Children's
Section

Thanks to everyone who suggested ideas and activities to engage children in growing:

Select unusual coloured vegetables – grow a blue or red potato in a bucket
Grow seeds that are quick to germinate – pes and broad beans are good
Show the whole plant cycle - from sowing a pea that grows and they can collect thr harvest and eat some and save other seeds to plant again
Plant in buckets/ pots so it’s easy to keep watered and less likely to be damaged by slugs, coloured carrots or a different type of tomato
Radishes and other salad crops are quick to grow and easy to eat
Sow herb seeds in pots and then use them for cooking
Sow mustard/ cress seeds on damp paper on a window sill
Strawberries can be planted in pots and troughs as well as in any spare piece of ground
Let them choose colourful plants from a garden centre and plant into containers for a pop up display
Sow easy to grow sunflowers, marigolds and poppies
If you have any garden or an allotment – give them a small space that is their own
Encourage them to enter anything they grown into the organic show, and consider becoming a judge