Monthly gardening ideas: summer term
Explore a host of growing ideas and projects across the summer term with your pupils

Plan your monthly growing activities with our top ideas for:
- Indoor gardening
- Flowers and trees
- Fruit and vegetables
- Propagation and cuttings
- Gardening for wildlife
- Garden art and design
May
Indoor gardening
- Grow microgreens to add into salads
Flowers and trees
- Sow teasel and wallflowers to flower for next year
- Plant sunflower seedlings outside
Fruit and vegetables
- Harvest spring cabbages
- Plant out tomato seedlings
Gardening for wildlife
- Create a pollinator-friendly planter
Garden art and design
- Make fun cane toppers
June
Indoor gardening
- Sow rocket seeds
Flowers and trees
- Sow hollyhock seeds for pollinating insects
- Support your sunflower plants and sweet peas
Fruit and vegetables
- Harvest broad beans
Propagation and cuttings
- Separate potted herbs to make more plants
Gardening for wildlife
- Spot and identify pollinating insects
Garden art and design
- Make supports for your plants
July
Indoor gardening
- Make a cress head
Flowers and trees
- Take a look at our summer watering toolkit
- Check tree ties and stakes
Fruit and vegetables
Propagation and cuttings
- Make more strawberry plants
Gardening for wildlife
- Add pools of water for wildlife
Garden art and design
- Create your own herbarium species
August
Indoor gardening
- Make seed packets for saving seeds
Flowers and trees
- Lightly prune lavender after flowering
- Pick sweet peas to encourage more flowers
Fruit and vegetables
Propagation and cuttings
- Save pot marigold seeds
Gardening for wildlife
- Let grassy areas grow long
Garden art and design
- Make a minibeast hotel