6 Super Products to Prepare Your Garden for the School Summer Holidays

Specifically designed for growing potatoes, but suitable for a whole host of other crops too, this garden planter teaches children an invaluable lesson in life – it shows them where their food comes from and the process involved in putting it on their plates.

Far more useful to a child’s development than any educational toy, this wooden planter will help your children learn about plants, nature, sustainability, growing their own produce…in short, incredibly important things that will stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives.

What’s more, they’re going to get their hands dirty and have bundles of fun doing it!

Constructed using ethically-sourced timber, pressure treated and supplied with a superb 15-year guarantee, this garden planter is exceptionally robust and durable, so will easily withstand the rigours of a busy, family-orientated garden.

And now with a price tag of under £75*, it will pay for itself many times over by helping you and your children grow a bumper crop of potatoes (or other vegetables) year after year!

Learn more about garden projects for kids here.

Designed to appeal to children in their early school years, this kids’ playhouse will get them off their phones and into the garden, where they can get active, breathe in fresh air, and let their imaginations run wild!

Everything about this children’s playhouse is perfect…

Firstly, it’s safe. Built to meet European Toy Standard EN71, its safety features include ventilation holes around the structure, a 12mm minimum safety gap around the door, and shatterproof styrene glazing.

Secondly, it’s fun. The charming traditional design features decorative barge boards, a framed window, mock-antique hinges, and a cute flower-shaped window on the door. Your kids will absolutely love it!

And thirdly, it’s made to last. Expertly built from 12mm tongue & groove shiplap cladding on a 28mm frame, this garden playhouse is robust, durable and completely weathertight. The floor and roof are both made from tough OSB. The former comes with pressure-treated bearers, while the latter is fitted with a weatherproof felt cover. Not only will it make your children happy this summer, it will still be around in years to come to bring equal pleasure to your grandchildren too.

And if you order now, you can choose your delivery day to ensure the playhouse is fully operational for when the kids break up.

Discover more great buys to get kids playing outside here.

At the start of this blog, we talked about being prepared. And in Great Britain, being prepared for summer means being prepared for rain. So, what if the school summer holidays are a wash out?

Well, once you’ve bought this premium wooden gazebo, it doesn’t really matter because your children will have a completely sheltered space in which they can while away their days in the garden, leaving you to get on with your work and household chores.

Younger children can open up their colouring books on the solid wood table, where we’re sure they’ll remain quiet and impeccably behaved for hours upon end. Teenagers, on the other hand, can relax on the gazebo benches’ cool cream cushions, where they can chat about the latest things, to their hearts’ content.

And as this garden gazebo seats up to 10 people, it’s perfectly suited to children’s birthday parties and family get-togethers too.

Pressure treated and backed by a fantastic 15-year anti-rot guarantee, this fully-furnished gazebo is absolutely brimming with premium features. And with £750 off the usual asking price*, plus installation included in the price, there’s never been a better time to buy one than now!

Okay, do your kids like pizzas? More importantly, do you  like pizzas? If the answer to either of these questions is yes, we’ve got an extra-special product for you to enjoy in the garden this summer.

The Lifestyle Verona Black Deluxe Gas Pizza Oven allows you and your aspiring young chefs to use a variety of cooking techniques to make pizzas that will send your family to culinary heaven.

Everything you need to enjoy Italian-restaurant-standard pizzas is here: a temperature gauge; a pizza stone; a stainless-steel, round tubular burner; a flame tamer; a wood chip smoker; a fat cup; 2 collapsible preparation shelves; a cutlery drawer; a cabinet for gas storage; and a hose and regulator.

What’s more, the glass door, heat-resistant handle and halogen cooking light allow you to carefully monitor whatever you’re cooking, so your pizzas will turn out perfectly every time.

Built from a combination of stainless steel and black powder-coated steel, this outdoor pizza oven even includes a set of 4 locking castors, so you can wheel it away into the garage when the kids return to school.

Pizzas are tasty and they can be healthy too, but there’s no escape from the fact that they contain a lot of calories. So, after your children have enjoyed their pizza, it’s a good idea for them to let off some steam - and what better, safer place to do so than at the bottom of your garden, on this swing and slide set!

Built in France, to the highest European safety standards, this wooden swing set includes a garden slide with platform, children’s swing, sky-scooter and rope ladder…in short, everything you need to work up an appetite for another pizza!

This children’s outdoor play equipment is made from a combination of treated wood, steel and premium-grade plastic. And with a 10-year anti-fungus guarantee on the wood, a 10-year anti-perforation guarantee on the steel, and a 2-year guarantee on the plastic parts, you can rest assured that it will provide year upon year of safe outdoor fun.

We’ve even included an anchor kit, so that you can secure the playset’s legs in concrete, below the level of your lawn, to keep everything stable and your children’s playtime extra safe.

After all this gardening, cooking and playing, you and your children are going to need somewhere to sit down and rest your weary legs, and there’s nowhere more fitting to sit down in summer than at a picnic table!

This garden seating includes a round picnic table and 4 picnic benches, so will easily accommodate 8 people. The table features a parasol hole too, so you and your family can enjoy shade from the sun and shelter from showers – perfect for British summertime (parasol not included).

Also available with seat backs, this round picnic table is beautifully built from FSC®-certified wood, pressure treated and backed by a superb 15-year anti-rot guarantee. No further treatment is required, saving you money and leaving you with more time to amuse the kids.

Here at Buy Sheds Direct, we know what it takes to make a garden special. So, whatever you’re planning in the garden over the school summer holidays, be sure to check out our unbeatable range of garden products now.

You’ll find wooden planters, garden gazebos, pizza ovens, swing sets and garden seating amongst our fabulous Outdoor Living section here, while our beautiful range of children’s playhouses are here.

And as you can get Fast & Free Delivery on most of these items, as long as you shop now, you can have everything up and running well before the kids break up.

(*Prices as at 23/06/23)