13 Steps to a Kid-friendly garden Adults Will Love, Too - When children arrive, the garden becomes less of a haven of relaxation and more a playground for games ball, den making and even cycling. However, you should not let your natural paradise being invaded by plastic toys and climbing frames. Here are some smart ideas to transform your garden into a paradise for children and adults will enjoy too.
Helen Rose Wilson Garden Design
Keep natural it
There is often no need to buy special items for children to play with. Use your imagination and create simple playgrounds with natural materials, such as tree stumps, which would make a big obstacle course or a seating area. You can also place stepping stones on a lawn and either leave or plain paint and decorate.
When you cut or trim in the garden, do not dispose of waste immediately. Leave it in a battery for your children to enjoy, or challenge them to do something amazing with it.
There is often no need to buy special items for children to play with. Use your imagination and create simple playgrounds with natural materials, such as tree stumps, which would make a big obstacle course or a seating area. You can also place stepping stones on a lawn and either leave or plain paint and decorate.
When you cut or trim in the garden, do not dispose of waste immediately. Leave it in a battery for your children to enjoy, or challenge them to do something amazing with it.
Eldridge London
game equipment
plan If you redraw the hard landscape of your garden, it is worth incorporating the ideas of your children in the design. Here, a stainless steel blade was included in the construction of the stage, with a simple sand pit at the bottom. The result is an elegant garden that looks good and keeps the kids happy together.
plan If you redraw the hard landscape of your garden, it is worth incorporating the ideas of your children in the design. Here, a stainless steel blade was included in the construction of the stage, with a simple sand pit at the bottom. The result is an elegant garden that looks good and keeps the kids happy together.
Sam Westcott Garden Design
Lay sod
You can not beat a lawn area to play on. It provides a soft landing for the practice of the wheel and the pear tree, a field for ball games, or just a place to sprawl. In the flower beds around, choose easy maintenance plants and shrubs that resist bullets and trampling as Alchemilla mollis , buddleia and Choisya ternata .
You can not beat a lawn area to play on. It provides a soft landing for the practice of the wheel and the pear tree, a field for ball games, or just a place to sprawl. In the flower beds around, choose easy maintenance plants and shrubs that resist bullets and trampling as Alchemilla mollis , buddleia and Choisya ternata .
Green Tree Garden Design Ltd
Add some quirky tracks
kids love riding on anything with wheels, so include a hard surface, such as paving or terraces, where they can cycle scoot or rollerblading. A standard patio is great but if you want to be more adventurous, consider the design of a curved path. A track that twists its way around the garden is more fun than the right way, and could inspire a range of games and races.
kids love riding on anything with wheels, so include a hard surface, such as paving or terraces, where they can cycle scoot or rollerblading. A standard patio is great but if you want to be more adventurous, consider the design of a curved path. A track that twists its way around the garden is more fun than the right way, and could inspire a range of games and races.
Joanne Winn Garden Design
Create a sensory garden
Encourage your children to enjoy the garden by stimulating all the senses. To view, grow bright flowers such as calendula, nasturtiums and sunflowers, or Swiss chard for its multi-colored stems. Rustling grasses and rattling seed heads are beautiful to hear in a moment of rare quiet, while a variety of textures such as hairy leaves of sage, persuade small to use their sense of touch.
Include fun feels like the cosmos plant curry or chocolate, and stimulate the taste buds by cultivating single herbs such as chives and mint, or a pot of juicy strawberries.
Discover expert tips for growing a fragrant garden
Encourage your children to enjoy the garden by stimulating all the senses. To view, grow bright flowers such as calendula, nasturtiums and sunflowers, or Swiss chard for its multi-colored stems. Rustling grasses and rattling seed heads are beautiful to hear in a moment of rare quiet, while a variety of textures such as hairy leaves of sage, persuade small to use their sense of touch.
Include fun feels like the cosmos plant curry or chocolate, and stimulate the taste buds by cultivating single herbs such as chives and mint, or a pot of juicy strawberries.
Discover expert tips for growing a fragrant garden
Jane Harries Garden Designs
Make your multi-tasking furniture
When a swing is not a swing? When there is a beautiful wooden swing seat. If your kids love to swing, but you do not have space for an appropriate setting, a wooden rocking, as would be the perfect option. Similarly, a fabric hammock tied between two poles or attached to a portable medium, is a fabulous source of pleasure.
When a swing is not a swing? When there is a beautiful wooden swing seat. If your kids love to swing, but you do not have space for an appropriate setting, a wooden rocking, as would be the perfect option. Similarly, a fabric hammock tied between two poles or attached to a portable medium, is a fabulous source of pleasure.
Germinate Design
install a sunken trampoline
Nothing prevents children more fun than jumping around for hours. There are some large trampolines on the market in a range of sizes, but they take a lot of space.
For something less overwhelming, a trampoline below is a fantastic option. You can either buy a do-it-yourself kit, or get a professional to install it for you. As well as looking beautiful, a trampoline board is less likely to blow over, and children do not fall apart.
Nothing prevents children more fun than jumping around for hours. There are some large trampolines on the market in a range of sizes, but they take a lot of space.
For something less overwhelming, a trampoline below is a fantastic option. You can either buy a do-it-yourself kit, or get a professional to install it for you. As well as looking beautiful, a trampoline board is less likely to blow over, and children do not fall apart.
Helen Williams Garden Design
Encourage to take cover
a completely open space can become too hot for a long summer day, so be sure to create some shade in which children can withdraw. Trees are a great option, or erect a canopy, simple pergola or parasol.
Encourage your children to stay out of the sun by placing a game table, sandbox or a swing in the shade. One rainy day, a covered area will also give them the opportunity to get out in the fresh air.
a completely open space can become too hot for a long summer day, so be sure to create some shade in which children can withdraw. Trees are a great option, or erect a canopy, simple pergola or parasol.
Encourage your children to stay out of the sun by placing a game table, sandbox or a swing in the shade. One rainy day, a covered area will also give them the opportunity to get out in the fresh air.
Maria Hickey & Associates Landscape
up camp
dens children of love, both as a place to hide and space to be quiet. A den could be something as simple as a shady corner, or as large as a treehouse.
A bean teepee like this is a simple idea that provides both a camp for children and a beautiful setting in place you could grow beans. Buying willow or bamboo canes from your local garden center and build a circle, held in place with string. Plant beans at the base and train them to grow the wigwam.
dens children of love, both as a place to hide and space to be quiet. A den could be something as simple as a shady corner, or as large as a treehouse.
A bean teepee like this is a simple idea that provides both a camp for children and a beautiful setting in place you could grow beans. Buying willow or bamboo canes from your local garden center and build a circle, held in place with string. Plant beans at the base and train them to grow the wigwam.
Architectural Landscape Design, Inc.
be creative with mosaic
mosaic tiles are easy to buy from craft suppliers and are a great way to brighten up the garden. Choose a grout that is impervious to water and ensure there are no sharp edges. So let your imagination run wild.
You can create large drawings on the walls and patios, or go for something smaller. The stepping stones numbered along this route would be easy to do, but look at the fun and the basis for a series of games.
See 8 ideas that will make you rethink the mosaics
mosaic tiles are easy to buy from craft suppliers and are a great way to brighten up the garden. Choose a grout that is impervious to water and ensure there are no sharp edges. So let your imagination run wild.
You can create large drawings on the walls and patios, or go for something smaller. The stepping stones numbered along this route would be easy to do, but look at the fun and the basis for a series of games.
See 8 ideas that will make you rethink the mosaics
Germinate design
Build a climbing wall
If your children take you on the wall, you could make them climb a place. It is easier to buy ready-made climbing walls, but they are often included as part of a climbing frame.
Did not have the space for a large piece of equipment? Create your own room with a climbing wall holds package. Make sure you choose a solid wall, then simply screw the blocks at various points. For safety, it is best to get an expert to do it, because it is important that they are extremely secure.
If your children take you on the wall, you could make them climb a place. It is easier to buy ready-made climbing walls, but they are often included as part of a climbing frame.
Did not have the space for a large piece of equipment? Create your own room with a climbing wall holds package. Make sure you choose a solid wall, then simply screw the blocks at various points. For safety, it is best to get an expert to do it, because it is important that they are extremely secure.
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Paint a blackboard wall
you have a free wall, you do not know how to decorate? Turn into an art station by adding a coat of paint blackboard. If your wall is not flat, you will need to dress up the exterior plywood and add a sealant along the edges.
Alternately, hang a framed picture, like the owners have done. The seat below provides a kneeling place for small to reach their art map above.
Read expert advice on what to do in the garden in July
you have a free wall, you do not know how to decorate? Turn into an art station by adding a coat of paint blackboard. If your wall is not flat, you will need to dress up the exterior plywood and add a sealant along the edges.
Alternately, hang a framed picture, like the owners have done. The seat below provides a kneeling place for small to reach their art map above.
Read expert advice on what to do in the garden in July
Organize do not worry
Allocate storage space
with children comes clutter, so build easily accessible storage areas to hide it all and keep it out of the rain. You can add a little space in your decking area, or choose the garden seat storage or specially designed containers.
The marked bins are a simple solution that should encourage small to tidy up after themselves.
Tell us ...
Have you created some interesting play areas in your garden? Share your ideas and pictures in the comments below.
with children comes clutter, so build easily accessible storage areas to hide it all and keep it out of the rain. You can add a little space in your decking area, or choose the garden seat storage or specially designed containers.
The marked bins are a simple solution that should encourage small to tidy up after themselves.
Tell us ...
Have you created some interesting play areas in your garden? Share your ideas and pictures in the comments below.