Making Things Grow Big City Park

-# Where do we want to go today?

-Big City Park!

# We want to play You want to have some fun

# Let's go on a treasure hunt

# A very special day

# In the big, big city park

# Big City Park!

# So come along

# Let's have a great time today

# In the big, big, city park

# Big City Park! #

Ah, hello, there!

Welcome to Big City Park.

Hey! What's everyone doing?

Oh, Billy! You made us jump there!

I was just watering my lovely flowers.

And I was watering my vegetables.

Isn't that right? Yous-yous-yous!

What? You know, they grow bigger if you talk to them.

Why are you growing things anyway?

Why don't you just buy some vegetables or flowers at the shops?

At the shop?! At the sh...?

It's OK, he didn't mean it! Not in front of the vegetables, Billy!

-It's fun to grow things.

-Mm?

You start off with a tiny seed, and with a little bit of hard work,

you end up with some lovely vegetables to eat,

or some lovely flowers.

Wow! Growing things does sound like fun.

-I want to grow something.

-Well,

you can grow some vegetables, like me.

I want to grow a football plant.

MAY GIGGLES

Then I could practise football every day.

I want to be a goalkeeper.

But Billy, you can't grow a football.

-You can only grow things that come from seeds.

-Oh-h!

But that's not fair.

MAY LAUGHS

Hi, everyone.

Oh, hi, Dara!

Hi, Katie.

Hi.

-Hi, Beth.

-Hi.

-Hi, Lara.

-Hi.

Billy wants to grow a football plant,

but he can't, because footballs don't come from seeds.

But there are loads of other things we can grow from seeds.

-Maybe we should find something else to grow.

-Shall we explore

-and find as many different kinds of seeds as we can?

-Yes!

CHILDREN: Big City Park!

Let's go and find some seeds to bring for Ruairi's treasure chest.

My chest is a great place to keep seeds safe until we plant them.

Isn't that right? Brr-rr-rr!

ALL GIGGLE

-What?

-Oh, Ruairi!

I only want to grow a football plant.

Don't worry. We'll figure something out.

-I'm sure there's a seed that can help you.

-Ah!

Bags on shoulders?

ALL: Bags on shoulders.

Boots on toes?

ALL: Boots on toes.

It's Exploring Time, so...

ALL: Off we go!

Come on, then. Let's go and see what we can find.

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah...! #

Look!

I've found a pine cone.

# ..Yeah, yeah, yeah...! #

Wow! Look at these seeds.

Maybe we could plant them in pots and grow our own flowers.

Shall we grow our own flowers?

ALL: Yes!

-Oh!

-What's wrong, Billy?

Flowers can't help me become a better goalkeeper.

I need to grow a football plant.

You can't grow a football plant.

-They don't have any seeds.

-Oh!

If I can't grow a football plant,

then I don't want to grow anything.

-We really want you to come and have fun planting seeds with us.

-Hmm.

What kinds of fun things do YOU grow? Dara,

I think we'll need some help to figure this one out.

Leave it to me.

Where's she dashing off to now?

She's going to find out what things we can grow

-to help you become the best goalkeeper in the whole world.

-Oh!

I hope she finds something.

Me too!

Come on, let's keep looking. Come on, Billy.

OK.

Hee-hee! And then I said, "That's not an elephant!

"Elephants go like this!"

HE TRUMPETS

HE LAUGHS

Well, he didn't know where to look, and then I said...

What are you talking about, Ruairi?

You're talking!

I knew it!

Hrr-mm!

Hello, plants...

Waagh!

Dara!

Did you think the plants were talking to you, Ruairi?

No, no, no, no! Sure, plants don't speak.

Oh, Ruairi!

Plants haven't spoken since I was a wean.

Back then, you couldn't shut them up. The trees talked to the bushes,

and you couldn't get a word in "hedgeways"!

I'm going to check in with my city friends,

see what kind of cool stuff they can grow. Got to dash.

Bye.

Oh.

What was that? Oh!

Right. I need to learn about all the types of things you can grow.

Let's see...

There it is!

Grow it, cook it, eat it. That's the one I want!

From the fastest box in Big City Park

to the friendliest friends in the big city - tell us what you know.

-Hello!

-Hello!

Look at the cherries!

-We're growing strawberries.

-They're really good for you.

We're planting seeds

so later in the year they'll turn into vegetables.

I'm digging up carrots.

I love to dig for vegetables.

Here's a carrot.

Here's quite a big carrot.

We're digging potatoes for our soup.

I wonder what the soup will taste like.

Look! I've found a potato.

I've found a potato.

When I dig all the earth away, there will be a potato... Yes!

There were two quite large potatoes.

-The carrots are going in the soup.

-I'll wash the potatoes clean.

-It's nice to eat the food you grow, isn't it?

-Yes.

This is going to make a lovely soup.

I'm putting some potatoes into the pot.

I love cooking with carrots and potatoes that I grow.

I think the soup is almost ready.

It smells very nice.

BOTH: We had so much fun outside! Bye, Dara!

Oh, thank you so much! Bye!

I'm just going to speak to Billy. Back in a second.

Oh!

-Billy! Have you not found anything you like yet?

-No.

-Oh!

This is never going to help me be the best goalkeeper in the world.

But, you know, fresh vegetables grow from seeds.

They're very good for you, and they help to keep you healthy.

And the healthier you are, the better at football you'll be.

-Really?

-And if you want to be the best goalkeeper in the world,

-you're going to need pretty good eyesight.

-Right.

So if you grow your own carrots, you can eat them...

-And carrots are good for your eyes!

-That's right, Billy!

I want to grow my own carrots!

-I found it out.

-Found out what, Dara?

I found out all the cool types of fruit and vegetables you can grow

-and what you can do with them.

-Oh!

-Oh! Like carrots!

Yeah! They're really good for you and they help to make you healthy.

-And the healthier you are...

-The better goalkeeper I am!

Yes!

-Shall we see what other fruit and vegetable seeds we can find?

-Yes!

Come on, then.

Oh, I wonder what's keeping everyone. I've got everything ready.

I've got some apples, some pears, some carrots,

I've got a couple of sticks of celery.

I've got a gorgeous bowl of gooseberries,

which I grew right here in Big City Park.

Whoops! Oh-h!

Well, I'd better be careful not to slip on tho-o-se...!

HE GRUNTS AND GROANS

Oh!

Maybe these healthy vegetable kebabs will be a bit safer.

Then you pop the carrot seeds into the hole,

and then you put some soil back on the top, then...

you give the carrots a little bit of water.

And like magic,

-they grow.

-Hee-hee-hee! I've just planted some carrots.

-We've just been planting some carrot seeds.

-And onions.

Oh, that's nice.

And some potatoes.

And some potatoes too?

-All in the one place?

-Yep. I'm growing a stew!

-BONG!

-Oh-h!

THEY GIGGLE

Look at these, Billy. They're lovely and fresh and ready to eat.

BELL CHIMES IN THE DISTANCE

That's Ruairi calling us to the Story Circle. Shall we go?

Yes!

Maybe we could take him back some of our seeds.

Let's take him some carrot seeds!

Great idea, Billy. Come on, let's go. Let's go and see Ruairi.

Come on.

BONG!

Hee-hee!

Earplugs!

Come on, Billy.

Wait for me!

Hi, Ruairi.

Och, hello, hello!

-Did yous all find the seeds you were looking for?

-Yes!

We even planted some carrot seeds, Ruairi.

Carrots?

I planted some carrot seeds too, and some onion seeds,

and some potatoes.

Guess what, Ruairi.

What's that, Billy?

In a few months, a healthy stew will be growing in the allotment.

A stew?! Whoo-hoo!

RUAIRI LAUGHS

I can't wait to eat it.

But in the meantime, tuck into my vegetable kebabs.

They are yu-ummy!

Thanks, Ruairi.

You're welcome.

RUAIRI CLEARS HIS THROAT

All you need Is just a seed

To start from scratch On your vegetable patch

They can take time to grow And it might seem slow

But they can't be beat When it's time to eat!

ALL: Yay!

Thank you.

-Shall we put our little pot of seeds into Ruairi's treasure chest?

-Yes!

You can go ahead and plant them in there!

ALL LAUGH

Well, it's been a lot of fun here today in Big City Park.

Come and join us again soon. Who would like more vegetable kebabs?

ALL: Me!

# Big City Park! #

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