If your kids love spending time outside, they’ll appreciate you making your garden a fun and secure location to hang out. Not everyone lives close to a park, so making your garden more kid-friendly could be the key to a memorable summer.
These suggestions can help you design a fantastic, safe outdoor space for your kids, whether you enjoy kicking a ball around with them or they can’t get enough of playing games with their pals.
Plant Interesting Plants And Flowers
Kids are naturally curious and enjoy exploring, therefore it’s important to have interesting trees and plants outside. Your kids will be far more interested in exploring the various flowers and plants as the seasons change as opposed to staring at a row of evergreen trees.
If you want your kids to be amazed by the colours of leaves, consider planting a crimson sunset maple tree or mixed shrub plants. You may even think about putting up a greenhouse and starting to grow exotic plants that normally wouldn’t survive in your area.
Clear Space For Play Zones
Your kids will get bored without toys no matter how much they love exploring the outdoors. If you have a large backyard, this could mean installing a trampoline or swing set for your kids to enjoy.
If not, you might want to get some balls, a jump rope, and maybe even a temporary pool etc. Most youngsters will love playing in a paddling pool for hours throughout the summer, and it’s simple to store away when the sun goes down.
Reduce Potential For Harm
Some gardens are safer for kids than others, so if you notice a potential hazard in yours, take precautions right away. For instance, you can lessen the danger of injury from falls by changing the layout, installing fencing around it, or adding mulch or another soft surface to the ground in the areas they play. An exterminator can help you to remove any pests from your garden in these areas too. Similarly, if you have stinging nettles or other poisonous plants growing in your flower beds, getting rid of them would greatly improve the safety of your yard for children.
Allow Them To Help Gardening
It’s tempting to protect our meticulously tended gardens from curious small hands, yet kids learn best by doing. Make an effort to reserve a small section of the garden for your kids to use as a playground or to grow their own plants. The prospect of eating their hard work at a later date makes vegetable gardening appealing to most children.
If your kids are still little, you should definitely explain to them how to do things and keep an eye on them as they play. Your kids will soon start to look after their land. You could even get them to sell the veggies that they have grown to family and friends.
Some worried parents may keep their kids indoors, but a garden is a great place to introduce them to nature in a controlled environment. What are you doing to your garden to get your kids outdoors this year? We’d love to hear about it in the comment below.
Meg is an author at Cinnamon Hollow. She writes on a variety of topics sharing tips and ideas for daily life.