I'm with a group of green fingered BP viewers who love nothing more than being outside at
their local wildlife garden which as you can see is teeming with color and life and as it could be
a green themed shoot without him I've invited a long friend of the show and young gardener
of the year George but today it's not just us and a group of children no no we're joined by
someone very important I thought that was made Oh normally it is George but this is
very special golds Blue Peter badge holder Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge is on a
mission to encourage children and families to enjoy nature fresh from designing a woodland
garden for the Chelsea Flower Show she's joining us for three fun outdoorsy activities and here's
all our helpers today guys how you doing so we're all ready to do a bit of pond dipping brilliant I
don't know if this is something you've done but stably at my spirit yes amazing well let's just
get straight into it then I think the technique I'm gonna hold is a figure of eight okay alright
guys yeah so these guys come all the time they really are pros I'm gonna go right go right in
what things have you guys found when you've been here we found tap holes do you know what
the tadpoles eventually turn into frogs have you ever seen any fogies yeah don't you think
is cool to be able to come here and just find little creatures so easily yeah fun isn't it
and as a group we luck out finding a beautiful smooth Newt it's huge we actually opened Wow
we've seen tadpoles nudes it's been quite a successful little pond it but George you've
actually got some green-fingered fun for us haven't you yeah we're under a little
bit of gardening perfect lead the way for our second activity we're planting some beautiful
flowers but we're getting super creative with the pots so now we all know about plastic in
the ocean how plastic is a really big problem so on where you can really help is by doing op
cyclones I think it's pretty much anything so an old calendar or kitchenware welly boots so
it's really easy so you're just gonna fill it with compost first and where can you get
flowers and plants like this from renze get any garden centre really any nursery or anything
like that and also you've got to make sure when you cycle it's got and have holes in it so I'll
call it as perfect but any Wellington boots or anything life's got to have holes in the
bottom for drainage okay who fancies having a go let's all do it in three two one off you go get
planting people Joey's pasty one on you man see like tickle the roots tickling or loosening the
roots of your flowers is really important as it helps them anchor into new soil and
what's also important is reusing and upcycling old things something we love here on BP that's
why the wellies are great yes if you've grown out there yeah and they're lying around at home doing
nothing yeah then it's like you can actually make them into something quite cool they're
good gifts as well actually it's great fun if you do something so there you have it I caching
and eco-friendly everyone holds up what you've made the dirt they look good nice amazing yeah
okay well we've got one more really fun activity who's up for it okay let's go lead the way Oh
as the group head on into the woods Catherine and I get to chat about her passion for the great
outdoors is this something you do a lot now you know with your family you kind of get outside and
get in the outdoors outside but it's great I seen it's sort of a encourage creativity confidence
even a short amount of time in a 10 or 15 minutes outside makes a huge difference I think to both
physical world a little to our mental well-being but I tell you what it is time for us to try and
build a den is this something you've done before yes I love it but I'm in your hands oh you're
getting competitive come on let's go thank you once again it's over to George to kick-start the
action two teams team limbs a new team Catherine or need to build the best the most sturdy the most
attractive don't ever are you ready yes sorry okay so the big ones first the key to a strong sturdy
den is starting with some long thick branches bound together to create a frame once you've got
a good frame get those sticks on okay where she put this pump as well as getting you active Den
building helps develop communication and teamwork skills you Bills have done like this before
she put that right at the top team Catherine how are we getting on over there not bad we've
got a few holes and it's clearly fun for all ages good creativity top marks then as time
begins to tick away two minutes everybody two minutes all the rules go out the window
excuse me five three two one stop building times ax down should we make a name I done
what do you think cooler den of the den of the day I like I like that well done with
good job you didn't amazing self-financing and you did it seriously quick geez what's our den
called back again dragon den but whose den will reign victorious the winner is team Catherine
well I think we've all had a pretty awesome day haven't we have you had a good time obviously got
your gold badge which I know you're very proud well honor yeah well you've been outside with
us getting green today and getting outdoors so for that bit of a surprise for you put it in my pocket
your very own no thank you so much look at that guess who else is getting a green badge all of you
are you all proud that should be bird well done all of you look at that it's been a real honor to
meet everybody I've learned a lot today so thank you so much give yourselves a round of applause
you