Lee Connelly on The Classroom Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Created by The Children’s Gardening Coach Lee Connelly and Leigh Johnstone (The Beardy Gardener), The Classroom Garden reimagines what a “classroom” can be, placing nature, creativity and young people’s voices at its core.
Lee Connelly tells HortWeek about how the educational garden came about, how children's voices will be heard at Chelsea, about an international tulip festival project and what he thinks of the state of schools gardening within current educational policy.
The Classroom Garden, in the Great Pavilion at Chelsea (19-23 May) is supplied by Farplants and has a wildflower meadow…
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