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Let's talk about the Garden Press event.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben,
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everybody. And let's talk about the
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exciting day that we had yesterday down
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in London. Now, I was kindly invited to
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the Garden Press event. It's an event
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where all the major gardening companies
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come together and showcase all the
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products and all their new products that
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they are launching to the world. Because
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with gardening, there's always new
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things coming out, always new items,
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always new seeds, always new varieties.
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And it's a place for them all to come
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together and show you the best of what
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they've got. And wow, did they exceed
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themselves. And I was absolutely nervous
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about going because I've never been to
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one of these events before. I've been to
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the BBC Gardener World where I've been
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around all the stalls and everything and
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seeing what people are showcasing, but
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I've never been to a place where it's
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just all the companies together
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showcasing what they do and just little
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old me never think that I'm big on
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social media or anything like that. But
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we are growing. We've got 30,000
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followers Nea on Facebook. Wow. Amazing.
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But overall about 50,000 across all
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platforms and it's absolutely amazing.
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So I got invited to come down and have a
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look and see what everybody does. Now
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there were so many companies there.
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Absolutely loads. And you don't realize
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how many companies are intrigued uh
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inter uh in interwined with each other
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should I say and how they all relate to
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one another. And it's amazing to see
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which companies are part of one another
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and seeing what they do. And there were
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so many seed companies there. Absolutely
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loads. They were like father girls,
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there were Kings, there were Suttons.
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There were absolutely loads there. And
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the seeds just blew me away. If you're
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addicted to seeds, that is the place to
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go. And I could have just walked away
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with so many packets of seeds from that
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event. Absolutely amazing. And I've got
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a load of seeds. So, I'm going to be
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showing you them over the next few weeks
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of what we've got and what we're going
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to be trying this year down at the a
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lotment. And yeah, absolutely amazing.
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Unwinds have got a house plant seed
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collection which I'll be showing you as
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well. And wow, absolutely amazing. And
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it is just like walking into a Christmas
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shop for me. Uh seeing all the seeds
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there. And it's good because like I
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going up to the stalls and I like saying
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I'm gardening with Ben. I'm an aotment
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blogger. I share tips and advice on
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growing your own produce and growing how
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easy it is and what you have to do and
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the results of it. And yeah, it were
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absolutely amazing. And then obviously
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there were plenty of compost stalls
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showcasing all the different types of
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varieties of compost and all the big
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brands with all their garden tools and
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lawn care. Obviously lawn care is not
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something that I need because I've not
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got a lawn. Uh but they were like all
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the robotic lawnmowers. It absolutely
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brilliant seeing all them and the amount
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of products that there are out there.
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And it's great to put a name to some of
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the faces as well because like you see
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all the brand names but you don't see
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the people behind them that produce them
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and sell them. And it was great and
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magical to see them all. And hopefully
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we made some great contacts at the press
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event and hopefully we'll be able to use
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some of their products down here at the
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a lotment and showcase what they do and
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how they use them. And I just can't
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believe it. And I got to meet some great
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people as well because myself I follow
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people as well. I follow influencers
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garden social media people and I get
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tips and advice from other people. I
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don't know everything myself. So I look
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to other people for tips and advice. So,
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it were great to meet them as well and
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they were so nice and down to earth and
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it's good to talk to like-minded people
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of what they do and get ideas and tips
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and advice from them on what to do and
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how to put it across on social media to
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other people. So, yeah, it was an
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absolute blast of a day. the best day
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ever and I will certainly make sure that
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I am going to that event every single
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year because it was the best day ever
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and it was definitely worth the trip
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down to London and spending time down
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there. So, I hope that over the next few
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weeks you'll be able to see everything
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that I got. Uh I certainly came away
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with bagfuls of stuff. So, get ready to
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be bombarded with lots of items and
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sharing what we're going to be trying
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this year. So, I hope you've enjoyed
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this video. Make sure you do drop us a
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follow to stay up to date with all the
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items that we're going to be sharing
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over the next few weeks and months and
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hopefully the produce at the end of the
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year. Until next time everyone, remember
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keep smiling, keep shining and keep
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gardening with Ben everyone.
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