We've all learnt a lot over the past year, with many of us developing a new appreciation for nature and plants.
Gardens, balconies and parks have become go-to spots during lockdown, and home patches are thriving with all the attention.
To help you and your kids spend some quality lockdown time gardening, our friends at Gardening Australia have suggested six fun, practical and inspiring gardening activities to keep kids engaged with nature.
Give your kids some garden free rein
In this story, Poppy's Patch, six-year-old Poppy, who has been gardening since she was three, shows presenter Millie Ross around her garden.
Take a leaf from Poppy's tree — let your kids establish their own patch, grow what they want and nurture their plants.
One for the birds
Our gardens are an incredibly important resource for our feathered friends. Shelter, food and water are all easy to provide in a well- established garden.
When building nests, birds will collect twigs, leaves and bark and if these are in short supply, they might start pinching from other birds' nests.
In this story, presenter Josh Byrne shows how you can easily build a dispenser where birds can collect materials to build their nest. Kids will have loads of fun collecting materials.
Drip pots
For a lockdown "crafternoon", get your kids decorating terracotta garden pots with dripping colourful paint.
Sounds messy, and it is!
Presenter Josh Byrne and his kids use a great drip paint technique on small pots. It's fun and the pots look good enough to gift.
Yes, it's a Christmas story complete with Costa dressed as Santa, but hey, it's lockdown — we have completely lost track of time by now!
Seed planting
Nothing gets kids into the garden more than sowing seeds and watching plants germinate and grow.
In this story, presenter Sophie Thomson has a few nifty ideas for kids to make their own small pots from newspaper or empty toilet paper rolls, and also create a fun "egg head" using seeds and an eggshell.
Build a frog habitat
For an epic project that takes over your life and your garden, follow Costa's lead as he builds a frog pond at his local kindergarten.
Bee Grade Hotel
Australia has more than 1,600 species of native bees, and you can encourage your local native bees to stay over at your place by building small bee hotels.
There is no one type of bee hotel that suits every species, so in this story, presenter Sophie Thomson shows how you can easily make three different styles of mini hotel.
