Meet The Young Grower

So Ben, how long have you been interested in growing your own veg and when did you have your first veg patch?

Since I was a young boy growing up spending time in the garden with my nan, who was born deaf; she only grew flowers but that was enough to make me fall in love with gardening. The journey of The Young Grower started three years ago when I finally got my own garden. I decided to make it my own after years of dreaming of having my own space to design and grow in, and thought I would document all this on Facebook as a journal.

I also entered a local garden competition with my edible kitchen garden and came first in Devon. This made me want to go bigger and better so I applied for an allotment with my family. One year on we have two