children swap pebbles for veggies

Children across the South East have been taking part in Squire’s Garden Centres ‘Paint A Pebble’ activity. They were invited to collect a free pebble from Squire’s, paint it to look like a vegetable, then bring their masterpiece back into the garden centre and swap it for a free pack of vegetable seeds to grow at home.

Hundreds of children took part, and many schools did too, including those in:

Farnham – Folly Hill Infant School & Badshot Lea Infant School
Milford – Milford Infant School
Crawley – Southgate Primary School & Our Lady Queen of Heaven Primary School
Wokingham – Floreat Montague Park Primary School

Sarah Squire, Chairman of Squire’s Garden Centres said; “It was lovely to see the children’s beautiful creations which have been proudly displayed at each of our sixteen garden centres. We had everything from carrots to potatoes, and peas to broccoli. I’d like to say a huge thank you to all the children who took part, and I hope that they enjoy planting their pack of seeds at home. As well as inspiring them to grow their own, hopefully it might encourage some of them to love eating their greens!”

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It’s not too late to plant vegetables at home. Why not try:

Onions and Garlic (plant outdoors)
Winter Lettuce & Spring Onions (in a cold frame or under cloches)
Chilli Peppers, Basil, Dill, Chives & Parsley (in the greenhouse or indoors)
Certain varieties of Broad Beans, Peas & Perpetual Spinach (sow outdoors)

For more information visit: www.squiresgardencentres.co.uk

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Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.