COLUMNISTs: KATRINA & CLAYTON
Along with Clayton, you can record the weather and temperatures each day. Look at the months and seasons of the year and how they change, as well as recording the seeds that you are growing and harvesting.
Whether you are growing a lot or a little, fruit and veg, or flowers and herbs, there is a journey to be had every day, every month, and every year in and around your garden, courtyard, or windowsill garden.
Nature is for everyone. Enjoy observing the changes with Clayton and his mum, Katrina.
This Weekly Gardening Record Book is laid out so you can start at the beginning of your next season. Then just carry on for the full 12 months. So not to waste resources, we have not added dates, that’s for you to do! Available on Amazon.
As well as this gardening record book. Katrina and Clayton share stories about their life together as an autism family and gardening duo. Experience the world of gardening and mindful growing along with them in joyful stories showing how beneficial working with nature can be to calm the mind and body.
Take a step inside the lives of this autism family, enjoy learning about flowers, fruit and veg, and checking in on Clayton’s emotions throughout.
Katrina and Clayton live with their family in East Ayrshire and share their daily life in the garden on Instagram. They practice permaculture principles in the garden, reducing and repurposing waste whenever they can. Katrina shows how home educating in nature has helped Clayton thrive.
Clayton Completed the 'Grow and Learn' course with the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society last year. This year he started the Level 2 'Nurture' course. Clayton is 16, autistic, non-verbal, and has been home-educated for the last 5 years.
Katrina and Clayton featured on BBC 'Beechgrove' (Ep23 2022, and Ep17 2023), and are authors of the children’s series 'Clayton's Gardening Adventures: Stories of Autism and Gardening' available on Amazon.
You can keep up with Katrina and Clayton on Instagram, Facebook, and on their website.