Family Spaces

Family Spaces covers garden areas built around children and family life: play zones, kids' beds, and plant choices that suit young families. The articles look at designing a garden that balances play, safety, and planting, and at organising the space into clear zones for play, eating, and growing.

The category also looks at the plants themselves. Child-safe planting guidance explains that most garden plants are safe around children, while a shorter list of common favourites should be removed or relocated. Other pieces cover getting children interested in gardening through tasks that engage them, choosing fast-growing vegetables for young growers, integrating play areas with the garden, planning seasonal family activities, and building sensory gardens that engage touch, smell, sound, and taste alongside visual appeal.