With National Children’s Gardening Week next week from May 28 – June 5, coinciding with May half term, here’s our top tips on how to get your kids interested in gardening and easy gardening tasks for them to get stuck in to.
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What better way to spend half-term and to celebrate National Children’s Gardening Week than by introducing all members of the family to the physically and mentally stimulating hobby of gardening"
How to Get Your Children Interested in Gardening
Getting your children interested in gardening is easy if you go about it the right way. The gardening experts at The Greenhouse People have shared their top tips for how to get kids interested in gardening.
Think big, start small
If you?re trying to get your child or children into gardening, it?s important to start small to make sure their first experience is a positive one. Whether in pots or borders, flowers can lift the most listless of gardens into a blooming haven, providing colour, perfume and an endless source of fascination.
Don?t overwhelm them with anything that takes a great deal of care or a lot of time to grow. Easy flowers which they can grow from seed include marigolds or dandelions. For wow factor, it?s hard to beat sunflowers, including unusual varieties such as Ruby Sunset and Teddy Bear. It?s best to sow seeds in pots of compost inside first, then replant in larger pots when they?re bigger.
Don?t attempt anything too ambitious to st...