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BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Tales from Titchmarsh: Kids and gardening

BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Podcast

Immediate Media

Home & Garden, Leisure, Nature, Science

4.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Just how do you get kids interested in gardening? Alan Titchmarsh, now a grandfather, reveals the secrets he's gleaned over the years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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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