Easy and Fun Gardening Projects for All Ages

Are plain terracotta pots just too plain for you? Feeling a bit arty and want to do your own thing? Well how about decorating your own terracotta pots? A simple, fun and unique activity for all ages. 

Why not add colour and fragrance to your home over the Christmas period? Growing a Hyacinth bulb in a glass vase is a fun way to see the leaves, flowers and roots all at the same time.  You will need to plan ahead though as they take 11 -13 weeks to flower.

Paperwhite Narcissus will add colour and fragrance to your home over the Christmas and New Year period. Paperwhite will flower earlier than garden Narcissus. You need to plan ahead if you want your bulbs to flower for Christmas, they take anything from 6 to 13 weeks to flower depending on the temperature and where you have placed them.

Crocus are one of our earliest spring flowering bulbs, their flowers providing welcome colour and pollen and nectar for the bees in the early months of the year. They will flower as early as February and they are available in a range of colours from white, yellow, orange through to purple, in plain colour or striped. Crocus are easy to grow in a pot or container. 

Apples are an easy fruit to grow in any UK garden. If you are short on space why not grow  an apple tree in a pot or container? In this guide we show you how to plant an apple tree in a wooden whisky barrel. 

These easy to grow succulents can stay outside in the garden all year and need very little water. They are an ideal plant to get children involved with gardening.

Air plants make an unusual houseplant but are surprisingly easy to grow. They grow without soil and are easy to water. Why not make your own air plant display?