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Our library of How to videos will help you make the most of your outdoor space, no matter how big or small, and demonstrate lots of ideas for gardening indoors too.

Creating a Sensory Garden

Design ideas and what to consider when creating a sensory garden. This session brings together the elements of The Sensory...

Salad Box: Part 1 Salad Nutrition & Benefits of Container Growing

Following-up on last month's Climbing Edibles, we'll also uncover a bounty of salad vegetables that thrive in a simple box...

Printing with Natural Materials: Wax Rubbing & Watercolour Printing

Printing with natural materials: Pull on an apron, get the wax crayons, paper and water based paints out for this...

Mindful Mandala Making

Support wellbeing with this easy sensory mindfulness activity. Use gathered plant materials to create a mandala. A mandala is traditionally...

Growing Series: Fruit Part 3 - Harvesting

Patio fruit harvest: how, when and what to do with your fruit treasure! An abundance of fruit growing, harvesting advice...

Growing Series: Tomatoes

How to save tomato seed and also grow tomato plants. The Trellis GROWING SERIES focuses on learning food growing skills...

House plant bathing

Join Jenny, Trellis Information Services Manager, as she gives her house plant a lovely bath! A great, therapeutic activity to...

Spring Flowering Bulbs - Alpine Style!

Create a colourful, vibrant display for Spring with alpine bulbs, plants, gravel, rocks and upcycled containers for your doorstep, balcony...

Salad Box: Part 2 Growing your own

Following-up on last month's Climbing Edibles, we'll also uncover a bounty of salad vegetables that thrive in a simple box...

Outdoor Bulbs-year round joy!

Plant outdoor bulbs for year round colour and interest! Pimp your containers for enjoyment and display on the patio, doorstep...

Sowing Flowers for Cutting

Sowing flowers for cutting

Summer Flowers & Tea in the Garden

Enjoy the Summer Garden! Simple flower arranging, care of cut flowers, flower pressing and drying. Have fun using your summer...

Taking Cuttings

Taking cuttings is a way to multiply the number of plants you have. This video demonstrates how to take 'softwood...

Sweet Pea Sowing

How to sow sweet peas featuring Trellis Fieldworker Joan Wilson.

Woodland Walk

Join us for a totally relaxing walk through the woods and enjoy a spot of forest bathing! This 7 minute...

Plant Pot Bird Bath

Create a decorative bird bath and water feature to attract birds to your garden and enjoy their melodious songs. Get...

Climbing Edibles Part 1

Grow fruit and veg vertically! You can make the most of your available space by growing crops that climb upwards...

Bulb Lasagne 2023

How to plant a Bulb Lasagne

Adaptive Paper Roll Seed Sowing

Tiny seeds can be tricky to handle for many - try this adaptive measure.

Hanging Baskets

How to save tomato seed and also grow tomato plants. The Trellis GROWING SERIES focuses on learning food growing skills...

Growing Series: No cook strawberry jam

Glut of strawberries? Lots of cheap berries in the shops? No cook strawberry jam is a great activity for all...

Daffodil Donder

Join Joan as she inspects her daffodils - some planted in October and others on boxing day! How are they...

Thriller, filler, spiller - creating a moss hanging basket

Join Trellis Project Adviser, Joan, as she creates a lovely summer moss hanging basket

The Sensory Garden - Sound

Learn the importance of sound in the garden and how to create a soundscape.

The Sensory Garden: Touch - Within reach container gardening

Using touch as a means to engage individuals with nature, this session focuses on plants that offer a diverse array...

Drying Flowers & Saving Seeds

Summer provides our favourite flowers and lots of seed heads! In this double bill - find out how to preserve...

Composting

Composting demystified! Learn the basics of composting and get some top tips on setting up a composting area. What to...

Growing Series: Fruit Part 2 - Growing

Summer is around the corner! Time has flown since we first looked at planting easy-to-grow fruits in January. Find out...

Growing Series: Strawberries

How to grow and propagate strawberry plants. The Trellis GROWING SERIES focuses on learning food growing skills and also guidance...

broth mix v pea shoots from a packet

Join Joan as she carries out the first part of her pea shoot experiment - sowing the seed - what...

Rhubarb and chicory forcing

Join Fiona, CEO at Trellis, as she explains the simple process of forcing crops including rhubarb and chicory.

Four craft activity ideas for pressed flowers

Four things to make using pressed flowers. Create a bookmark, greetings card, suncatcher or a picture. Easy to make with...

The Sensory Garden: Sight - Visual interest in the garden

Nature is visually stunning! Using sight as a means of engaging people in the outdoors, this sessions takes an in-depth...

Lavender Garden Bite

Ideas & activities for using Lavender flowers!

Winter Pruning of Pot Grown Fruit Bushes

Catch up with our small garden/patio grown fruits: Rhubarb, Raspberries, Bramble, Blueberries that were planted last year.

Summer Flowering Corms & Edible Flowers

Prepare for Summer! Pops of colour, delicious scents and tastes - plant a variety of summer flowering corms and edible...

Water Feature

Create mini-ponds and water features - perfect sensory additions to your garden, patio or outdoor table. Plus adaptive tips and...

Nifty Spring Onions

Grow spring onions all year round - a quick and simple gardening activity, no gardening experience needed!

Wildlife pond

Join Fiona as she gives you a short tour of her wildlife pond and all the exciting additions just waiting...

How to Make Herb Infused Oils

As part of The Sensory Garden Series - Taste How to make herb infused oils to use as salad dressing...

Spring in the Garden

A whistlestop tour around the garden in Spring. What can you see?

Taking Semi-Ripe Cuttings (Summer)

How to take cuttings of your favourite plants and create lots to plant in the garden, give away to friends...

Fruit Pruning

Lots of tips on fruit plant care over the winter as well as a pruning demonstration for fruit trees to...

Growing Series: Patio Vegetables

Easy to grow vegetables on the doorstep or patio - how to sow seeds and care for courgettes, carrots...

Herb Planter & Tea in the Garden

How to plant up a container full of sensory herbs - lots of adaptive techniques and activity inspiration...

Snow Globes

Join us for this fun Do-A Long session! Engage in this delightful activity by repurposing glass jars and natural materials...

Storecupboard Bird Feeder

Grab some bits from your storecupboard - preferably the out of date stuff (the birds wont mind) and help make...

How to Make Onion Syrup

As part of The Sensory Garden Series - Taste How to make Onion Syrup , a cold remedy from garden...

Easy Windowsill Crops

Longing for some green shoots? Signs of Spring? Here's some suggestions for what and how to grow on your windowsill...

Tumbling Tomatoes & Marigolds

How to grow Tumbling Tomatoes & Marigolds for a delicious and colourful display in Summer containers and hanging baskets on...

Draw-a-long Garden Bird with Laura Cuppage

Get your group together and draw-a-long with Laura Cuppage. Have a go at sketching a beautiful garden bird – all...

Raspberry 'All Gold' Cane Wigwam

Grow a delicious Raspberry plant in a container on your patio. Easy-to-grow and a winter tabletop activity, easily adapted for...

Wildflowers & Seed Bombs

Learn how to sow and grow native wildflowers to support wildlife, especially pollinators. This video includes 'how to make seed...

Jingle bulbs

A simple therapeutic gardening activity - jingle bulbs. This is a table top activity good for care homes or schools...

Make Pickle from Garden Veg

As part of The Sensory Garden Series - Taste How to make delicious pickle from garden vegetables. A tasty snack...

Soil Free Windowsill Crops

How to grow soil free windowsill crops including sprouting beans

Have a Go at Making Seed Bombs

Create seed balls - fun to make - easy to plant!

Houseplants: Orchid Care - encouraging flowering

Your orchid's flowers are dying back? Here's what to do next to encourage more flowering and take best care of...

Growing Series: Patio Fruit Growing

Look forward to Summer! Plant fruit in winter for delicious crops in summer. How to plant easy- to- grow fruit...

Edible Flowers

Discover how to grow and use edible flowers! Lots of adaptive techniques and extension activity ideas.

The Autumn garden: indoor flowering bulbs

An Autumn activity favourite - Plant indoor flowering bulbs for scent and colour over the Festive Season!

Climbing Edibles Part 3

Building on our previous 'Climbing Edibles' sessions, we will explore fruit and vegetables that thrive vertically. These tasty crops, whether...

Windowsill crops and pots! Reuse and recycle

This video explains what you need to get started planting windowsill crops including how to make paper pots.

Do-a-long: Suncatcher

Celebrate Summer with a Suncatcher! Join this session to create a stunning Suncatcher using easy to find materials including pressed...

Growing Series: Winter Windowsill Crops

How to save tomato seed and also grow tomato plants. The Trellis GROWING SERIES focuses on learning food growing skills...

Rhubarb and Garlic

Join us and learn how to plant these two tasty crops in Winter, for harvest next year. No gardening knowledge...

How to Grow Spring Onions in Autumn

Visit a garden centre and grab yourself some bargain ‘onion sets’ use them to grow tasty ‘Spring Onions’ on your...

The Sensory Garden: Smell - Scent Wheel

Learn to make a scent wheel as a fun activity

Grow potatoes in a bag

A short visual description of how to grow potatoes in a bag.

Borage Brilliance

How to plant Borage seeds

Houseplants: Peace Lily - making more plants by division

A step by step guide - Learn how to make new plants by dividing a large mature plants by the...

Houseplant Propagation

How to create free plants from your houseplants! Easy to follow step- by- step video & adaptive techniques to engage...

Bird Feeders

Trellis Scotland Live Zoom Session on making bird feeders

The Autumn Garden: Edible Plants & Green Manure

Vegetables to sow and plant in Autumn. And how to sow green manure to protect the soil over winter and...

The Sensory Garden: Smell - How to make Potpourri

Learn to make Potpourri from rose petals and lavender.

Hapa Zome Japanese Printing

'Hapa zome' is a Japanese term meaning 'leaf dye'. Create beautiful flower and leaf dye prints directly onto fabric and...

Tumbling Tomatoes

Everything you need to know about your tomatoes.

Houseplants: Spider Plants - making more from babies & by division

A step by step guide - Learn how to make new Spider Plants from rooting spider plant babies and also...

Festive Floristry Fun!

A practical demonstration of easy-to-make, festive table decorations using natural plants and foliage. Lots of tips on to how to...

Potting up houseplant cuttings

Join Fiona as she shows how to pot on houseplant cuttings that were taken a few weeks before.

The Autumn Garden: Pruning & Wildlife Gardening Jobs

To prune or not to prune? Simple straight forward advice on what and how to prune in the Autumn garden...

The Sensory Garden: Smell- Growing for scent

Using our sense of smell as a means of engaging in the outdoors, this sessions takes an in-depth look at...

Dried Flowers & Winter Finds

Bring a bloom to the gloom - celebrate nature indoors! Have a go at using flowers and stems dried in...

Herbs

From 'Grow your own Pizza' to making 'Bouquet Garni' to flavour a casserole - delicious herbs to touch, feel, smell...

Preparation for Simple Stem Floristry

Take 10 mins to walk in garden and cut stems for your floral arrangement. Hints and tips on what and...

Small Space Gardening

Lots of hints and tips on how to engage your clients (and yourself!) in gardening, even if you've never done...

Scarifying your lawn

Quick clip highlighting the importance of scarifying your lawn at the start of the growing season.

The Autumn Garden: How to take Hardwood Cuttings

A talk through and a practical demonstration of how to make new plants for free, from cuttings you can take...

Climbing Edible Part 2

Catch up with the Cucumber, Broad Beans, Pumpkin, Runner Beans, Sugar Snap Peas and learn how to care for these...

Wildlife Gardening

Find out how to encourage wildlife into your garden. What to grow and how to manage a garden, container or...

Simple Summer Baskets

Simple, delicious, delightful - easy to grow ornamentals and edibles in a basket or container! Find out how to plant...

Easy Floral Display

Create an easy-to-make floral decoration to be proud of! From the gathering and preparation of foliage and flowers to decorating...

Mini Composter

Make a mini composter. Recycle your kitchen waste to create compost on your windowsill - a satisfying and educational activity...

Crops - sea kale & leeks

Join Fiona,CEO at Trellis, as she tells us a little about two crops - sea kale and Babbington leeks thriving...

The Autumn Garden: Planting Containers for Spring Interest

A sensory tabletop activity - plant up a container with spring flowering bulbs and winter interest.

Salad Box: Part 5 - Tumbling Tomatoes and Peppers

Following-up on last month's Climbing Edibles, we'll also uncover a bounty of salad vegetables that thrive in a simple box...

Indoor Flowering Bulbs

Planting indoor flowering bulbs for winter colour and fragrance including Hyacinth, Paperwhites, Amaryllis and more! The perfect indoor activity for...

Fabulous Flowers for Cutting

Beautiful blooms for enjoyment and colour! Whether you have a small outdoor space or large - grow gourgeous flowering plants...

Taking Notice: Indoor Flowering Bulbs & Jingle Bulbs!

A practical demonstration of this adaptive tabletop gardening activity - How to plant indoor flowering bulbs to bring pleasure throughout...

Composting

Windowsill composting - give it a try! Lots of physical and social benefits to this activity. What is compost? How...

Edibles broad beans, peas, claytonia

Join Fiona, CEO at Trellis, as she shares her edible crops with you - broad beans, peas, claytonia and more

The Autumn Garden: Leaf Craft Ideas & Making Leaf Mould

Lots of leaves falling? Use them in printing and craft activities and also learn how to make Leaf Mould -...

Salad Box: Part 4 Lettuce & Pak Choi

Following-up on last month's Climbing Edibles, we'll also uncover a bounty of salad vegetables that thrive in a simple box...

Printing with Natural Materials: Potato Printing

Printing with natural materials: Pull on an apron, carve your potato shape and get printing! Low cost, easy to source...

Making a Bouquet Garni!

How to make your own bouquet garni

Seasonal Container Display Replant

Spruce up your patio containers and hanging basket displays for the coming Autumn and Winter. Replant for seasonal interest and...

Autumn Basket

Refresh your hanging baskets and containers for Autumn - Add colour and interest as well as Spring flowering bulbs! A...

Cuttings from houseplants

Join Fiona, CEO at Trellis, as she demonstrates a simple method of splitting house plants to grow more.

The Autumn Garden: What can you see in Autumn?

There's lots to see in the garden in Autumn. Activity suggestions for your group - looking and recording the signs...

Salad Box: Part 3 Carrots and Chives

Following-up on last month's Climbing Edibles, we'll also uncover a bounty of salad vegetables that thrive in a simple box...

Printing with Natural Materials: Using Acrylic Paints

Printing with natural materials: Pull on an apron, gather some leaves , pressed flowers or other textured natural materials and...

Growing Vegetables in Small Spaces

How to save tomato seed and also grow tomato plants. The Trellis GROWING SERIES focuses on learning food growing skills...

Draw-a-Long Autumn Flower Art with Laura Cuppage

Bring the outdoors in! Learn how to draw an Autumn flower - in this case a dahlia. Draw-a-Long with Laura...

Growing Series - Make Green Tomato Salsa Verde

You've grown tomatoes? Lots of unripened green ones left at the end of the season? Why not make some Salsa...

Edibles growing salad shoots

Join Fiona, CEO at Trellis, as she demonstrates another simple stay at home gardening activity - growing salad shoots from...