Hello

Hi I'm new here. I love plants and flowers, so much so I previously worked as a florist. I moved from a flat to a house last Nov and am so glad to finally have a garden that I hopefully will one day have full of a wide variety of pretty, colourful blooms.

The trouble is my idea of gardening is "stick it in the ground and hope for the best" lol. I decided to do a seacrh on google for gardening forums and came accross this place, as I think it's about time I learned how to grow/look after everything properly. So I hope to learn a lot here.

I have a relatively small garden, but it's big enough for me, big enough to have lots of pretty things in it. I also have a young baby, (will be 1 next month), so get to do my gardening whilst he's having a nap, and also because of him I need to learn about what is a deffinate no no to not grow in my garden as I don't want him eating anything that could do him serious harm. Ofc having a garden and lots of different plants does give me the oppertunity to not only teach him about the dangers of eating plants etc, but also maybe get him interested in gardening and pass on some knowledge I will hopefully learn, as he gets older.

Looking forward to being a part of this place.

Beth xxx ((hugz))

 

Hi Beth and welcome.

I'm sure you will get a lot of help from the members here..might even be able to answer one or two meself. Enjoy your stay.

Poisonous Plants

Here is a PDF document that you can download. Its from the RHS and is quite comprehensive.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/research/documents/c_and_e_harmful.pdf

If you can't read a pdf file, then try this link.
http://www.rhs.org.uk/research/Horticultural_themes/hazardous_list.asp

 

hello and a warm welcome to G.C..

 

Welcome to gc Bethy.

 

Hi Beth, welcome onto GC :D

 

hi Beth welcome to gc have fun :D:D

 

Hello Beth! Welcome to GC

 

to the forum Beth.

Sadly most plants are poisonous if eaten I know your fears only too well both my boys were brought up having the enjoyment of spending loads of play time in our garden growing up and although they got upto many things putting plants in their mouths wasn't one of them!

As with most things supervision is a must for any child and just like teaching them right from wrong an awful lot of time is spent stopping the little ones putting everything in their mouths!

Below is a link showing a few plants you can maybe avoid although looking at the list it can seem very daunting, I think it's just a case of watching your little one like a hawk. Good luck and happy gardening.Hel.xxx.

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/safety/plantsavoidexpert/

 

Good evening, Beth, and welcome to the site.:thumb:

 

Welcome to G.c Beth,make yourself at home:D

 

Hi, Kids have robust constitutions. Aged three I aparently ate several carnation plants amognst others and Im still around lol.

 

Welcome Bethy!

Couldn't agree with helofadigger more, my son too was brought up to respect that plants are things to be admired, but not necessarily eaten!

It may sound obvious, but you might want to steer clear of jaggy/spikey plants for a few years too, though most kids love holly and recognise it's points!

When my son was really wee, we lived in a flat, and had windowboxes with nasturtiums in them - we sat for hours watching the bees! Sunflowers are another good one, though I'm sure you'll find some favorites of your own! Childhood is such a precious time - I have a deep affinity for livingstone daisies as I remember them from when I was a wee girl!

What is already in your garden? Look forward to hearing of your plans!

 

Paul said

so that's why gardening is in your blood.:D

 

Apparently, that's why children go off vegetables at the age of two, as their tongues make all greens taste bitter. It's nature's defense to put us off eating poisonous plants.

Was on QI last night.