Easy to make with maximum impact you can play about with colours, sizes and patterns for these paper bag stars.
Simple to make and beautifully green these bay leaf wreaths are not only great for decoration but also keep your bay leaves safe and dry for use throughout the year.
Go big or go gnome! Here’s a seasonal twist on our gingerbread cookie recipe with colourful garden gnomes iced for Christmas.
Delicious, easy to make, crumbly gingerbread biscuits can be shaped and decorated for a fun, festive treat.
We love these super simple ideas for cards and gift tags. All you need are some blank cards and tags and some conifer cuttings or fern fronds.
It’s so simple! Most of the ingredients can be found in your garden or allotment, and you can adapt it to suit what you have close to hand. Just grab a potato and off you go!
Here’s a lovely craft to try with the family this Christmas. Create these air dry clay bells and decorate to suit your theme – perfect for tree decorations or to add to a wreath or garland, or to simply hang in a special place.
So simple to make, these dried slices of fruit add a pop of colour to your Christmas wreaths, garlands and decorations.
Infuse your home with the scent of Christmas with these easy to make pomanders that combine the delicious scent of orange and cloves.
These easy to make Christmas decorations can be customised with family names or festive and are perfect for hanging on the tree, or adding as a name tag to your gifts or your Christmas table settings.
Team member Kay has been out collecting medlars recently ready for making medlar jelly which she recommends as the perfect addition to your cheeseboard this Christmas. Find out more about this unfamiliar fruit and how to transform it for Christmas.
Grab some waste paper and a packet of seeds and have a go at these rustic, seed filled paper tags that you can plant in the garden after use!
These are great if you want a wreath for an inside door or don’t have access to a garden to forage for a more traditional wreath. We scoured our local charity shops for supplies and found plenty of wool in a whole range of colours which made this a very budget friendly project.
For a unique festive decoration that showcases the very best of winter blooms, National Garden Scheme volunteer and florist, Penny Snell, gives her step-by-step guide on how to create a Christmas centrepiece – perfect for a fireplace, shelf or bookcase.
Popcorn is a wonderfully cheap and effective product to use for Christmas decorations. The wreaths are great for the birds hung in trees or use a popcorn garland to decorate your tree or mantlepiece indoors.
Nothing says Christmas more than a beautiful festive wreath adorning a front door – but instead of buying a wreath, have you ever considered making one with materials found in your garden?
Feed the birds in your garden this winter with these Christmas inspired birdseed cakes.
Treat the wildlife in your garden this winter with these nutty apple rings.
From mulled wine to some vegan delights take a look at our suitably festive recipes this Christmas.
Christmas just isn’t Christmas without a beautifully decorated tree glimmering in your home so take a look at the most eco-friendly options.
European mistletoe (Viscum album), is the traditional mistletoe of literature and Christmas celebrations. There are a number of stories that lie behind its use at Christmas, some magical, some mythical. We take a quick look at this punchy little parasitic plant.
Show your support of the National Garden Scheme by shopping from our beautiful Christmas collection of gifts and cards to send to friends and family this year. From gorgeous garden images, illustrations and seed cards to beautiful, exclusive Emma Bridgewater gifts there’s plenty to choose from.
Over the festive period why not enjoy a gorgeous winter woodland walk? You can find out about the benefits in this article.
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