Small tools that the kids can use are great as they can dig alongside you then. I bought a little gardening set for my daughters that had a small trowel, small fork and a mat to lean their knees on.

Take out a magnifying glass into the garden and have your child see how many worms, bugs etc. they can spot. This turns the garden into a fun exciting place to explore.

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Plant bulbs and see whose bulb grows the fastest and flowers first.

Let each child have their own patch where they can sow seeds of their own.

Sow seeds in the shape of your child’s name in seeds, e.g. pansies. You can buy some flower packets that give you the tape to mark out their name and the seeds go on the tape then and get covered in soil.

Watching the sunflowers or beans grow taller, and measuring them every week is super fun for kids. Have a little notebook where they can write down the height each week and track the growth.

Get the wellies on, hand over the watering can and/or hose, and let them at it…!

Plant butterfly-friendly flowers to encourage garden wildlife. Build a bug hotel and make sure to leave a corner with some wood and leaf debris for other insects and hedgehogs to hide under.

Planting things to eat e.g. cress, rocket leaves, vegetables. Here’s how to grow a pizza garden and you might also enjoy growing your own salad bowl.

They naturally want to pull on things so getting them weeding is handy! Show them which plants are weeds and which are to be left.

Try planting some unusual varieties of veggies, for example purple carrots, striped beets, ‘Easter egg’ radishes.

Garden centres are fun places to take kids as they enjoy wandering in and out of the plants and containers. For more inspiration, why not visit a garden centre or gardens near you?