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It is never too early to interest your family in gardening and have fun outdoors whatever the weather
With longer days and higher temperatures there are lots of good reasons for being out-of-doors. Tidying up the garden, cleaning the patio furniture, potting up plants or painting the fence are all great jobs to involve the family with and get some spring sunshine on our faces.
Gardens with bees mean that our flowers and fruit will be pollinated and then set seed and most importantly produce fruit for us. To make bees welcome we can add quiet areas in the garden for wildlife, such as bees, to take over. Bee homes are fun to make and can be made into a pretty, as well as a useful, feature in the garden.
Its a good time to make a scarecrow for your garden to keep watch over your crops and stop the birds eating any seeds you have planted out. Scarecrows are great places for bugs to hide out and soon become part of the family - best of all you can dress them in your old clothes and give them a funny name. See our Cat in the Hat scarecrow on the right.
There is nothing more delicious than eating something you have grown yourself whether straight off the vine or in a tasty sandwich. Tomatoes can be sown inside now and will be ready for growing on outside, or in a greenhouse, when the weather improves. Keeping them well watered while growing is a great task to involve children with as they can see fruit swelling almost as they water in the final stages of growing. With any luck your home-grown toms will be ready to pick and eat for the summer holidays. How to grow tomatoes
For the Easter holidays we are holding lots of free events to help families and children enjoy a lovely day out in our beautiful Gardens
We have Lindt Easter bunny trails to follow, lots of crafts, music and bird of prey demonstrations to enjoy. So from making a bunny head dress to meeting our special Easter baby visitors we have everything to keep even our smallest visitors occupied.
The RHS works with many local groups who join together to tidy up local areas and make community gardens for everyone to enjoy. All age groups can join in and even if you have never gardened before your help will be appreciated, as many hands can make light work.
The RHS Campaign for School Gardening has lots of competitions you can enter with your school, as well as lots of fun activities you can try at home.
From the School Gardener of the Year competition to helping RHS Scientists collect data on slugs through their mapping project Slug it!, we have plenty of projects for you to take part in with your school.
Wildlife gardening is one of the best ways to keep children and adults in touch with nature. To support this we have joined with the Wildlife Trusts to create events, activities and competitions for children and families to enjoy which help our wildlife.
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Family events in our Gardens We hold events to entertain the whole family in our RHS Gardens all-year-round.
Books for children We have books for children and families in our bookshop and our libraries.
Campaign for School Gardening Encouraging schools to get their pupils sowing and growing - and much more. Find ideas you can enjoy with the family and in your school.
Wild About Gardens In partnership with the Wildlife Trusts we have lots of activities you can enjoy this month and help our wildlife.
We're a UK charity established to share the best in gardening. We want to enrich everyone's life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.
