You don’t need a field for a great display. With the right choices, a back garden can host a show the whole family will remember. Here are the best fireworks for a small garden and how to use them safely.
Step 1: measure your space
Garden fireworks are category F2. The packaging tells you the minimum spectator distance — usually 8 metres. Measure from where you will light the fireworks to where people will stand. If you can’t get 8 metres, stick to fountains and sparklers with shorter distances, and avoid F3 display fireworks, which need 25 metres.
Step 2: choose the right types
Fountains
Fountains stay at ground level and last a long time. Glittering Fire runs for around three minutes through 15 effects, and Laser Quest gives 90 seconds of colour — both are rated low for noise.
Wheels
A wheel such as the Whizz Wheel spins with colour on a secure post. Children love them.
Garden cakes
Cakes give you a full sequence from one fuse. For small gardens choose F2 cakes such as Galaxy Attack (16 shots), Golden Palms (30 shots) or Kaboom (49 shots).
Garden rockets
F2 rockets like Proton Burst and Jester are garden rockets. Proton Burst is rated low for noise. Always launch from a secure tube, angled away from houses and people.
Step 3: plan the order
- Start with sparklers (adults supervising, gloves on).
- Light fountains and a wheel.
- Move on to a small cake.
- Add rockets between cakes.
- Finish with your biggest cake.
A simple small-garden shopping list
- 1 pack of sparklers
- 2 fountains
- 1 wheel
- 2–3 F2 cakes
- 1 pack of F2 rockets
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