Tales from Titchmarsh: Kids and gardening
BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast
Immediate Media
4.5 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Kevin Smith from BBC Gardner's World magazine. There's a brand new event this September, |
| 0:05.6 | In Conversation at Q Gardens. Join me, Adam Frost and Francis Toppill for expert tips and great chat. |
| 0:13.3 | Find out more at inconversationlive.co.uk. |
| 0:18.3 | My name's Meren, grower for Ginsters, and I'm looking for an onion masseuse to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties. |
| 0:26.2 | You must have, about ten years' experience, firm hands, but soft fingers, because we all know a relaxed onion is a tasty onion. |
| 0:35.4 | Ginsters taste the effort. |
| 0:38.3 | Interviews next Thursday in the onion field. |
| 0:40.4 | My name's Meren, |
| 0:41.7 | grower for Ginsters, |
| 0:43.0 | and I'm looking for an onion masseuse |
| 0:44.7 | to help me grow the best veg for those delicious pasties. |
| 0:47.9 | You must have, |
| 0:48.9 | about 10 years' experience, |
| 0:50.9 | firm hands, but soft fingers, |
| 0:53.5 | because we all know, a relaxed onion is a tasty onion. |
| 0:57.1 | Ginsters taste the effort. |
| 1:00.0 | Interviews next Thursday in the onion field. Hello and welcome to Tales from Titchmarsh, a wry look at life over the garden fence, with me, Alan Titchmarsh, |
| 1:31.0 | this time getting kids into gardening, the subtle way. Many years ago, about four decades, to be |
| 1:39.0 | precise, I thought I wanted to be a teacher. I considered applying for a teacher training course, but life took a |
| 1:46.2 | different turn and I ended up at Kew Gardens, creating staff training courses. This amounted to the |
| 1:53.1 | same thing, I suppose, albeit achieved via an alternative route. Sharing passions and passing on what I hope are useful skills have always |
| 2:04.0 | been the driving force behind what I do. But after a couple of years of teaching, I discovered |
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