As part of CoirProducts.co.uk Gardening Inspirations series, our Featured Grower this week is Kerry (@lottie_thyme_). Having inherited her love for gardening and growing from her parents and grandparents, Kerry and her family have been growing their own since their children were young. In this blog post, Kerry shared with us their family’s gardening successes, what they love to grow, and the value of gardening. Kerry also spoke to us how she has become more mindful and knowledgeable about the products they use, and reminded us what we can do to help protect the pollinators and wildlife we find in our gardens. She also explained how gardening helps build resilience, and why she regards gardening as her favourite and most effective therapy. Read on to learn all about Kerry’s gardening journey. 

Having taken up their first allotment plot in February 2020, two years later, Kerry and her family have two half plots and a full size plot. “It is a family effort, involving my husband and our 3 sons,” she says. Yet, although they got their plot recently, Kerry says they’ve been growing at home since their children were young. “I think it’s really important to educate children about where their food comes from, and there is no prouder moment than picking that first ripe strawberry or tomato and eating it straight from the plant. You know the journey of what you are eating, from seed to plant, from flower to fruit, and you are rewarded with something that tastes far superior to that of a supermarket,” she explains.