3 minute read February 1, 2021 Learn, Plants, Style

Native Garden Makeover Series - Episode 4: Planting with kids

Welcome to episode four of our Native Garden Makeover Series. In this episode, Mick Davis gets the kids involved in the planting. Gardening is a great way to get kids outside and learning!

Mick’s top tips for getting started with planting your natives:

Scrape the mulch back to ensure you are planting in the soil.
Dig a hole that is big enough for the plants, keeping the soil you dig out of the hole to the side for later on.
Add a native plant fertiliser to the hole and dig it into the soil for the roots to ‘chase’ the fertiliser once planted.
Place the plants into the hole and then replace some of the soil around the roots of the new plant.
Push the soil into the roots, nice and firmly.
Cover back up with mulch, but not too close to the plant as this can cause stems to rot.
Give your new plants a good drink!

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