Monthly gardening ideas: autumn term
Explore a host of growing ideas and projects across the autumn term with your pupils
Plan your monthly growing activities with our top ideas for:
- Indoor gardening
- Flowers and trees
- Fruit and vegetables
- Propagation and cuttings
- Gardening for wildlife
- Garden art and design
September
Indoor gardening
- Make a miniature garden
Flowers and trees
- Plant daffodil bulbs
- Deadhead flowers to continue the flowering season
Fruits and vegetables
- Sow winter salads
- Sow spring cabbages
- Sow green manures to reduce soil erosion and improve soil
Propagation and cuttings
- Collect and save seeds
Gardening for wildlife
- Make a minibeast hotel
Garden art and design
- Make lavender bags
- Make seed packets
October
Indoor gardening
- Plant indoor bulbs
Flowers and trees
Fruits and vegetables
- Plant onions
Propagation and cuttings
- Take semi-ripe cuttings from herbs, shrubs and trees
Gardening for wildlife
- Make a bug hotel
Garden art and design
- Make natural sculptures
November
Indoor gardening
- Grow pea shoots and micro greens
Flowers and trees
- Bulb planting: best time to plant tulips
- Plant acorns
Fruits and vegetables
- Plant broad beans
- Plant soft fruit like raspberries, blackcurrents and gooseberries
Gardening for wildlife
- Make leaf compost
Garden art and design
- Decorate a plant pot using paint or decoupage
December
Indoor gardening
- Choosing houseplants
Flowers and trees
- Learn about Christmas plants
- Plant a tree
Fruits and vegetables
- Plant garlic
Gardening for wildlife
- Make bird cakes
Garden art and design
- Make a wreath