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Make a ‘Pizza’ Garden
This is a really fun and visual food garden project. Dig up an area about 3 metres x 3 metres, then draw out a perfect circle using a stake and string. Plant the circular garden so it’s divided into ‘slices’. Each slice of the pizza garden represents an ingredient used in pizza – you can grow tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, …
Plant a Four-Square Garden
Raised beds have similar advantages to containers, but they are a more permanent feature of the garden. A four-square garden is ideal for older children who are more serious about gardening. Build a raised bed with untreated wooden boards and fill with compost and soil. Hammer a small nail at the halfway point on the top surface of each board, …
Create a Boot Garden
This is a great way to recycle old shoes and boots. Just fill them with potting compost and plant with smaller plants like lettuce, marigolds, herbs or rockery plants. You can use a selection of worn-out leather boots, colourful wellies and even old worn-out handbags all planted up with herbs and annual flowers!
Make a Tower of Spuds!
This is a brilliant way to grow a lot of spuds in a small amount of space. You don’t even need a garden as you can do this right on a paved surface. What to do: Start by making a cylinder of chicken wire, approximately one metre tall and half a metre in diameter. Secure with wire and make sure …
