Back to school special

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week we're turning young fingers green in a programme dedicated to the gardeners of tomorrow. Alana Cama and RHS Young Ambassador George Hassall hear heartwarming stories of people involved with the RHS Campaign For School Gardening; including last year's School Gardening Champion of the Year, Michelle Jones. Plus Lee Connelly, aka the Skinny Jean Gardener shares tips on how to engage children in gardening.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:05.0	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance.
0:09.3	The scenery changes many times in one season and our finest trees will happily play the part of.
0:14.7	The best hiding place ever.
0:17.4	Booth.
0:18.2	Put your day out of dreams in the hands of the experts.
0:21.6	It's the greatest show in Earth.
0:23.7	At an RHS garden near you.
0:25.5	Book tickets online for discounts plus under five score free and under 16 to five pounds.
0:34.1	Young people across the country have been settling back into school this month.
0:38.2	New books, new stationery, new teachers and for some, new plants too.
0:44.2	This is Gardening with the RHS.
0:48.5	I'm Alana Kama and the biggest part of my job at the RHS is to work with young people in schools all across
0:55.1	the UK through the RHS campaign for school gardening.
0:59.3	It's our aim to give young people of all ages as many opportunities to interact with
1:03.8	plants and nature as possible.
1:06.5	And in today's podcast, we're excited to celebrate the future of growing.
1:21.3	I'm delighted to be joined today by my good friend George Hassel, the RHS's very own young ambassador. George started his journey with us back in 2014 when he won our
1:27.3	RHS Young School Gardner of the Year competition when he was just eight years old.
1:32.7	Hello, George.
1:33.7	Hi, Alana.
1:34.5	Oh, I can't believe this all happened six years ago.
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