Moulin Roty in the garden

We are well known for our soft toys and nursery accessories - but did you know we make a gardening and wildlife range too? As it's National Gardening Week , we thought it was the perfect time to highlight some of our outdoor toys.

Have a look through the photos below, and there's a link at the bottom to our gardening area of the French website, where you can flick through the whole range. 

Our garden and wildlife range is not as widely available in the UK as our nursery range, so please drop us a message through our Facebook page if you'd like some help tracking down a stockist.

 

Click here to link to the French catalogue

Banana & Raisin Loaf with Louison

Time for another installment in our series of recipes for Le Goûter, the French tradition of the after school snack (read a bit more about it here) and this time we asked Louison pop on her pinny and bake us something nice. 

Having heard about Nini Mouse's attempt at a sugar free Chewy Oaty Cookies, Louison decided that she too wanted to try something fairly healthy.

She settled on a sweet tea bread - Banana and Raisin loaf. Click here for the recipe.

She enjoyed making this - it was ever so simple, just mixing things up really - and very much liked the loaf. She said it's sweet and filling ("hefty" was the word she used) and she didn't feel guilty eating four slices (FOUR?!) because it's such a healthy loaf. Hmmm.

Louison gives the Banana & Raison Bread 6/10 overall - not bad given there's no sugar in this sweet loaf. And top marks for simplicity, healthy sweetness and satisfying texture.