space, you could use a pot to grow a minimeadow,”says gardening writer and author Martyn Cox “You can buy meadowseed mixes that have wild grasses and flowers, and scatter them across the pot. Or, if you have a lawn, let the grass grow long in one corner

Matchstick Garden £1.75 for a book of ten from the Design Museum Shop Each stick has a seed in the tip to grow herbs or wild flowers.

perhaps don’t bank on a lifetime supply of fresh guacamole, just an enjoyable gardening project. More green living from Junior:How to grow a wild flower gardenThe best foods to buy organic

:Meats:Beef, Chicken, PorkDairy:Milk, Cheese, ButterFruit and Vegetables:Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Raspberries, Cherries, Tomatoes, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Grapes, Celery, Potatoes, SpinachMore green living from Junior:Growing vegetables with your childHow to grow a wild flower garden

for small creatures and birds.3. Make a compost heap Compost is not only great for recycling and for the soil, but also as shelter for useful creatures like the slug-hunting slow worm.4. Sow a wild flower meadow Or you can just allow a patch of grass to grow

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

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

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