The joy of raising plants: Children take centre stage at this year's Chelsea show READ MORE: Action plan: CIAR BYRNE's essential jobs for your garden this week By Ciar Byrne For The Daily Mail Published: 16:08 EDT, 19 May 2024 | Updated: 16:08 EDT, 19 May 2024 e-mail View comments Sometimes we get so caught up with what we should be doing in the garden that we forget to relax and have fun. The gardens at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show are all about reminding us that gardening is meant to be joyful. The RHS No Adults Allowed Garden, created by children for children with the help of designer Harry Holding, will include a den with a slide into a natural water feature and oversized bog planting for hide-and-seek.
You can make your own water feature using an upturned metal dustbin lid dug into the soil. Fill it with a couple of large stones and water-loving plants and wait to see what wildlife turns up. Giulio Giorgio’s World Child Cancer Nurturing Garden is a sensory sanctuary.
Inspired by the concept of keyhole gardening, it uses raised beds with central composting baskets that improve the soil. Do this in your own raised beds by leaving space in the middle to compost leaf clippings, which will break down and act as a free fertiliser. Larking about: Grandparents can make growing veg enjoyable for youngsters Forest bathing, the ancient Japanese practice of being calm and quiet among trees, inspires Ula Maria’s garden for Muscular Dystrophy UK, bringing more than 50 sil.