In Their HandsOur children have a vested interest in the wellbeing of our planet, so how can we spur them into eco-action?Garden PartyYou are cordially invited to months of joy in your own backyard. Children will have a ball this summer with garden party games

and improvement for British luxury brands.There is further reason for celebration for brand founder Eva Karayiannis and her team, as this summer sees Caramel Baby & Child’s 10th anniversary. The garden of their Notting Hill store plays host to a birthday party

. The villas sleep up to ten and cost from €1,680 for a week in July and August. Tuscany somehow lends itself to big, Italian-style house parties, and Invitation To Tuscany offer some stunning villas to suit larger groups. Podere dell’Amore, an old, fully

ceilings and dark-wood furniture. We were greeted by our villa host, Suzy, who had stocked our fridge with tomatoes plucked from her garden and delicious home-made pesto, as well as all the essentials – bread, milk, pasta – plus a selection of gelati from

. There are weekend climb parties with games and fun for climbers from five years of age. Bensheim Way, Chiltern Avenue, Amersham HP6 5AH. Tel: 01494 721112 or visit www.chiltern.gov.uk - Oxstalls Indoor Tennis Centre Children as young as three can have fun

the chance to bake delicious cookies with one of the hotel’s top chefs or even enjoy a specially tailored treatment at Azura’s African spa, such as a girls’ pamper party.From £1,383 per night for a family of four staying in the Villa Amizade all

), that I was to report on the high street press shows (rather than my favoured couture) for Autumn/Winter ‘10/11, I felt like the reincarnation of Kate Adie herself.Fighting through the busy shoppers in Covent Garden, taxis zooming past, beeping away, I

, Peter strays into his neighbour’s garden and proceeds to eat his vegetables, only to be chased away by an angry Mr McGregor. Potter’s writing style has the quaint, mannered charm of its period. 20The Magic Faraway Treeby Enid Blyton Egmont, £5