Your days outside don’t have to be numbered just because it’s dark by the time you’re home from work. Muddy stomps around the countryside are a classic winter activity for a reason, and you can capture that magic in your own garden. Whilst it’s really lovely to curl up inside with cosy blankets, a warm drink and a book, your garden can be a really beautiful place to be in autumn and winter.
Putting a little time (and sometimes a bit of cash) into making your garden look and feel like an extension of your home is the key to getting you and your family spending time out there, whether this be cutting the grass, planting new flowers, or spending money on getting the gutters cleared to avoid water damage, with a company like Clean Pro Gutter Cleaning St Paul. For a lot of these activities, if you’ve got kids, you should try and involve them in everything you do in your garden, to encourage a love for the outdoors – even in the rain!
Get a little wild
Wildlife changes all year round. There are still lots of fuzzy animals and creepy crawlies over winter, and taking care of them can be a really fun way to get outside but also can help you make your garden look great.
Watch out for hedgehogs getting ready for hibernation if you’re doing any landscaping. If you disturb any, take the time to help them get settled somewhere cosy and secure. Get your little ones involved (or if you don’t have kids… do it yourself!) in making your own hedgehog house to keep wildlife safe and warm through hibernation.
Building or buying bird feeders, birdbaths and birdhouses for non-migratory birds can also be a great way to both encourage wildlife and make your garden look cute and quirky. Whether you buy them or build them yourself, giving them a lick of paint can give your garden a bright splash of colour, even when the sky is grey.
Be more chill
If you’re lucky enough to live somewhere that gets proper snow (and actually knows how to cope with it, unlike the UK) then playing in the snow is a must. Sure, you get cold and damp but is there anything cuter than chilly rosy cheeks and little ones wrapped up in thick winter coats? Even if you’re an adult without kids, brutal snowball fights will probably never not be a fun way to make some great winter memories.
Building snowmen (and trying to get them as tall as possible) is a quintessential childhood experience – if you haven’t got kids it can be a nostalgic activity to do with friends, and if you’ve got little ones then give them some winter wonderland memories they’ll have forever.
Bring the heat
Because it’s so cosy and warm inside, getting outside in the evenings and on the weekends to spend time in your garden can feel like a struggle. Making sure you’ve got decent garden furniture can coax your family and friends outdoors. No garden chill-out area is complete without some comfy seating (and maybe an outdoor bean bag or two) and it’s important that you buy with quality in mind.
Buying long-lasting, luxury rattan outdoor furniture will mean less time put into maintenance and less money spent in the long run. Things like lanterns and heaters (or even light-up LED seating) can make long evenings outdoors just as enjoyable in the autumn and winter as in the summer.
Baby, you’re a firework
These days, people take any excuse for fireworks. From the weekend before Halloween right through to the weekend after Bonfire night, there are fireworks almost every night… and then again at Christmas and New Year.
Whether you’re a firework lover or not, it’s hard to resist a roaring bonfire or the cosy crackle of a small fire in a fire pit. Crack out the marshmallows and biscuits and bundle all your family and friends up in warm clothes and chat around the fire.
Green thumb
Having a pretty, colourful garden can really help encourage you and your family to get outside more often, despite the cold. Whilst it’s harder to grow plants and a full diet of fresh, seasonal fruit and veg, there are lots of veggies and flowers you can plant that will survive the winter if you give them a little TLC. They’ll require a little less maintenance as less water is needed due to a slower evaporation rate and more rain. Your plants will only need watering over longer dry spells.
If you’re keen to enjoy your garden this winter, then what’s stopping you? Bundle on some cosy winter clothes, dig your gloves out of storage, and get outside!
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