s most often made with spinach but also tastes delicious with foraged nettles.

Whittling stick characters is a great beginner activity for young children who haven’t whittled before.

Decorate pebbles with colourful tissue paper and display around your garden or as part of an Easter or spring display in your home. The tissue paper gives a really lovely stained glass effect.

From early spring to the end of summer is nesting season for birds. You can help them by leaving out nesting materials in this vine ball nesting material dispenser.