Creating spaces to sit following the sun including a dining area, fire-pit, morning coffee or just a perch to reflect and soak up the sun!

Add raised beds to create areas where you can control and optimise veg growing. Children can also 'own' these to create their own micro gardens.

Introduce a natural play element which can be as simple as a balancing beam or create a structure combining lots of elements to encourage cognitive and physical development.

Create a cutting garden in a specific place in a raised bed or several large containers such as pots, galvanised buckets or even a bath! Many flowers can be seed sown each year and will produce flowers for harvest all summer.

Outside cooking goes way beyond a BBQ now with an amazing range of pizza ovens, outdoor grills and smokers. Create an outside kitchen and get adventurous with al fresco dining.

Introduce a fire-pit at the end of your garden as an evening destination to chill out with a drink, entertain or relax with the family. Add a swing arm BBQ or hanging pot and create an evening feast.

Family Gardens transformed the bottom of our garden into an exotic oasis where we can escape to, unwind and entertain. We love the oak framed pool-house with it's natural sedum roof!

Alistair and Natalie

★★★★★