Making an insect watering station is a great thing to do in summer when it can be a little harder for insects to find moisture. They’re also really simple to make and provide a great way to start a conversation with little ones about the importance of looking after our insects.

Did you know that companion planting can help your tomato plants stay healthy and increase your harvest?

One of my favourite plants that I like to grow is cherry tomatoes. They are so easy to grow, ripen quicker than normal tomatoes, taste amazingly sweet and are perfect for picking and eating straight off the plant!

These beautiful little pinch pots are so easy to make and are great to store your treasures in!

Making a stick slingshot is a really fun activity to do and they’re so easy to make! Perfect for a sunny day in the garden practising your aiming skills!

Drip sandcastles are such fun to make and the process is really simple and so satisfying!

Sweet, golden and blossomy but this honey is made from dandelions not bees! Dandelion honey is a great plant-based honey substitute and tastes just like the real thing.

This suncatcher activity made with pressed flowers and leaves can be done in all seasons but spring or summer, when the flowers are most colourful, are probably best. The suncatchers look beautiful with the light shining through the flower petals!

This is a great little experiment to do with kids and all you need is a glass of water and a dandelion clock!

Both English and Spanish bluebells are commonly found growing in mass in the UK and it's fun to identify which bluebells are native, English bluebells and which are their Spanish cousins. Here are some tips to help you identify them!

Wild garlic is sprouting up everywhere at the moment and it’s perfect to use instead of ordinary garlic to make houmous. It adds a really fresh flavour and an amazing bright green colour.

Using natural dyes to decorate eggs creates some beautiful colours like these gorgeous blue and sunny yellow eggs. Ceramic eggs are also a great alternative to real eggs for vegans or those that don’t eat eggs.

Creating hammered leaf and flower art is a really fun activity to do for both children and adults. By pounding the leaves and flowers you release their pigments which transfer to your paper to make beautiful botanical prints.

Wild garlic is only available March-May so recipes to preserve wild garlic are really worth it. This wild garlic butter can be frozen and only needs three ingredients: butter, wild garlic and salt.

In this activity, children can create a projector of their favourite constellation and then cast its stars onto walls. They can even choose to design their own constellation!

It is so easy to make your own watering cans by repurposing containers you already have at home and it’s great to have extra for children who love to help out watering the plants!

Making a nature weaving heart is a really simple activity to do and it's a lovely way of displaying some of the flowers and foliage that's in season at the moment.

Painting on ice is a really fun and sensory activity to do but, for younger children, it’s also great for exploring colour mixing and talking about the freezing and melting point of water.