Do you think of your garden as an outdoor room? At this time of year in particular, our gardens work hard to give us extra space for outdoor dining, family garden games, entertaining, and simply relaxing in the sunshine. Using our gardens more can make us feel the need to create some privacy. Unless your house is situated in a large, detached plot, your garden is likely to be overlooked in some way. Even if you get on ...
Talking family gardening with Shedstore
Last week I had a lovely time chatting with Shedstore about family gardening. My interview was for the 'Garden Life' section of the Shedstore website, which shares articles from throughout the gardening community. Here's what we covered. When did you first form an interest in gardening? When I was about 7 years old; my dad gave me my own little patch at his allotment and I was hooked. I remember loving how hands-on it was, and finding the ...
Giving nature a home in our garden: growing flowers for butterflies
Welcome to my latest post supporting the RSPB ‘Give nature a home in your garden’ campaign. 60% of the UK’s wildlife species have seen a decline over the last fifty years, and the RSPB campaign aims to encourage us all to take small, achievable steps to help nature in our own green spaces. We’ve already started to make our garden more wildlife-friendly by sowing wildflower seeds to attract pollinating insects and provide shelter for small ...
Top Picks for family fun in Norfolk
When choosing a family holiday, it’s always a huge help to have recommendations on local attractions to help you pick the best destination. If you’re thinking of holidaying in the UK this year, this guest post is packed with suggestions for family fun in Norfolk. Enjoy! There is a lot to be said for UK staycations. They require far less planning, there is no need to remember your passport and, generally speaking, they are significantly less ...
Gift ideas to make Father’s Day personal & Giveaway
Welcome to a new giveaway, courtesy of the lovely people at Coconutgrass home design company. Father's Day is only a few weeks away - Sunday 19th June to be exact - and I've got a great prize up for grabs to help you with your gift shopping. One lucky winner will receive a £25 voucher code to spend on the Coconutgrass website, perfect for solving those Father's Day gift dilemmas in plenty of time for the big day. To give you some inspiration ...
Our day at RHS Malvern Spring Festival
On Sunday we visited the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, and had a brilliant family day out in the sunshine. The RHS Malvern Spring Festival takes place every year at the Three Counties Showground. I've been a few times now, and each year it just gets better. You can expect all the usual features of a flower show; floral marquee, show gardens, celebrity talks, workshops, food and drink, entertainment, and lots of plant stalls to tempt even the ...
Review: Geronimo Family Festival Harewood House
If you're a regular reader of the blog, you'll know that this year we're ambassadors for Geronimo Family Festival. After much excited anticipation over the last few weeks, we spent a day at Geronimo Leeds on the first day of the festival last weekend. And being a bank holiday weekend, obviously it poured down! We knew the day was already sold out, so to avoid the busiest time we tried to arrive for the gates opening at 10am. Unfortunately ...
Giveaway: DC Super Hero Girls £100 Visa Gift Card
Superheroes are pretty popular in our house. Sam is seriously obsessed with The Flash; having always been a boy who runs rather than walks, I can see it's a match made in heaven. And Iron Man features quite heavily alongside Elsa and Sleeping Beauty in Lily's role play at the moment; he's currently helping blast an escape route from their icy prison on a daily basis! Superheroes really aren't just the realm of boys, and DC Entertainment's ...
Review & Giveaway: Blokpod lego storage solution
Welcome to a new review and giveaway, looking at a great storage solution for lego and toys with small pieces. We’ve been putting the Blokpod through it’s paces, and I’ve got a great giveaway for you too, with a Blokpod worth £34.99 up for grabs. Lego is probably the most played-with toy in our house. It’s also the one that causes the most mess and storage issues! Over the years we’ve tried various ways to keep our growing lego collection ...
15 Inspiring garden projects
Have you caught the gardening bug yet this year? With Spring well underway and National Gardening Week starting today, lots of us will be thinking about sprucing up the garden. Whether you want to just tidy things up a bit, introduce some new plants, or plan a big garden project, it's always really inspiring to take a look at what other people are up to. To help you with your garden plans for the year, some of the UK’s top home and ...