Activities To Enjoy In Nature This Winter - GreenHouse Project

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Our awesome GreenHouse Project Coordinators have put together some lovely ideas for some lockdown activity inspiration. Have a look at what Lorena and Jen put together to keep you engaged with nature and with our GreenHouse Project.

Wildlife

Making a bug hotel. How to Make an Insect Hotel: 10 Steps (with Pictures)

Designing and creating squirrel assault courses Squirrel Assault Courses

Making bird feeders and seed balls. 15 Easy Homemade Bird Feeders - DIY Bird Feeder Ideas

Plant, Food & Herb Growing

Sowing chilli seeds indoors (late Jan/Early Feb) How To Grow Chilli Peppers | Thompson & Morgan

Sowing tomato seeds indoors (late feb/Early march) Growing Tomatoes from Seed - How To Sow Tomato Seeds

Herbal tea making 18 Herbal Teas To Help You Stay Healthy This Winter

Bulb Planting - Indoors

Lorena from GreenHouse Project North London is planting beautiful bluebell bulbs in lockdown - for putting in pots or in the ground outdoors.

Indoor Cuttings

Indoor cuttings: How to make free plants! Can be done all year round.

Creative & Therapeutic Activities - Indoors

Indoor willow sculptures /making stuff (Jen can source and drop off willow) Small Willow Sculpture

Veg themed cake baking (carrot, banana, beetroot brownies) Beetroot Brownies Recipe - BBC Good Food

Making chutney/jam/flavoured oils: 

How to make chutney recipe - BBC Food

How to Make Jam: 15 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Make Flavoured Oils: 6 Steps (with Pictures)

Creative & Therapeutic Activities - Outdoors

Winter bark photos and rubbings, How to make a bark rubbing - Discover Wildlife

Tree walks - great new book we are ordering London Tree Walks | Caught by the River | Caught by the River

Winter foraging walks What to forage for in winter in Britain | UK winter foraging

Forest bathing see quick guide here

If you’d like advice or guidance on anything related to the the activities above or nature - please reach out to:

Lorena @ LoVilazur@shp.org.uk

or Jen @ JWales@shp.org.uk

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