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Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.

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A fabulous way to ensure that all your favourite herbs are just to hand so that you can pick them and enjoy them any time you wish.

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Info sheet - Make a herbal hanging basket

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How to Preserve Tomatoes in Olive Oil | Oil Packing Tomatoes

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Preserving tomatoes, herbs and onions in seasalt, vinegar and water

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Preserving tomatoes, herbs and onions in seasalt, vinegar and water

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A really lovely gift from the garden, for you and for your friends.

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Learn how to make homemade butter in a jar!

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Decorating and filling our lovely Hapa Zome sensory bags

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Decorating and filling our lovely Hapa Zome sensory bags

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See how many you know!

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Most People Can't Identify 12/15 Of These Spices And Herbs - Can You?

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How well do you know what's in your pantry?

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Collecting herbs, grasses and wildflowers for your pot pourri

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Collecting herbs, grasses and wildflowers for your pot pourri

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Take a little wander around CARE and you will quickly find so much that can be added to your pot-pourri mix. Not only colourful flowers and leaves but herbs such as Rosemary, Lavender, oregano, fennel, mint and many more. Crush the leaves and cut the stems of the lavender into small pieces - they hold as much oil as the flower heads and will give a real burst of aromatic fragrance to your pot pourri.

Grasses, seed heads, wildflowers and fallen leaves all help to add substance to your mix. You can even add a few drops of essential oils if you really want to spice things up a little!

Your pot pourri will keep dry and fresh in your linnen bags and you can simply give it a shake, add a few more drops of sensory oil when you wish to liven it up a little.

These lovely bags make thoughtful gifts and can be refilled to celebrate the seasons at any time of year. Have fun!

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DIY Homemade Potpourri | Natural Long-Lasting Aroma at Home | Homeschool w/ Everyday Food

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Today we will be adding a lovely colour wash and carefully picking out some of the detail from the impressions of flowers, leaves and herbs that you made last week. Remember to take your time mixing the acrylic paint with lots of clean water so that the wash will flow across the surface of the clay, and not obscure the details. The paint will settle into all of the indentations and straight away you will be able to see your leaf and herb designs more clearly.

Take time to go over some of these with a very fine brush and a little acrylic paint. Use your creativity with adding colour, chose those that are your favourites or that represent the plants too.

We can add hangers to the clay with braided embroidery threads which will be really colourful and strong too.

We will spray the plaques with yacht varnish to seal in all of the fabulous colour and details that you have created, and help it to stay bright and fresh for much much longer.

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Making natural art on canvass using Hapa Zome 

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Making natural art on canvass using Hapa Zome 

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A fabulous way to create some beautiful art from your garden, please use a mallet, or rolling pin instead of a metal hammer if you can. Please be aware of others around you and your personal safety during this activity.

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Homemade jam - in the microwave! | Mumsnet hacks

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This quick and easy is a great way to enjoy lots of lovely vitamins fresh from your garden, or local hedgerow. You can adapt this recipe for almost any fruit you choose too.

We will be making dandelion jam in the session today - and for this we will need lots of lovely dandelion heads. Lets hope the sun is shining and we have plenty to harvest.

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Briefly blend the fruit and place in a large microwave-proof bowl with the sugar. Microwave on High for 3 mins, then stir well. Microwave for a further 3 mins on High, stirring after. Finish with a further 2 mins, then pour into warm sterilised jars. Once bottled and cool the jam is ready to eat. Will keep in a cool, dark place for up to 6 months. Keep in the fridge once opened.

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This delicious summer jam couldn't be easier to make, and it's perfect in homemade cakes or served with freshly baked scones, from BBC Good Food magazine.

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Species information

About

Red clover is a common plant of all kinds of grassy areas in the UK, from lawns to pastures, roadsides to meadows. It is sown as a fodder crop for livestock and has long been used in crop rotation systems because of its ability to fix nitrogen, enriching soils. The trefoil leaves are collected by wood mice and the flowers, which appear from May to October, are sought after by all kinds of bumblebees for their nectar.

How to identify

Like other clovers, the leaves of red clover have the familiar trefoil look with three green leaflets each bearing a white V-shaped marking. The pinky-red flowers are borne in rounded heads.

Distribution

Widespread.

Did you know?

The nectar-rich flowers of red clover are a favourite of many species of bee, including the common carder bee, honeybee and red-tailed bumblebee.

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A familiar 'weed' of gardens, roadsides, meadows and parks, red clover has trefoil leaves and red, rounded flower heads. It is often used as fodder for livestock.

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Healing Properties of Lavender — Lavender Hope

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Lavender is a herb with purple flowers that serves a myriad of natural healing and medicinal properties. The oil is usually extracted from the plant and used in aromatherapy, consumed as a supplement or applied on to the skin. Lavender can help improve sleep, reduce pain and relieve stress and anxiety. Not only does it have a distinctively sweet fragrance, it also has a floral, earthy taste which can be used in food and beverage.

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This is a really simple recipe that you can enjoy over and over again. The biscuits make a perfect treat, or gift. You can also replace the lavender with other herbs such as fennel. Why not experiment at home and let us know which is your favourite.

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Mary Berry Lavender Shortbread Biscuits - Rest Less

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The most clicked on recipe - EVER - on this website

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Full of fabulous vitamins and minerals dandelion leaves, roots and flowers have so much going on! Take a look at why they have had a place in medicinal and holistic herbal healing for centuries.

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Dandelion Secrets Unveiled: Surprising Facts You Didn’t Know

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Dive into the dandelion world. Explore the secrets of this common weed, revealing surprising and fascinating facts you never knew existed.