Collaborative post Heading out into nature is a great way for the family to enjoy quality time together. It's also a fantastic opportunity to put down the tech and learn to appreciate the world around you - or play a few walking games. If you happen to have some public woodland near your home, it's a great destination for a family day out. You can pack a picnic, get some exercise, and reconnect with each other away from the stresses of busy ...
Nature Crafts for Kids: how to make a journey stick
Making a journey stick is such an easy, fun outdoor craft to do with the kids - and a great low-cost way to have some fun family time. It's just one of the fun nature projects in my new book, 'A Year of Nature Craft and Play'. There’s an activity for every week of the year and it includes fun crafts, gardening, nature games, art and science experiments - perfect for inspiring kids to get creative with nature and explore the amazing natural ...
Wildflower wanderings
Have you ever had the chance to roam through fields of wildflowers? It’s the stuff of romantic novels and Hollywood movies isn’t it, and certainly not something I expected to be able to do locally - but that’s exactly what we spent an afternoon doing at Naturescape wildlflower farm in Langar, Nottinghamshire. Naturescape is a 90 acre wildflower farm, producing native species of wildflowers and grasses primarily for the wholesale wildflower ...
Woodland wanderings
I think this week has been the hardest so far this Winter for me to find any garden inspiration. The weather has been pretty foul and our garden is looking a bit like I feel; rather drab and in need of a bit of colour and sun to liven things up. Ah January, how we love you.... So with little to inspire us on the doorstep, and with Lily keen to continue her never-ending mission to find the perfect stick, we headed to our local wood to blow away ...