The Great Garden Centre Mystery
Inspiring the Next Generation
This year, Lee introduces The Great Garden Centre Mystery—a brand-new interactive adventure created especially for National Children’s Gardening Week. Using digital code‑breaking maps, the initiative transforms garden centres into places of discovery and story‑led exploration, inspiring families to learn, play, and connect with gardening in a fun and imaginative way.
Ready to start your garden centre mystery?
Follow the clues below and enter to stand a chance at winning!
Join Lee Connelly, The Children’s Gardening Coach, on The Great Garden Centre Mystery trail for your chance to WIN a £250 National Garden Gift Card!
Clue Number One
Look For The Pots
What is the smallest pot you can find? What is the largest? What might you plant in it?
Clue Number Two
Can You Find The Herbs
Find three herbs and describe how they smell. How might you use them in the food we eat or cook at home?
Clue Number Three
Head Over To The Seeds
Choose your favourite vegetable – look at the packet to find out the sowing month and then find out when they will be ready to harvest/ enjoy for your dinner! How long is in between?
Clue Number Four
See You At The Tools!
Find the tools and find out their different uses. Which do you think would be most useful for planting your own garden?
Clue Number Five
Where Are The House Plants?
Which plant has the biggest leaves? Look at the care label, where might you put it in your own home?
Clue Number Six
Find Something To Water Your Garden
How many different way are there to water your plants? Can you find anything here that helps gardens save water?
COMPLETED!
Congratulations! You’ve come to the end of the Great Garden Centre Mystery! Now take a photo of yourself at the garden centre and let us know you’ve taken part in the Great Garden Centre Mystery.
Once you’ve done that, you’ll be entered into the draw to WIN a £250 National Garden Gift Card
