Are you ready to celebrate those little green fingers for National Children’s Gardening Week? This lovely giveaway will help you do just that!
I’m joining forces with National Children’s Gardening Week to give away a £50 National Garden Gift Voucher to one lucky reader. Read on to find out more and enter the competition.
What is National Children’s Gardening Week all about?
National Children’s Gardening Week is an annual event that usually takes place at the end of May. This year the dates are 28th May – 5th June.
It’s an opportunity to get kids inspired and enthused about gardening, with a programme of fun events, giveaways and news to explore. Families, schools and community groups can all join in, and there’s often something happening at your local garden centre too.
National Children’s Gardening Week also supports the fantastic Greenfingers charity, which provides wonderful gardens for children in hospices to enjoy.
You can find out more about National Children’s Gardening Week here. Make sure you’re following the facebook page too – there will be lots of fun ideas, resources and giveaways throughout the week.
Spread the word about this year’s schools competition!
This year there’s a brilliant schools competition to get involved with, in partnership with school gardening champion Lee Connelly, aka Skinny Jean Gardener. The challenge for schools is to grow and decorate as many grass caterpillars as they can, which is a fab kids gardening project that’s suitable for all ages. There’s a wonderful range of prizes on offer, including gardening equipment, gift vouchers and solitary beehives to help schools embrace gardening and take care of local wildlife. Perhaps you could encourage your local school to join in?
Great kids gardening projects
National Children’s Gardening Week is the perfect time to get kids busy with some fun garden projects. Here are a few of my favourites to get you started.
The National Children’s Gardening Week website also has a brilliant Things to do section full of great ideas.
You can also check out my gardening with children section of the blog for even more inspiration. And you might like to take a look at my book *A Year of Nature Craft & Play which includes lots of lovely kids gardening activities.
Where to spend National Garden Gift Vouchers
You can spend National Garden Gift Vouchers in around 1,600 participating garden retailers across the UK. Use their store locator to find stores accepting gift vouchers near you.
What will you spend a £50 National Garden Gift Voucher on if you’re the lucky winner?
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Some new plants and flowers!
The children and I are always creating in the gardens, it’s so beneficial to both their and natures development.
SWe need some perennials to give us a solid planting scheme to build around
I’d get some bee-friendly plants for our garden
I would love to buy some hanging baskets and fill them with petunias .
I have made a new border in my back garden and need some perennials to fill it, a National garden voucher would help with this
I love roses and have lots so would buy some pre packed farmyard manure for them and some rose feed too!
I buy a birdhouse and bird bath for our garden birds to enjoy.
I would buy aload of fruit and veg plants as my boys love growing there iwn
I would buy some alpine plants for the new rockery we are currently making.
Some bedding plants for the summer.
I am trying to replace old amenity planting with shrubs and perennials for pollinators. I have my eye on some pretty dwarf buddleia.
They are growing fruit and veg this year so any lovely kit to help them along with it
Will spend the voucher on some vegetable plants, compost and grow bags
I would love to buy a blueberry bush and some strawberry plants.
I would buy some plants to replace the ones that died in the winter in the plant pots on my patio
Would love to make my garden more colourful with some flowering bushes and plants
I’d buy some bright colourful pots and plants that are easy to grow for my granddaughter. She loves helping me out in the garden, and would love some plants to look after by herself. It would give her a sense of pride of herhard work and achievement!
I would buy some lovely flowers for my garden
I’d buy some lovely bright flowers to brighten up the garden
We have just moved into a new house with a blank canvas, so we would spend it on some lovely plants and some summer flowering bulbs.
I’d love to buy fruit, vegetable, and herb plants. It’s always fun to learn about and grow your own food!
I love getting the kids involve in gardening so they understand where food comes from and encourages them eat more fruit and vegetables. We’re already planting strawberries this year and would love to do more
Buy some plants for my pots and make an amazing hanging beskets for my front
I would like to grow more fruit and vegetables this year.
I would put it towards buying a new lawnmower
I would love to have a trellis for the bottom of my garden, it catches a lot of the Sun during the day and I think a clematis would work really well there.
I would get lots of bedding plants to spruce up the front and back gardens. I need a bit of colour!
would really love a Wisteria!!
We have always loved gardening, and are growing more fruit and vegetables this year. I would use the voucher to buy plug plants of tomatoes, runner beans, onions, and strawberries. Home grown veg are much tastier, and we are reducing our carbon footprint. What’s not to love?
I would use the voucher to replace a Vibernum which I have had to dig up as it died
My children love helping out at the allotment, but we definitely need some more planters for their area! So it would go towards that.
I would stock up on summer flowering bulbs and veg for a riot of colour and food for the coming months!
We have a couple of large terracotta pots that are calling out for a statement plant each
I would love to buy a new shrub to fill some gaps
I’d spend it on mesh and fleece to protect the early plants and extend the growing season in the garden
Some new plants to brighten up the garden.
I would buy a plum tree for the fruit and blossom
I would love some bee friendly perennials to fill out the border.
We are moving to our forever home soon and the garden needs so much love after being abandoned for years so I’d start by buying lots of grass seed to bring the lawn back to life!
We would love to buy a tree for our garden to provide a little more privacy
I just moved home and my new garden is bare. Need everything
My garden was neglected (by me) for years. I’m starting to take an interest in recent years and I am trying to tidy it up. The voucher would go towards some lovely plants to brighten up the beds.
I am hoping to buy some bedding plants, in particular pansies. Also, I am hopeful of planting pansies and bergonias into hanging baskets – except, I need to buy them first.
Oo this would be lovely to get some bedding plants for my garden edges!
A new longer hose,to reach my veg patch
I have made 2 small Veg patches for my Twin Nephews. I would love to win and let them choose what they would like to grow.
I would like to buy some plants for my new patio as it is looking rather bare.
I would buy some top soil to put onto the new raised bed I’m making
I’d get some herbs as my son accidentally emptied the wrong pot into a skip & threw all my herbs out!
I would maybe plant some veg
We have a communal garden, so some bright flowers and maybe a gnome or two would cheer everyone in the block, including the kids and the older people xx
Live our perennials – stunning throughout the seasons
I would use it on buying some seeds to plant and some tools for my little girl to use so we can spend time together in the garden
Lots of lovely bright flowers to make gatden happy
I’d let my children choose some new plants. They would be very excited as they love helping me in the garden.
We would plant a tree for the Jubilee and grow vegetables in planters
I’d buy some lovely bright bedding plants!
I’d buy a lovely specimen plant to go in corner of my garden to make it stand out and be a focal point
I’m growing some veg this year so maybe some different seeds, plus some plants for my pots!
I’d buy some colourful plants to bring some much-needed colour to our boring garden
I would be absolutely over the moon to win, but how can I decide what i would buy when there are so many plants I love. I’ve totally renovated the very overgrown garden we inherited in our last house move and it’s now got lots of empty beds ready for re-planting. I’d actually really love a hot pink Azalea and a Standard red acer tree.
I would put it towards a strimmer, which would make it easier to get the grass looking great.
Lots more bee and butterfly friendly plants!
My nieces grow vegetables at my parents so we would use it to get some more supplies!
Last year the cats and squirrels dug up the plants in my containers so would love to replace them all this year
I would love to get into gardening.
I would buy some new flowers to update my garden:)
I would buy some plants for the pond I am busy putting in the garden
Me and my daughter have planted some veggies – now on our windowsills and porch – but will need to get planted out in the garden soon. We’d love to buy some growbags or maybe a planter so that we can plant our veggies outdoors once they are ready to do so.
I think we’d get a nice tree that we can watch grow each year
I’d buy some herbs as my 10 year old son is enjoying trying new recipes.
A Garden Bench
I would buy lavender and bulbs to bring colour to my garden for months to come.
I would buy some pots to brighten up my patio.
I would buy some gardening tools like a spade and a rake
I would give this to my brother so he and my two nephews and niece can spruce up their allotment.
It is great that so many schools now encourage gardening and a love of being outside of the classroom
Get some new plants to add to my garden
I would use the £50 to get some colourful plants and flowers as my garden lacks variety and colour.
I’d put it towards a small raised bed for growing a few vegetables
I’d use it towards renovating an old shed for the kids to use as a hang out place with their friends
I would use it to buy a nice big shrub (i’ve just moved and it literally has lawn and nothing else so lots to do!) There is a bush I’ve seen which has flowers that look like raspberries, if anyone knows the name could you let me know. I saw it in someone’s garden so havent got a clue but I loved it!
Myself and children are growing veg from scraps and its amazing. I would love to buy some seeds and pots as I feel confident enough now to grow them from scratch.
In the Spring I have a lot of plants the pollinators enjoy – in summer I have fewer to I want to add more summer flowers loved by the pollinators.
new plants and flowers
I would give this a friend as a gift she grow fruit and veg in her garden
We had to replace some fencing panels, so now need to add some climbers
I’d use it to make some raised beds for wild flowers – currently have them along the boarders but the cats keep sleeping on them lol
I’d buy bird feeding stations and a bird bath to attract more wild birds into the garden
I would reeally like to add more colour into my garden, at the moment its lovely and green but it needs colour and flowers to attract the bees!
My garden is in need of a bit of tlc, I’d put it towards some soil and plants
I would get some lovely shrubs and perennials to make less work in the garden and more time to spend with the children!
We’d love some plants to provide some ground cover for hedgehogs as we’re encouraging them.
I always encourage my grandchildren to help in the garden!
I would let my girls choose some plants 🙂
I would love some raised beds so I can grow some vegetables. I would use the voucher towards this.
We have a really wet, boggy area so I would buy perennials that don’t mind getting their feet wet!!
Lovely prize – it would be great to create an area for the children to start growing some fruit and veg. They’ve become more interested in this lately. We are currently sprouting a potato.
I’d buy some new plants to brighten up my patio
I’d buy vegetable seeds and plants so we could get growing more of our own vegetables!
I’d use it towards replacing my lawn mower – then I’d have no excuse for not mowing the lawn! My wife is so hoping I win
Some gorgeous plants for my hanging baskets and tubs
Creating some new tubs with wildflowers to attract insects
We are currently in the process of completely revamping and landscaping our back garden at the moment, and we have just put in a pond, so I would love to spend the voucher on some alpines and grasses as we are creating a rockery around it.
I’d use it to buy some planters and plant sweet peas, they’d produce wonderful cut flowers and fill the garden with heavenly summer fragrance!
I’d love to get some more bee friendly plants for my garden – i have a lot but maybe some shrubs !
This would be so useful. I have all sorts of plans for the garden this year.
How wonderful. I would love to introduce my Grandson to gardening. We would plant seeds and bulbs, and he can watch them grow. He would love it.
I’d buy some lovely new flowers for my flowerbed!
I would love to buy some blueberry bushes – it would be lovely to grow our own
Buy lots of nuts and fat balls regularly for the wildlife and rake up the ground
I’d love to buy fruit, vegetable, and herb plants
Some hanging baskets for the front garden would be fantastic for me
I’d like some new pots to add colour to the garden.
Some allium globemaster bulbs
I’d like to create a sensory garden and buy some lovely fragrant climbers so that my blind niece can enjoy the space more.
I’d get some compost, veggie plants and maybe a new bird feeding station
I’d love to win. I am currently doing a gardening course and I would use it to buy small garden tools for my nieces so I can teach them what I learn. Hopefully passing on some skills to the next generation
I would buy some pots and plants to fill them.
I would give this to my daughter who runs the local nursery school – she would love to do more in the garden with the children
I’d love some new herbs for my herb garden!
I’d use the £50 to get lots of ground and wall planters.
I would buy some plants that would attract bees to our garden.
I would buy some new flowers and a blueberry bush, along with the correct compost.
We’re building a raised bed so would buy lots of plants to go in it!
Great article! Thank you
I’d use it to buy some rose bushes and a bird feeding station
I would get lots of beautiful coloured flowers.