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INTO NATURE | Create a Natural Weaving Loom

" This has to be one of my favourite times of year. The door in the kitchen that remains firmly shut in the winter prises open each day at 8am as the once hungry bellies, now full with porridge, descend on the garden to tinker, potter and climb. The areas of my garden where I doubted life would ...

How to Crystallise Edible Flowers

Have you ever tried crystallising edible flowers? It’s so beautiful and super easy for little hands too! 💛 Head outside into the glorious sunshine this weekend and pick a few edible primroses. Make sure to leave a few for the bees to enjoy and always check with an adult before eating any sort ...

Wilderness Survival Tips for Adventurous Families

“Some of us are drawn to mountains the way the moon draws the tide. Both the great forests and the mountains live in my bones. They have taught me, humbled me, purified me and changed me.” ~ Joan Halifax🌱Nature is the greatest sanctuary for a child, a place that offers complete freedom for the ...

Create your own Fairy Garden | @thomasalm3ida 🧚‍♀️

"I wanted to make something inclusive to all kids and that could be done by taking advantage of nice outdoor weather to find the materials." " My priority was to do something that was not very time consuming and wasteful. I wanted to make something inclusive to all kids and that could be do...

Celebrating Christmas | Wreath Making

“Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.”How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr Seuss Wreaths always make me think of the opening to 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas', with wreaths and big red bows on the front door of every perfect ...

Create Magic this Halloween

This Halloween rediscover the magic of childhood 💫 Did you know that words have been quietly disappearing from our dictionaries, stolen away under the cover of darkness? Words that should be treasured, words that hold a deep sense of nostalgia. Words that should be the sum of a childhood well s...

Create your own Fairy Garden 🧚‍♀️ | @thomasalm3ida

" I wanted to make something inclusive to all kids and that could be done by taking advantage of nice outdoor weather to find the materials. " This week we are privileged to welcome the incredibly talented Loren and her little boy Thomas to the pages of our journal. Loren and Thomas have made ...

AN ENGLISH SUMMER | ELDERFLOWER HARVEST

"I wonder what it would be like to live in a word where it was always June." L.M MONTGOMERY We may have slipped quietly into July, however the resonance of Montgomery's musings remain .. a world of eternal summer sounds like the most glorious place (however I do maintain that Autumn is my ...

Allotment Life | Garden Day

"In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." MARGARET ATWOOD Allotments are the ultimate way to live the Good Life, bypassing the need to have an illustrious back garden off your inner city, or country home. Digging, planting, watering, growing, unwinding 🌱 One of ou...

PLANT A SMILE | BE NATURE’S VALENTINE

"Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature." STEVE MARABOLI This Valentine share the love far and wide with our 'Plant a Smile'. What could be more uplifting during these endlessly difficult times than sharing love thr...

UNDERSTANDING NATURE | BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH

"I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs." JOSEPH ADDISON This month (between the 29th and 31st January) the RSPB will launch their Big Garden Birdwatch. They are asking people to stop for an hour and spend tha...

FORAGE & CREATE | ICE LANTERNS ❄️

We love a beautifully crisp, cold, day and have been particularly fortunate to have woken up to several frosty mornings of late, where the grass is glistening with silver shards. As tempting as it is to snuggle up inside, this is a lovely time to wrap up and get outside with the kids. There is...

Bird House, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

£16.50

Compass, Le Jardin De Moulin Roty

£9.99

Endangered Animals

£15

Flower Press, Le Jardin du Moulin Roty

£18

GOOD EARTH | Gardening Kit, by Herboo

£20

Protecting the Planet for the Next Generation

We love support the learning and education or young people in out Nature Directory, which looks in closer detail at the many diversities of nature, from mini beasts, to soaring forests, to the important role that nature plays in child development and mental health. But it goes further than that, and we’re committed with everything we do to make sure we’re making every effort to make sure the planet is happy and healthy for the next generation.

Our Sustainability Promise