If you are looking for ideas to kick off your Easter festivities this Spring, Lawntech have put together a host of fun garden ideas and activities for the whole family to enjoy.
Easter egg hunt
Need we say it’s a classic! For decades, the famous Easter egg hunt has been a fun tradition for families of all ages. Especially for those entertaining children at Easter, there’s no better reason to take them away from modern day technology and have them enjoying the outdoors than a traditional treasure (or chocolate) hunt.
From pots and plants to shrubs and sheds, your garden makes the perfect hiding spot for your Easter treats. Have adults and children put on their thinking ‘bonnets’ and solve clues or riddles to lead them to their next reward, or for your younger, little lambs, you can get creative and paint cardboard bunnies to mark the spot for each hidden egg location. It’s an hour of fun for everyone!
Brighten up your plant pots with painted egg shells.
Paint eggshells for your garden pots
Have cracking fun painting eggshells this Easter to make beautiful spring decorations for your pots. Once decorated, your little bunnies can hop out to the garden and brighten up your plant pots with their painted eggs. It’s a fun addition to your garden and an age-old activity that’s not to be missed.
Make an Easter wreath
It’s becoming more popular than ever to dress up your doors for the holidays and a home-made Easter wreath packed with rustic twigs and pretty pastels is the ideal décor. Grab your Easter baskets and head for the garden in a hunt for twigs and natural materials to decorate your wreath. Whether you want to use steel wire for a sturdy ring or cardboard plates for your base as an Easter craft for the children, you can be as creative as you wish with these!
Head out on a scavengers hunt for leaves and twigs from your garden to create a home-made Easter wreath!
Decorate your Easter tree
Expand your decorative touches even further this Easter, with an Easter tree. The tradition to decorate trees and bushes with eggs at Easter began in Germany centuries ago but has become somewhat of a new trend in the UK.
Simply glue or stick loops of ribbon or string to the top of any small, lightweight Easter eggs or egg decorations and hang them on the branches of your outdoor tree. You can even brighten up your indoors with a bare branch or twig bundle placed in a large vase and finished with your hanging egg decorations for a stylish, spring table centrepiece.
Bring your outdoors to life this Easter with hanging tree decorations.
Prepare a garden picnic
Although we can’t promise Spring Sunshine in the UK, Easter weekend can often bring bright spells of warmer weather, and with your now beautifully decorated garden, it’s the perfect time for a picnic! Cook up your favourite Easter recipes and celebrate the best foods of spring with a garden picnic appetising enough for everyone to enjoy. With hot cross buns and jam, carrot cake and cream and a selection of savoury sandwiches, Easter has plenty to offer to please those hungry tums!
Sow strawberries
Easter is about celebrating new beginnings; this makes it the perfect time of year for planting delicious fruits, and strawberries are a firm family favourite in this category! Encourage your budding gardeners outdoors and have them harvest their own home-grown food. They’ll enjoying watching their strawberries grow into shiny, red juicy fruits to garnish breakfasts and yoghurts.
If you do happen to save aside some chocolate from Easter, you can even enjoy chocolate dipped strawberries for a delightful desert!
Sow new beginnings this Spring and have your family plant their own strawberries – a fun and easy fruit to grow to encourage all the family into the garden this Easter!
There’s plenty of ways to embrace your garden and celebrate Easter this Spring with all the family! To find out more about Lawntech and our annual lawn care treatment programme you can contact us today or receive an instant no-obligation quote online.
