Children learn on mini-allotment

The mini-allotment has encouraged the children to exercise outdoors

Parents and children in Gloucester are teaming up to learn about healthy living by growing vegetables together.

A mini-allotment has been set up at the Bartongate Children's Centre and they will be able to grow their own vegetables and learn gardening skills.

The plan is to use produce from the vegetable patch for meals for the pre-school aged children and for cookery lessons for their parents.

The scheme has been set up with Hartpury College in Gloucestershire.

Gail Johnson, of Bartongate Children's Centre, said: "We plan to use the produce for the children to eat and for their parents to have cookery classes - generally getting the children outside doing physical exercise and learning about healthy eating.

"With growing problems with obesity, we thought it was a great opportunity."

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