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How to grow a wild flower garden
By Junior on 11/04/2012 10:45:20
Nurture your child’s wild side and discover the untamed blooms in your area
and get wild flower plugs to dot in. Creating a mini meadow is a great idea – you don’t have to change the garden, just a corner.”Ten wonderful wild flowers1. Cornflower Once dotted all over golden cornfields, today you’re more likely to find
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Eureka!, West Yorkshire
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 25/07/2011 13:58:10
Spark the imagination – and possibly even discover a future career – at this museum for children
flowers, or even peering into a transparent toilet, your child is sure to find something to tickle her fancy.Family X-Factor Even the youngest of visitors is catered for. In the Desert Discovery, non-walkers can kick back in the soft and padded environs
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Finding feathered friends
By Fiona McKim on 21/07/2011 11:30:02
An enchanting world awaits the budding birdwatcher this summer
including hundreds of bird species, exotic butterflies and vibrant flowers to stimulate your child’s imagination.As well as providing an opportunity for families to discover our native wildlife, the RSPB plays a crucial role in protecting Britain’s birds
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Westonbirt, The National Arboretum, Gloucestershire
By Fiona McKim on 26/07/2011 17:53:46
Discover Britain's most terrific trees, beautiful blooms and superb shrubbery
for special play areas where children can climb, build dens and clamber over fallen logs.Not many people know this, but… Westonbirt may describe itself as a rare and important tree collection, but you won't find any 'keep off the grass' signs here
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Junior's guide to the exotic Far East
By Junior on 15/08/2011 16:30:54
Finding famous dragons, wandering around waterfalls, waving at wild elephants, a trip to the Far East will be an unforgettable family holiday
are dressed in luminous colours with an elaborate offering of flowers and fruit piled high on their heads, it’s sure to make a lasting impression. The Far East is wonderful value for money. There are some truly amazing resorts and such great scope
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The inside scoop: H&M childrenswear
By Catherine Hudson on 14/05/2013 09:00:00
Head of Design for H&M childrenswear, Erica Christoffersson, chats to us about her childhood dressing up days and the summer childrenswear collection
collections for children.What are your earliest fashion memories – what did you wear?My mother was very interested in fashion, and by the age of five, I discovered her closet. I remember dressing up in a beautiful lilac dress with big black flowers, a wide
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Junior meets Oeuf NYC founder Sophie Demenge
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 13/07/2012 13:20:56
Chic furniture, kooky clothes and unusual furnishings, NYC-based Oeuf have hatched a nestful of brilliant ideas. We caught up with the company's co-founder Sophie Demenge
in Paris. When I grew up it was always about quality and not quantity. Paris is so incredibly beautiful. It seems that every detail is thought out. The displays are elegant whether in a bakery or flower shop as if there is innate sense of style and a
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Orla Kiely: The Queen of Pattern
By Catherine O'Dolan on 29/05/2012 19:16:15
The Irish designertakes inspiration from the colours of her childhood to create iconic designs as she branches out into picture books
that the colours I love come from Ireland,” she says. “My love for green, from moss to seaweed, the grey and browns of the huge skies and rolling landscapes, the mustard yellow of gorse bushes on the hills and the wild flowers by the roadside.”In her
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The Family Festival Guide 2012
By Catherine O'Dolan on 04/05/2012 10:16:32
Junior's pick of the most fabulous family-friendly festivals around
) and enormous giant flowers, as well as brilliant dedicated areas for children and, new for last year, tweens and teenagers. The 2012 line-up has a distinctly folky feel with Laura Marling and Bon Iver at the top of the bill and pouty pop princess Lana Del Ray
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