Weird plants
From flowers that smell like wee to leaves that look like belly buttons, here are some of our strangest plants!
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Sea lettuce
Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.
Make a wigwam for plants
Grow all sorts of vegetables and flowers up this cool wigwam!
The best plants for bees and pollinators
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Marine
This is an amazing and little known world with corals, seahorses, whales, dolphins, seals and sharks!
How to plant a tree
It might surprise you, but even the smallest of gardens can accommodate a tree!
Plant a bog garden
Make the waterlogged or boggy bits of garden work for nature.
National Marine Week
From the beach and shoreline, to the seabed and deepest waters. Find out more about the importance of our marine world and the creatures that live there.
Marine animals spotter
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Marine colouring sheet
Colour in the wonderful things that live under the sea.
How to do companion planting
Grow plants that help each other! Maximise your garden for you and for wildlife using this planting technique.
Hidden Giants
Discover the secret fungi that help trees and plants thrive!