{"id":5306,"date":"2015-03-03T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=5306"},"modified":"2015-03-03T11:01:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T11:01:13","slug":"watch-green-fingered-gardeners-hit-cardiff-on-seedy-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/03\/watch-green-fingered-gardeners-hit-cardiff-on-seedy-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Green-fingered gardeners hit Cardiff on Seedy Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Seedy Saturday comes to Cardiff\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBx0WrSgSCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Seedy Saturday comes to Cardiff\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TBx0WrSgSCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nGARDENERS planted the seed of enthusiasm at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapter.org\/seedy-saturday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seedy Saturday<\/a>, held at Chapter on Saturday.<br \/>\nThe event, held by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cantoncommunitygardens.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Canton Community Garden<\/a> and Cardiff in Bloom, aimed to encourage people to get out to grow their own plants, food and engage young children in gardening.<br \/>\nCanton Councillor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiff.gov.uk\/ENG\/Your-Council\/Councillors-and-meetings\/Your-Councillors\/A-Z\/Pages\/RichardCook.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Cook<\/a>, chair of the community garden said: \u201cPeople are becoming more and more interested in urban gardens.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are also looking at creating a new community garden on Landstead Road where there is a bit of empty land, where there used to be houses but they have been knocked down.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5307\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screenshot.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-5307\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screenshot.png\" alt=\"Children from around Cardiff to show their green fingers\" width=\"348\" height=\"341\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5307\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/screenshot.png\" alt=\"Children from around Cardiff to show their green fingers\" width=\"348\" height=\"341\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Children from around Cardiff to show their green fingers<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cThe idea is to show people how with a bit of scrap land we can grow vegetables, herbs and fruits. That is the point of the garden \u2013 it\u2019s not to produce a lot of stuff but to demonstrate that with a bit of land we can grow things and when they are ripe, people can come along and pick them.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s also vital that people know where their fruit and veg come from.\u201d<br \/>\nWith bugs and insects to handle as well as the chance to plant seeds in wellies, there was plenty for kids to do as well.<br \/>\nNeve Howells, nine years old: \u201cWe\u2019ve been planting seeds in wellies. We planted seeds that will attract bumble bees, butterflies and other insects.\u201d<br \/>\nBrother Finlay, seven, added: \u201cWe\u2019ve watered them and now we can take them home. We\u2019ve had a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GARDENERS planted the seed of enthusiasm at Seedy Saturday, held at Chapter on Saturday. The event, held by Canton Community Garden and Cardiff in Bloom, aimed to encourage people to get out to grow their own plants, food and engage young children in gardening. Canton Councillor Richard Cook, chair of the community garden said: \u201cPeople are becoming more and more interested in urban gardens. &#8220;We are also looking at creating a new community garden on Landstead Road where there is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":5309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[69,1291,454,52,2280,1254,1638,2657,2658],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longer-reads","tag-canton","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-bay","tag-cardiff-council","tag-cardiffian","tag-gardening","tag-news","tag-rose","tag-seeds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Green-fingered gardeners hit Cardiff on Seedy Saturday - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/03\/watch-green-fingered-gardeners-hit-cardiff-on-seedy-saturday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WATCH: Green-fingered gardeners hit Cardiff on Seedy Saturday - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"GARDENERS planted the seed of enthusiasm at Seedy Saturday, held at Chapter on Saturday. 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