Keeping Willow busy in the garden this summer- By Vikki Pritchard

We love being outside as a family all year round either out and about exploring or enjoying our own garden. We have recently moved and have been very lucky that our Garden was a blank canvas, meaning we can create our garden to benefit us all.

We have started by creating a raised flower bed, filling this with colour, scents and encouraging wildlife into the garden. Being a raised bed this is more accessible for Willow, we love going out, checking our flowers and listening to the bees buzzing. Above the flowers we have installed a bug/bee hotel, which currently has spiders and ladybirds in, and Daddy has added in a small bird house, currently no habitants.

We have also upcycled milk bottles and created a hanging herb garden, this goes lovely alongside our BBQ!

Since joining VICTA, we like to get involved with the Sunflower race and have had great success this year.

Daddy and Mummy have also been busy building and have created a water area for Willow to explore and play, Daddy has built a mud/water kitchen, with utensils and pots and pans and Mummy has created a water wall, with jugs, funnels and tubes.

We can’t always go out and about everyday, but having things Willow can get involved with and enjoy at home means we are always up to something.

If you would like to see what else we do in our garden (Daddy’s hoping for greenhouse next) head over to Instagram and follow @willows_world2023

If you would like to find out more about Willow’s journey, click here!

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