Growing Up in the Garden

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Now that it’s late July and the whole family’s around, we thought it the perfect time to explore gardening with kids and to reflect on our own memories of growing up in gardens, allotments, and parks. We visit the Hitchin Youth Allotment – Paul Dee, the founder, will share the story of the project as well as his top tips for growing fruit and veg with kids. Afterwards Fiona Davison, RHS Head of Libraries and Exhibitions, recounts the constantly evolving history of the role that children have played in our gardens – and how this relates to societal and cultural shifts. And finally Roy Lancaster, renowned plantsman and broadcaster, divulges the tale of the epic plant discovery he made as a young boy in Lancashire. A discovery that propelled him into the world of horticulture. Links: RHS Campaign for School Gardening The Garden Magazine Hitchin Youth Allotment Growing Up in the Garden Exhibition

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can add an RHS garden near you.
0:23.6	Book tickets online for discounts, plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.
0:29.6	Last year was a scorcher, isn't it?
0:32.6	Now who likes cucumber?
0:34.6	I do.
0:35.6	50-50.
0:36.6	I do. Well I'll tell you what, should we harvest one?
0:39.3	Yeah.
0:40.3	And then taste it?
0:41.3	Yeah.
0:42.3	Should we do that?
0:43.3	Yeah.
0:44.3	At last we've reached the end of July.
0:48.3	The sun is still setting late in the evenings.
0:50.3	Barbecues are cropping up, left, right and centre.
0:53.3	Our gardens are overflowing with colourful blooms, and our kids are cropping up left right and centre, our gardens are
0:54.2	overflowing with colourful blooms and our kids are out of school and on summer holiday.
0:58.7	So yeah, so you're cutting the little stem bit.
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