Water features, animal statuettes, sculptures, wind chimes, theme gardens, interesting pathways and stepping stones - there's a whole lo...
Water features, animal statuettes, sculptures, wind chimes, theme gardens, interesting pathways and stepping stones - there's a whole lot of things you could do to create a garden that's appealing to children.
Gardens are a treasure trove for children, where they can explore plants, study animal behaviour, and delve deep into the mysteries of nature. A garden is also a safe place for children to play. Sand pits, pebbles, bridges, pathways, and the numerous hiding places a garden provides, can all make the garden an ideal place for children.
Gardens provide an opportunity for children to learn about the environment and how to protect it. While tiny tots can learn about colours, others could have hands-on education. These budding garden enthusiasts can soak in everything from a garden that's so full of knowledge. The sights and smells of a garden can bring children closer to nature. They can paint birdhouses, design stepping stones, or even feel the texture and shape of leaves and plants. Children can also use their imagination to create a spectacular landscape with winding paths, canopy bridges, arches, and ponds. Statuettes of birds, horses, and even wild animals like tigers, elephants, and lions can be used to bring the garden to life, making it an ideal place for children to have fun.
To start with, you could grow plants that are rare - those with a strong fragrance and others that come in unusual shapes. Insectivorous plants and plants like the touch-me-not make children curious and add a fun element to the garden. Colourful plants like the sunflower, marigold, and zinnias can brighten the garden space and also attract insects and butterflies.
Children can play in sand pits and spend hours together there. They could learn how to make a scarecrow. All they would need is a long stick and an old full sleeve shirt and maybe a mud pot for the face. Not only will it be fun doing it, it will also add an interesting element to the garden. A tree house could be fun too. Children can curl up here with their favourite story book or simply have an aerial view of the garden from there.
Theme gardens could make the garden look special. A butterfly garden could be ideal for children to watch these lovely creatures in action. As butterflies require brightlooking flowers to attract them and some water feature too, it would be ideal to include these elements in a butterfly garden. You also need to ensure that there are some pebbles and rocks for butterflies to land on.
A kitchen garden can be interesting too. Enable children to learn more about vegetables, herbs and their medicinal properties and nutritional value by planning a small kitchen garden.
Other interesting themes would be a fragrant garden, an alphabet garden where different coloured flowering plants could be planted to form different shapes of alphabets. An animal theme or a cartoon theme could also be fun. You could even plan your garden around a fairytale or a dinosaur theme. Topiaries with shapes that suit these themes like shapes of animals, dinosaurs, and birds could be made. Bird feeders could be placed at strategic points to watch birds. Armed with binoculars, this could be a perfect way to introduce them to the beautiful world of birds. Ponds with frogs, fish, turtles, and tortoises - either real or artificial could be used to good effect.
It's important that some safety measures are put in place as children tend to be careless when they are having fun. Keep pesticides and harmful chemicals away from children. See that the water features are safe and not too deep. Keep them informed about where, how, and when to seek help in case of trouble.
Once these safety measures are put in place, the possibilities to have fun and also learn from nature are limitless. So allow your children to scamper around and learn from the nature
Courtesy:TimesofIndia
Gardens are a treasure trove for children, where they can explore plants, study animal behaviour, and delve deep into the mysteries of nature. A garden is also a safe place for children to play. Sand pits, pebbles, bridges, pathways, and the numerous hiding places a garden provides, can all make the garden an ideal place for children.
Gardens provide an opportunity for children to learn about the environment and how to protect it. While tiny tots can learn about colours, others could have hands-on education. These budding garden enthusiasts can soak in everything from a garden that's so full of knowledge. The sights and smells of a garden can bring children closer to nature. They can paint birdhouses, design stepping stones, or even feel the texture and shape of leaves and plants. Children can also use their imagination to create a spectacular landscape with winding paths, canopy bridges, arches, and ponds. Statuettes of birds, horses, and even wild animals like tigers, elephants, and lions can be used to bring the garden to life, making it an ideal place for children to have fun.
To start with, you could grow plants that are rare - those with a strong fragrance and others that come in unusual shapes. Insectivorous plants and plants like the touch-me-not make children curious and add a fun element to the garden. Colourful plants like the sunflower, marigold, and zinnias can brighten the garden space and also attract insects and butterflies.
Children can play in sand pits and spend hours together there. They could learn how to make a scarecrow. All they would need is a long stick and an old full sleeve shirt and maybe a mud pot for the face. Not only will it be fun doing it, it will also add an interesting element to the garden. A tree house could be fun too. Children can curl up here with their favourite story book or simply have an aerial view of the garden from there.
Theme gardens could make the garden look special. A butterfly garden could be ideal for children to watch these lovely creatures in action. As butterflies require brightlooking flowers to attract them and some water feature too, it would be ideal to include these elements in a butterfly garden. You also need to ensure that there are some pebbles and rocks for butterflies to land on.
A kitchen garden can be interesting too. Enable children to learn more about vegetables, herbs and their medicinal properties and nutritional value by planning a small kitchen garden.
Other interesting themes would be a fragrant garden, an alphabet garden where different coloured flowering plants could be planted to form different shapes of alphabets. An animal theme or a cartoon theme could also be fun. You could even plan your garden around a fairytale or a dinosaur theme. Topiaries with shapes that suit these themes like shapes of animals, dinosaurs, and birds could be made. Bird feeders could be placed at strategic points to watch birds. Armed with binoculars, this could be a perfect way to introduce them to the beautiful world of birds. Ponds with frogs, fish, turtles, and tortoises - either real or artificial could be used to good effect.
It's important that some safety measures are put in place as children tend to be careless when they are having fun. Keep pesticides and harmful chemicals away from children. See that the water features are safe and not too deep. Keep them informed about where, how, and when to seek help in case of trouble.
Once these safety measures are put in place, the possibilities to have fun and also learn from nature are limitless. So allow your children to scamper around and learn from the nature
Courtesy:TimesofIndia
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