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Plants to choose for the perfect family garden
By Fiona McKim on 11/04/2012 11:05:33
Stimulate your child’s senses with this fragrant flora
Plants to chooseTouch Children love the soft, woolly texture of Stachys byzantina (Iamb's ears), and stipa tenuissima (soft grass) feels quite feathery.Sight Fuchsias are bright and vivid and children adore popping the flower buds. Pansies, daisies
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How to forage safely with your child
By Junior on 18/04/2012 17:18:22
A beginner's guide to picking your own fresh and wild ingredients
– for example, if you have berries growing in hedgerows along a busy road. Without sounding too scoutish, the key is to be prepared:Be clear about what you are picking and tell your child not to put anything in her mouth unless you say so. Although foraging
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Five Ways To Teach Your Child About Farming
By Fiona McKim on 16/01/2012 10:25:06
plants and herbs. Let your child select what she wants to grow and create a simple chart, following the progress of her blooms. The process of nurturing a living thing and self sufficiently growing food can be immensely satisfying for young children who
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The Sleepyhead baby bed – designed with blissful bed-sharing in mind
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 03/01/2012 11:05:26
Lisa Furuland, founder of Enfant Terrible Design of Sweden, shares the inspiration behind her stylish sleep-time innovation the Sleepyhead
Who's in your family?My husband Costa and I have got two little boys, Ilias, five, and Troy, three.What inspired you to create Sleepyhead? Sleepyhead came about when Ilias was born in 2006. I wanted to create a safe bed-sharing solution. I think it
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Cooking with Raymond Blanc
By Catherine O'Dolan on 07/08/2010 12:11:55
A lifelong love of good food and a rich culinary heritage encouraged Michelin-star chef Raymond Blanc to open his own cookery class to inspire and educate mini chefs
and have a balanced meal too.At what age do you think children should start?From the nipple. Sorry to be so raw, but it really should start from birth. As your baby grows, let her explore food – give some lovely new strawberries, totally organic, and let
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Exclusive interview: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
By Catherine O'Dolan on 15/01/2013 12:50:34
Junior catches up with author Jeff Kinney on his trip to the UK to promote his latest book Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
anything, so I knew that I could eat a devilled egg, so I got like eight devilled eggs and sat down with my plate. I bit into one and it didn’t taste anything like my grandmother’s and I didn’t know what to do so I dumped the eggs in this plant pot
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Your dream green holiday
By Junior on 18/08/2011 14:22:12
With tipis, tree houses and wildlife projects, ethical travelling has never been so much fun
by the late Dame Anita Roddick, this online travel agency is today one of the most successful and fastest-growing independent travel agencies in the UK. While it doesn’t package its own holidays, Responsible Travel does sell other company’s holidays, allowing
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A taste of Thailand
By Junior on 24/08/2011 12:31:50
From rugged rainforests and idyllic sandy shores to stunning cityscapes, Thailand offers a host of opportunities that teach valuable life lessons…
Assumption, they say, is the mother of mess-up. Oh, and what a fool was I to assume that on a long-haul flight with a duration of 11 hours there would be back-of-the-seat in-flight entertainment to keep a five-year-old amused. Instead, there was one
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