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Creating our own Tiny Urban Garden

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Part 1- Birth of a Tiny Urban Garden Our small apartment comes with a tiny balcony- just 2 m x 1.6 m- which would be just enough for us all to sit out for a meal. Thankfully the housing association (BRF) we are members of allows owners of ground floor apartments, as we are, to utilise the area outside the flat and create our own tiny urban garden. The little garden … [Read more...] about Creating our own Tiny Urban Garden

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: garden, garden design, House and Garden, Life in Sweden, small garden, urban garden

How to Create a Tiny Urban Garden

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You'd be surprised the size of patches people around the world are creating their tiny urban gardens! It really is possible to create a miniature urban haven of greenery in the smallest and most unlikely places. Take example from Paris' urban gardening initative Have you heard about Paris' incentive to add more greenery to the city infamous for its congestion and lack of … [Read more...] about How to Create a Tiny Urban Garden

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: eco steps, garden, garden design, home, House and Garden, small family apartment, urban gardening

An enchanted hall, garden and castle, Belsay

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Belsay Hall Northumberland English Heritage

Tucked away in the Northumberland countryside is a magical place: Belsay Hall, gardens and castle.   Luckily for us I picked an especially lovely spring day to explore Belsay with the children.  I really had no clue of what we were in for when I decided to add it to our agenda.  It came highly recommended, so I went with the recommendation and boy am I glad I did! The … [Read more...] about An enchanted hall, garden and castle, Belsay

Filed Under: Family Travel Tagged With: castle, English Heritage, family fun, garden, historic property, magic, Northumberland, Out and about, places to inspire

A glimmer of Spring and our family garden opening ceremony

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Bumblebee waking for the spring

We were celebrating on Sunday evening.  According to Hugo, my 5 year old, we were having a family garden opening ceremony. The weather had finally turned and the whole family spent the entire day in the garden tidying and playing.  The kids were so overjoyed they wanted to have BBQ opening ceremony on Sunday evening.  We managed to convince them that as the sun set it would … [Read more...] about A glimmer of Spring and our family garden opening ceremony

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: bugs, bumblebee, country kids, family garden, free play, garden, House and Garden, spring

Jumping into Gardening with the #KidsGrowWild Challenge

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Thanks to Chris who blogs at Thinly Spread and Annie's linky, the inspiring How does your garden grow?, we have been a bit more active in the garden this year, cleared weeds, trimmed hedges, prepared our veg bed. I had pledged to get the children more involved too. Then along came the #KidsGrowWild Challenge from Britmums. I signed up for it. A sweet children's gardening … [Read more...] about Jumping into Gardening with the #KidsGrowWild Challenge

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: Barefoot Books, garden, gardening, House and Garden, kids

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