0:00:02 > 0:00:05# Gather round one and all
0:00:05 > 0:00:08# You gotta answer the call
0:00:08 > 0:00:12# Listen out, look around you
0:00:12 > 0:00:14# There's a magical world
0:00:14 > 0:00:16# To explore
0:00:22 > 0:00:27# There's a nature adventure
0:00:27 > 0:00:31# Coming your way soon
0:00:31 > 0:00:35# So come and join us
0:00:35 > 0:00:40# In this green balloon
0:00:40 > 0:00:44# And when we fly we're
0:00:44 > 0:00:46# Higher than the moon
0:00:46 > 0:00:50# So join us, u-up
0:00:54 > 0:00:56# In our green balloon! #
0:01:02 > 0:01:06Hello, there! It's good to see you, isn't it, Skipper?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Hello! I was just looking at something interesting.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10What is it?
0:01:10 > 0:01:15I'll show you in a minute. Come inside, we're all ready.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Come on, Skipper.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20ALL: Hello!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Welcome to the Green Balloon Club.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27There's a really nice smell in here.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30You're right! It smells, sort of...
0:01:30 > 0:01:33..perfumey!
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Is it you, Cat?
0:01:36 > 0:01:38No, I'm not wearing perfume.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Is it you, then, Skipper?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Dogs don't wear perfume!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46LAUGHTER
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Is it you, Jay?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I don't wear perfume! What about Sky?
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Oh! It's not me.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Then it's got to be you, Lily-Rose.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56I'm not wearing perfume.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Then what is the smell?
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- It's my Hyacinth.- Aah! - It's got a flower now.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- Mmm! It smells really nice! - It's filling up the whole balloon.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- It's fantastic, Lily-Rose, thanks for bringing it in today.- Sky!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15- Should we do the register now? - I almost forgot about that.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20- Would you and Skipper like to do it today?- Yes, please. Skipper,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- is Lily-Rose here?- Skipper!
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Sit! Paw...good girl!
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Good girl, Skipper, Lily-Rose is here. Skipper, is Ant here?
0:02:32 > 0:02:37- Paw...good girl! I'm here, Skipper. - Ant's here.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Now it's us. Skipper!
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Sit! Paw...good girl!
0:02:45 > 0:02:50Right, we're here. You're so clever! And now it's you, Jay.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Skipper! Come on!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Sit! Paw...good girl!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Jay's here. And now it's Sky.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Skipper! Skipper!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Sit!
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Paw...oh, good girl, Skipper, I'm here.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Sky's here. Skipper, Skipper, come!
0:03:16 > 0:03:21Good girl, Skipper. Now it's you. If you're here, wave to Skipper.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Good girl, Skipper.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32That's everyone present and correct.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36ALL: Shall we do the Green Balloon Club Chant? Yes!!
0:03:36 > 0:03:40DRUM BEAT
0:03:41 > 0:03:44# We love animals, plants and birds
0:03:44 > 0:03:47# We love snails and slugs
0:03:47 > 0:03:49# Large and small we love them all
0:03:49 > 0:03:51# And we never ever step on bugs
0:03:51 > 0:03:56# Cos we are the Green Balloon Club.#
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Lily-Rose, you should draw a picture of your hyacinth for the scrapbook.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I will. I wish I could put the smell in it.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- I've found something to draw for the scrapbook.- What is it?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11It's a ladybird. It's the first one I've seen all year.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15They must be starting to come out of hibernation.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17TRUMPET BURST
0:04:17 > 0:04:19It looks like we've got a report coming in.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24There's the Green Balloon! Hello!
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Oh, yes! It's Melika, Centine, and Zara. Hello, down there!
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- ALL: Hello!- It's the time of year when there are blossoms on the tree.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- And the first leaves start to bud. - Come and see!
0:04:41 > 0:04:47By looking at the shape of the buds, we can work out what trees they are.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- What's this tree?- Look at the buds.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- Blackthorn?- No.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- Beech?- No.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59It's tricky to work out which tree it is.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03There's two growing at each side. By-two, by-two, by-two!
0:05:03 > 0:05:06And there's one in the middle, at the top.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11- So this one is a sycamore. - Let's go and find some more trees.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17This one has got red and green.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22- And it looks like it snows on the green.- And it has "sprouches",
0:05:22 > 0:05:25and there's only one on it, not two.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30- So this one is a...- Crab apple!
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Let's go to the next one.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43- This is kinda spiky. - It's like a blossom.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47And it has...these are white and the buds are round.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49All in favour?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52We think it's blackthorn.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Yeah? Is that lavender?
0:05:59 > 0:06:06The little bud is white and fluffy, so it must be the same as this one.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08TOGETHER: It's an elder tree!
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Hey! These have got green bobs on them.
0:06:19 > 0:06:26OK, this one looks like there's lots of leaves, some covering each other.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29They're green, and spiking out.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32It could be common hawthorn.
0:06:32 > 0:06:39Why don't you see which trees you can find where you live?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42ALL: Bye!
0:06:42 > 0:06:43ALL: Bye!
0:06:43 > 0:06:44ALL: Bye!
0:06:44 > 0:06:49Bye! Thanks for showing us those!
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Sky, do you know anything about seeds?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Oh, well, a little bit. What do you want to know?
0:06:55 > 0:07:02- Well, my fruit seed experiment isn't growing.- Right, OK.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06How come some of them have pictures on the front and some don't?
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- I left them out in the rain. - That's probably the reason
0:07:10 > 0:07:14why they haven't come out yet. They probably stayed in the soil
0:07:14 > 0:07:18to keep nice and warm because it's been really cold recently.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22Now it's spring we'll put them outside so they can grow.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- I'll look in the balloon to see if we can find some seeds.- Thanks!
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Special Report!
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Hello, Jelly! I'm going to plant some seeds. What are you doing?
0:07:40 > 0:07:42This is Special Reporter, Jelly,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46reporting for the Green Balloon Club. And I'm here,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49in the kitchen garden, at Chiswick House.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54And I've come to help some friends do some gardening, so I'd better go!
0:07:57 > 0:08:02I've got a wheelbarrow, I'd better go and catch up with my friends.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06This is the kitchen garden, but you don't grow things here
0:08:06 > 0:08:11you need for the kitchen, like the kitchen sink and pots and pans. No!
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- This is our team of gardeners, aren't we, people?- Yes!
0:08:19 > 0:08:23This is Karen, and she's going to help us, aren't you?
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- Yes, hello, Jelly.- Hello. Are you ready to do some planting?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Yeah!- Come on, let's go!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33That's good, keep going.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37This is where we're going to do our planting.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40First we have to dig a hole because we're going to plant
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- something in it, but what are we going to plant?- Potatoes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Oh! T-t-tobatoes?
0:08:46 > 0:08:48ALL: Potatoes!
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Yes, we're going to plant tobatoes!
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Hi, Jelly.- Have you got the tobato seed?- Yeah.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58We've got such a fantastic hole, we're ready to plant them.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- They look like real potatoes already.- They're seed potatoes.
0:09:03 > 0:09:08We've put them out to "chit" - they start growing these little shoots.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I'll go see what's happening in the greenhouse.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Hello, everybody!
0:09:21 > 0:09:24All: Hello!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- What are we all doing in here?
0:09:26 > 0:09:34- I'm planting some peas... - OK, and boys, what are you planting?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35BOYS: Spinach!
0:09:35 > 0:09:39What are you doing at the moment, girls?
0:09:39 > 0:09:44- We're putting the compost into the pipe.- Boys, what are you doing?
0:09:44 > 0:09:49We have to put the dibber into the tray,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52then take it out and then you see some holes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54It's time to plan the seeds!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58The best bit. Girls, do you want to get your peas?
0:09:58 > 0:10:03And boys, do you want to start planting your spinach?
0:10:07 > 0:10:10And then do you know what we need to do?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- All: Water them! - Water them, that's right.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14I've got to go now,
0:10:14 > 0:10:19but thank you very much for inviting me to help you. Bye bye!
0:10:19 > 0:10:20ALL: Bye!
0:10:20 > 0:10:23This is special reporter, Jelly,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26reporting for the Green Balloon Club.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I've had so much fun gardening today.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Back to you in the balloon. Up, up and away!
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Ant, how many legs does a ladybird have?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51Ladybirds are beetles, and beetles always have six legs.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- So six legs.- One,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55two,
0:10:55 > 0:10:57three,
0:10:57 > 0:10:58four,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00five,
0:11:00 > 0:11:04six legs. How many spots does a ladybird have?
0:11:04 > 0:11:07It depends on what kind of ladybird it is.
0:11:07 > 0:11:12We have about 40 different kinds of ladybirds in this country,
0:11:12 > 0:11:17and this ladybird has two spots, so one on each side.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29There. It looks great.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33If you look, it looks just like a ladybird.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Oh, yes, it's got antennae.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39There.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41It looks even better!
0:11:46 > 0:11:50You don't have to go far in your garden or your park to find me.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54When Spring arrives and it starts to warm up,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58we start to wake up from the cold.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02I'm a ladybird, and I have a distinctive red body
0:12:02 > 0:12:04and little black spots.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09My bright colours are a warning to predators that I taste nasty.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12That's why birds and most animals don't eat me.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I'm an armour-plated bug.
0:12:14 > 0:12:19And just like other beetles, I can fly away home.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23If I land on you, I won't bite, I'm harmless, you know.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28I'm known as the gardener's friend, as I eat garden pests.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Aphids are pests as they destroy garden plants.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39They breed so quickly, and there's so many of them. Every summer
0:12:39 > 0:12:43there's an epic bug battle between us ladybirds and aphids.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Aphids are really my favourite grub.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57But as fast as I can munch them up, more of them are produced.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01I can eat as many as 30 aphids in one day.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14As summer becomes autumn, I have to find a warm place to fly away to,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17and sit out the winter.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26You can help me and other ladybirds by putting up
0:13:26 > 0:13:31a comfy home in your garden to keep us nice and warm in the winter.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35So bye for now, look out for me in spring!
0:13:41 > 0:13:46If you're doing any gardening, remember to look out for ladybirds,
0:13:46 > 0:13:51because they're really good to have in your garden.
0:13:51 > 0:13:57Look! We've got a ladybird on our website this week.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59We've got a ladybird, or a hyacinth,
0:13:59 > 0:14:04for this week's secret picture password. Which one shall I choose?
0:14:04 > 0:14:07I think Ant would choose the ladybird,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10but Lily-Rose would choose the hyacinth.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Which one would you choose?
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I think I'll choose the hyacinth because it smells so nice.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Yes!
0:14:22 > 0:14:26So remember, if you're going on our website this week,
0:14:26 > 0:14:31the secret picture password is the hyacinth. Now we're in,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36I want to have a look through the telescope.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36I really like this. Here we go!
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Shall we choose the city or the woodland?
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I think I'll choose the woodland.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Now we've got to choose autumn or winter.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50Which shall we go for?
0:14:50 > 0:14:54I think I'd like to see what it looks like in autumn.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58Ooh! That's lovely! Look at all the autumn leaves.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Let's have a look around.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02There are some things that light up!
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Watch what happens when I click on them.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Jay! Come and look, Sky's got some new seeds for a new experiment.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20What seeds have you got there, Lily-Rose?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I've got runner bean seeds. Aren't they pretty?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26They are. Can you give one out to everyone?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Try and guess what these are.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- Kidney beans.- Runner beans? - Right! Everyone take one.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- We can't grow them.- Why not?
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- Because they're food. - That's right, they are food
0:15:39 > 0:15:43but they're also seeds, so we could plant a kidney bean
0:15:43 > 0:15:47and a runner bean and see which one would grow best.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Everyone's got a cup, and a paper towel.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54Great. What you've got to do first is fold them in half.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Everyone fold them. Lovely!
0:15:59 > 0:16:06Next, what we've got to do is grab a little bit of this paper,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09which is all shredded,
0:16:09 > 0:16:14and place it in the middle of your folded pieces of tissue paper.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19What we've got to do next is make a bit of a Swiss roll, OK?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Just give it a roll from the corners and the sides
0:16:23 > 0:16:27so that all the paper goes in the middle.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Next we've got to get our cups and put them inside,
0:16:30 > 0:16:34let them kind of release... I think some of you
0:16:34 > 0:16:38need to put a bit more of this paper in the top to fill it up.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40That's brilliant.
0:16:40 > 0:16:46Next, we we take our runner bean and put it down the side of the cup,
0:16:46 > 0:16:51then take a pencil and use the blunt end to push the seeds down
0:16:51 > 0:16:53quite near the bottom.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Ok, is everyone there? - Yes,- yes.- Lovely!
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Now take your kidney bean and put it on the opposite side,
0:17:00 > 0:17:05so if your runner bean's there, put the kidney bean on the other side.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Lovely! I think we need to move ours a bit there.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12We've got the kidney bean on one side
0:17:12 > 0:17:14and the runner bean on the other.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17To make our seeds grow, what do we need?
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Water!
0:17:20 > 0:17:24Yes, so first of all, Cat, you put your cup over here on the tray
0:17:24 > 0:17:27then pour some water in. Be careful.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I'll tell you when to stop.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Stop!
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Well done. Next up is Jay.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Stop!
0:17:43 > 0:17:45OK. Lily-Rose.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53We've got to stop, we've got to have some water for Ant.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Can you see how it's soaking it all up? Great, isn't it?
0:18:00 > 0:18:06Stop! What we've got to do next is make a fist with our hand,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10then we've got to place it over the cup like this
0:18:10 > 0:18:14then we've got to pour the extra water back inside the jug.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18- Go first, Lily-Rose, are you ready? - Yep!- OK, let's hold that.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Just a little bit is coming out.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- OK, who'd like to go next? - Me!- Me!- Me!
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Go on, Ant.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Well done.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35OK. I think you're ready.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42He-he-he!
0:18:42 > 0:18:47Great! Brilliant, Cat. Next, it's Jay.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Lovely! I've made everybody a sticker...so look.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Stick them, that's great, Lily-Rose, lovely.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06And Ant?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Great! So now we've got our lovely little plant pots
0:19:12 > 0:19:14let's put them on the windowsill
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and see which one's going to grow first!
0:19:17 > 0:19:22- I think I spot a Green Balloon Club member.- Who is it?- I think it's Ben.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24ALL: Hello!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32This week's Spot is... magnolia blossom!
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Let's get spotting!
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Magnolia trees can be found in gardens.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48A magnolia tree grows big and beautiful flowers.
0:19:48 > 0:19:54They can be different colours like white, pink and purple.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57The flowers grow at the end of its branches.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01They can grow quite big, about the size of your hand.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05The flowers smell lovely, like sweet lemons.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07So remember the clues...
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It has lots of petals.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16The flowers grow at the end of its branches.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19The flowers smell lovely.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Get spotting! Bye!
0:20:23 > 0:20:29A magnolia blossom! I want to go and spot one. Perhaps I could grow one?
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Don't think we've got enough growing here? I'm not sure
0:20:33 > 0:20:36we'd have enough room for a magnolia tree.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41We can look out for magnolia when we land, which will be really soon.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Someone look after the beans, cos we're coming in to land!
0:20:52 > 0:20:56And whenever we land it's...
0:20:56 > 0:20:58ALL: Time for a song!
0:21:08 > 0:21:14# It's our world, we're the children of tomorrow
0:21:14 > 0:21:20# Yes it's our world, we want the trees and grass to grow
0:21:20 > 0:21:27# Though we are young we all realise the little things we do
0:21:27 > 0:21:33# Make a difference so let's all care for our world
0:21:33 > 0:21:35# Care for the world
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- # By not wasting precious water. # - Yes, that's right!
0:21:40 > 0:21:41# Care for the world,
0:21:41 > 0:21:46# Saving energy, so let's all pull together
0:21:46 > 0:21:47# Every boy and girl
0:21:47 > 0:21:54# Let's make sure that we recycle every day
0:21:54 > 0:22:00# Plastic, paper, clothes and bottles, don't throw them away
0:22:00 > 0:22:06# It's our world, everybody everywhere
0:22:06 > 0:22:13# Yes it's our world, let's all show how much we care
0:22:13 > 0:22:18# Though we are young we all realise there's so much we can do
0:22:18 > 0:22:24# And we promise that we'll care cos it's our world
0:22:24 > 0:22:26# Care for the world
0:22:26 > 0:22:30# By not wasting precious water
0:22:30 > 0:22:33# Care for the world
0:22:33 > 0:22:37# Saving energy so let's all pull together
0:22:37 > 0:22:39# Every boy and girl,
0:22:39 > 0:22:46# Let's make sure that we recycle every day
0:22:46 > 0:22:51# Plastic, paper, clothes and bottles, don't throw them away
0:22:51 > 0:22:57# It's our world, we're the children of tomorrow
0:22:57 > 0:23:03# Yes it's our world, we want the trees and grass to grow
0:23:03 > 0:23:10# Though we are young, we all realise the little things we do
0:23:10 > 0:23:16# Make a difference so let's all care for our world
0:23:16 > 0:23:22# And we promise that we'll care cos it's our world
0:23:22 > 0:23:29# Yes, it's up to you and me cos it's our world. #
0:23:41 > 0:23:45- Thanks for flying with us today. - Perhaps you can plant some seeds
0:23:45 > 0:23:49- and watch them grow.- Or you can spot a magnolia.- Or even a ladybird.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53See you next week! Bye!
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