{"id":26900,"date":"2016-09-22T22:47:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T15:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/big-up-monty-d-what-young-people-think-about-gardening\/"},"modified":"2016-09-22T22:55:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T15:55:06","slug":"big-up-monty-d-what-young-people-think-about-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/big-up-monty-d-what-young-people-think-about-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"'Big up Monty D': what young people think about gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJack Wallington, community director of The Student Room, asked five hundred millennials what they think of gardening, careers in horticulture and Monty Don. Here\u2019s what they had to say When I was a lad, I was happiest gardening in my parents\u2019 cottage garden. Then life happened: university, career, relationships, clubbing, rental property after rental property. Gardening took a back seat until I came back to it in my mid-thirties on finally buying my first home with a tiny urban garden in Clapham.Recently there\u2019s been a great effort to excite young people about gardening and to encourage them to consider a career in horticulture. The RHS is reported to be rebranding specifically to appeal to youth. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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