Planting by letters
We started improving our garden last year, when we removed the slippery messy decking and replaced it with a nice patio, as well as building a new shed.
This year we have continued our garden project, by sorting out the grass and adding a new border, in order to soften the look of the fence and bring some nice plants into the garden. We are not at all green fingered and wouldn’t have a clue what plants to choose for our north facing garden. Hence, we decided to use www.gardenonaroll.co.uk. You choose your style depending on the type of garden you have i.e. sunny or shady and what type of plants, e.g. ever green, mixed border, low maintenance etc. You measure the area, then order your plants.
The plants arrive in a box, with them all in alphabetically labelled pots. Also, you get a plan which you lay out on your prepared border and plant the corresponding plant into the letter on the plan. This ensures the plants are correctly spaced for their growth, height and design. For us clueless gardeners, this was a fantastic idea!
Our plants arrived on Thursday and we were very excited.
First thing the next morning we were outside preparing the border. Pinky and Boo couldn’t wait to get stuck in too.
We took the plants out of the boxes and the children helped line them all up in alphabetical order. This was good educational fun.
We laid the plans out on our new border and pegged them down. 
The children had a great time searching for and bringing us the letters for the corresponding position. It was a fantastic alphabet learning activity. It really brought letters to life in a fun way. 
Pinky and Boo also loved adding a little compost into each hole for the plants. 
Each plant was planted in its correct letter positioning. It was just like planting by letters, So easy!
Once all the plants were in, we covered the paper with compost and watered. Voila……all done!
Once the planting was all done, Pinky and Boo collected up all the plant pots and plant labels and started counting them and placing them in order. They were enjoying this activity for ages, they counted them several times over! It is amazing how much learning can be done outside, just doing some gardening.
I would definitely recommend Garden on a roll, it is so easy, fun for children and produces a great result!
That’s such a good idea. I’m pretty clueless when it comes to gardening so this would be ideal for me! Hope your garden blooms beautifully
#countrykids
Thanks, I’m keeping my fingers crossed the plants grow nicely
What a lovely day! As you know, we’re doing loads on our garden at the moment, and the kids and I area loving planting things (well, Little Man just likes digging and dirt, to be honest!). Great addition with the letters learning, too. Your border looks fab x
Thank you, gardening with kids can be good fun and provide learning too
What a lovely idea. Looks like everyone’s having fun. Hope it looks great x
Thank you, keeping my fingers crossed the plants grow well x
How simple can gardening be with such a great idea and a ready made workforce as well – well done to Homebase for an ingenious idea. A bonus that it was also a fun learning activity for the girls with their alphabet too. Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.
Thank you, I absolutely loved this idea of garden on a roll, it’s fantastic for us non green fingered people. The bonus of the kids having fun too was great!
Wow, what a fantastic idea! I’m not particularly green fingered either, this sounds like such a good way to garden
#CountryKids
It is the best way to garden!
This is a great idea! You canlandscape with the help of their plan! And fun too! #countrykids
Thanks, it is a fab idea
What a great idea! Never seen anything quite like it. Fabulous to see kids being excited about gardening and it being educational too! #countrykids
Thanks, it was a great fun experience of all of us I think
Genius, what a great idea. Perfect for if you have kids getting involved and also for terrible beginner gardeners like me
Your border looks great, and lots of fun to be had too x
Thank you, I love the idea
That is SUCH a good idea! We have no idea about gardening either, so it would be perfect for us. At the moment we need to work out which are the weeds and get rid of them before they take over our garden!
Popping over from What’s the Story.
It has been fantastic for us clueless gardeners
This is an amazing idea and looks really simple to follow to.
It is so easy to do
That is such a fantastic idea! Really brilliant.
Thank you
Wowee this looks like fun! I’m not at all greenfingered either. I’d need something like this! I’m going to add your Let Kids be Kids linky to a linky compilation I am making over at http://www.elizabethskitchendiary.co.uk/linkys/ if that’s ok? Also, I’ve started a new one, Kids’ Corner which this post would really suit! I’d love it if you could link up
Popping over from #whatsthestory
Thank you very much. I will have a look at kids corner too
What an innovative way to plant up a border – nice looking plants too
Thanks, it has been great!
What a brilliant idea Karen! Such great organisational skills and superb to get the kids so involved like this. Sounds like they had a good time with it all too. Thank you so much for sharing with #whatsthestory
Thanks, it was a fantastic thing for us non gardeners! And the children loved it too:)
What a brilliant idea!! I so lack inspiration in the garden and this would be fab #WhatstheStory
I think it is fantastic for us non green fingered people
What a brilliant idea! This would be perfect for me as I’ve no clue about gardening either. Looks like the kids really did have a great time and learnt a bit of alphabet into the bargain which is fab! #whatsthestory
It was a fantastic thing for all of us
Wow, such a cool idea! And fab that the kids can be involved! #whatsthestory
Thanks, the children did have fun with it
What a great idea, I could do with this and educational too #countrykids
Thanks, it is fantastic!