Growing Guides and How Tos

We are all familiar with the wonderful spring displays of daffodils, tulips and crocuses which brighten gardens in the spring, heralding the start of longer days and warmer weather. Many spring-flowering bulbs also provide much-needed nectar for early bees, such...

Fungi are amazing organisms! Most people are aware of mushrooms and toadstools as everyday examples of fungi, but the fungal kingdom is much more diverse, with an estimated 1.5 million species on earth.  Ever since Linnaeus started a systematic classification...

Gardening is a great activity to do with your kids — they can learn about their environment, stay active, and have fun. Here, Rebecca McCalla, Director at the kids' outdoor brand, Little Adventure Shop, shows you how to build a...

Pumpkin growing with children is really simple and easy to get involved with, and late May/early June is the perfect time to start growing them in time for Halloween. All you need is a pot, some compost and a pumpkin...

Adventurous Plants for Adventurous Growers For experienced gardeners, children's seed varieties can sometimes seem repetitive and unadventurous. But we can help! There are endless extaordinary plants that are both easy to grow and fascinating to watch, and we've chosen 3...

We've all been getting out on a lot more walks this year. So, why not try to make your outdoor adventures as entertaining and educational as possible for your little ones? Here, Rachel Clinkard from the shoe retailer Charles Clinkard shares her top tips for doing this.

Here at Gardening for Kids, we are passionate about getting children into gardening and looking after wildlife. One way of helping the declining numbers of insects in the UK is to grow UK native wildflowers.  However, we know that for children...

When the weather gets colder and wetter throughout autumn and our thoughts turn to cosy suppers and nights in by the fire, spare a thought for our native animals who have to stay outside. There are lots of ways animals...