Kidsinthegarden

Community Garden at Dean City Farm

Lynda — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:56:00 +0000

This week we had an invite to visit Dean City Farm just South of Wimbledon. I was slightly uncertain whether it would hold enough interest for my 8 yr old. However my friend knows me well. ‘ They also have a community garden’ she says dangling a large carrot before me and knowing that I [...]

Floral Friday – Family Friendly Shrubs – Lavatera

Lynda — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:40:00 +0000

I have always loved Lavateras with their attractive and showy pink flowers. If you have a large garden and want a summer flowering shrub then this is the plant for you. Its common name is Mallow. If you do not have space for a 1.5 to 2 m shrub then there are now a number [...]

Children’s Playgrounds and Outdoor Gyms

Lynda — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:34:00 +0000

What happens? When our children are small toddlers, pre-school and perhaps up to the age of 5/6 we spend hours with them in the local playgrounds. They are regular venues, with picnics on summer days and winter visits when the weather is dry. Once they start school and weekday time is pre-allocated the family [...]

Snowdrops, Ladybirds & Grapefruit at the Chelsea Physic Garden

Lynda — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:45:00 +0000

Since a recent garden visit had been cancelled due to the snowy weather I had been looking forward to visiting Chelsea Physic Garden’s Snowdrop day. It is a garden I have not seen for about five years. I have always considered it a real gem and it really lived up to expectation. It is only just [...]

Opportunity to Design a Garden for Hampton Court Flower Show

Lynda — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:21:22 +0000

My ears pricked up when I heard a competition for non-professionals to design a Family Friendly Garden announced on the BBC’s One Show this week. The winner will have the garden built at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in July. Family friendly gardens and how to achieve them are matters very close to my [...]

Opportunity to Design a Garden for Hampton Court Flower Show

Lynda — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:21:00 +0000

Child Friendly Garden – Hampton Court Flower Show My ears pricked up when I heard a competition for non-professionals to design a Family Friendly Garden announced on the BBC’s One Show this week. The winner will have the garden built at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in July. Family friendly gardens and how [...]

OUT TO WATCH THE BIRDS

Lynda — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:45:00 +0000

This is a regular January event in our household. It’s a really good family nature activity. I’m talking about the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. A nationwide event where you count the largest groups of birds in your garden and submit them to the RSPB so they can find out what is happening to our garden bird [...]

A White Weekend

Lynda — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:11:00 +0000

For once the snow was perfectly timed. It started after 9.00am on Friday and continued throughout the day. Those of you with school age children will know the significance of 9 o ‘clock. It meant that the school was open on Friday. The school did, in fact, ask for children to be picked up early so [...]

Snowdrop Gardens

Lynda — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:42:00 +0000

Are you one of the lucky people who has snowdrops in their garden? They are justifiably popular and well deserve the accolade as one of the first signs of spring. It lifts ones spirits to see them flowering right now. I have a couple of very large clumps with extremely bulbous flower heads in my garden. [...]

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY

Lynda — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:03:00 +0000

Three years ago it had been snowing in London. I know that because I mentioned it in my very first, rather short, post on Out2playinthegarden. Well it has been a great three years. Happy birthday Out2playinthegarden. I have had so much pleasure in blogging about playing outside and gardening with my son and family. The [...]