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Lee Conolly

Lee Conolly

Children's gardening educator, TV presenter, and author known as The Children's Gardening Coach; RHS Chelsea Flower Show designer and National Children's Gardening Ambassador.

Jun 26, 2026

6:04
Yeah
6:04
... once you get 'em out there- It's, it's amazed, absolutely incredible because they forget about all their worries and you actually get to have ...
6:15
Like one thing I've realized is communication outside is a lot stronger.
6:20
So especially with my own daughter, noticing how we communicate when we're together, just planting some bits up, messing around, maybe cutting the lawn even together, that makes such a big difference to how we, we speak to each other.
6:34
Um, but then also within education, like we, I get to go into schools throughout the country and I get to experience what teachers have to go through.
6:46
I'm also a school governor as well, and just s- yeah, it's just seeing that, what schools have to do and the hoops they have to jump through just to give our children education, and seeing how outdoor learning changes the way children behave within a school and how they, they learn as well, is just absolutely incredible.
7:08
And trying to share that with other teachers and showing them that we, we can do so much, and sometimes it is quite scary for teachers to start teaching children how to grow and how to be outside because they may not have that education already.
8:50
Wow

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