East London Flowerpot Gang

Welcome to the Flowerpot Where we are asked to transform

neglected pieces of larnd into life-changing spaces.

We are travelling the length and breath of the UK, rescuing wasted

green areas. So boys, are we ready for business?

But we won't be doing it on our own, you, the great British public, will

be helping us. It will be quite a journey.

gardening guru, Joe, is in charge of the transformation. Green light

coming this way, one, two, three. Anneka will go out and about to get

you to join our gang. David, you're on our team.

And Phil will be giving it his all. Still got t used to play for

England you know: As well as learning what it takes to become a

gardener. Is he tough enough? there a Mani where. Today we are in

the East End of London, where we will create a garden for local kids

on an estate, where there are open space, but they can't use them.

Because of anti-social behaviour they have to be locked up. They

have nothing to do, so they are climbing over the gardens and

spoiling them. Ten minutes away from here is the Olympic Park with

its fantastic wild meadows. It is really frustrating for the Pop-Up

Shop residents, who can see the possibility of regeneration of

their own, literally locked away from them. What would the kids and

families do around here, if only they had a garden space. Nine-year-

old Jadeen knows what he would do. Grow lots of vegtables, play with

my friends in the garden. Say, mum can I go to the garden, and she

would probably say, yes. We will turn this no-go area into a garden.

It is usually under lock and key, but we will change all that.

don't do it on our own, we hope the locals will join in and help create

their own little oasis in the city. Despite nurse ago foot injury, Joe

is raring to get going. This project is close to my heart A

proper community garden, taking over a disused piece of land,

allowing the community to grow fruit, vegtables and flowers, and

bringing them lose cloer together. -- Closer together through

gardening. There will be good times and bad times, when the rain that

has plaged us all summer, hits Pop- Up Shop. Beautiful, English summer!

It won't be just the plants that grow here, hopefully Jayden and the

other kids will too. Last week he asked you to celebrate our garden

here in Poplar. Later on in the programme you can

see if we pulled it off. The Teviot Estate, may only be a

stone's throw from the prosperous City of London. It is around the

corner over there somewhere. the environment couldn't be more

different. Sandwiched between affluent Docklands and an Olympic

Park that cost billions, this is an area that has often been overlooked.

It is a typical inner city area, that's very urban, and very built-

There are some green patches, but they have been locked away so they

don't get vandalised. That is why we have been invited here by the

residents. To turn one of these spaces into somewhere for everyone

to enjoy. That's what we are going to do. Along with some help from

the locals. We are going to make somewhere for

everyone to play, relax and grow lots of fruit and vegtables.

We only have ten days to do it, with the support from this lot, we

can do it, gang! Right round the corner from this

wasted space, is a tiny, top floor flat, that's home to Jayden, his

two little brothers, and his mum, Peppa.

It's a squeeze. The only outdoors space to grow things is this tiny

balcony. But it is no good for Jayden, who dreams of being a

little Joe Swift. This is my book, it is called Grow It Eat It. This

is it. It is very cheap. This book is quite useful, because it shows

you how to do stuff, it shows you what you need to make all of these

vegtables, like carrots, they are my best ones. Jayden spends hours

pouring over his favourite book. He's desperate to grow his own

fruit and vegtables. Because his real big love is cooking. Look at

these one, good bunches. These are good mushrooms. Getting a garden

would change this little lad's life. I like to go and grow aubergines,

water melons, all stuff. They are hard work, but I'm up for it, I

could participate really well. Broccoli, yeah. Jayden is obviously

a bright kid, but life isn't always easy for him, as his mum, Peppa,

explains. Jayden has special needs, and he attends a special school.

He's bright, but he has communication difficulties. So I

think he finds it difficult to make relationships, and maintain

relationships. Because he doesn't really get how to deal with people.

School is really good, I like it. You can learn stuff. Communicate

with children, other children, make friends with them. They sometimes

bully me. I feel sad in my heart, but a bit angry, but I just let it

out, I don't get angry at them, or swear or anything. I just ignore it.

I think having a garden for Jayden would give him, you know, a real

sense of a chee., because he -- achievement, because he could say,

look at what I have done. Jayden goes to an afterschool club on the

estate, run by local hero, Jackie. Listen up, what you can do, is dip

the cotton wool into the water. Jackie's been fighting for years to

open up the locked garden for the kids. There's a real need for them

to have this base, and to have a garden. They are desperate to get

out and do some gardening. Jackie and Peppa have asked to us us to

literally unlock this wasted space and give everyone a garden.

There's a lot riding on this garden, all over the estate there are

spaces that are locked up. If we can transform this one, it could be

the catalyst that opens up all the other gardens, a model for locked

gardens on estates all over Britain. Time to get started, and we're

already a man down. Swifty has a damaged arm, and was on the

operating table last night getting fixed up. There is no way he will

be getting his sleeves rolled up today, skiver. I was really looking

forward to getting stuck into this one, physically, as well as using

my design skills. But my arm, well, it's a sporting injury, let's call

it that, means I can't do any physical work at all. I'm relying

on Anneka and Tuffers, and he's getting the hang of it, so he will

work harder. Here he is. Sportering injury. Yes! You had a few injuries

didn't you Tuffers? Injury-free, all my career. You weren't working

hard enough, not like me, I put everything into it and end up like

this. Can I hold the plans. It is informal de -- design. It is like

the square but as will and community space. Despite not being

match fit, Joe has come up with a cracking design, inspired by the

London Square, there are paths to each of the corners. Where they

dissect each other, they have this form al -- formal space we can do

something with it. Between the My Path And My Detourss are four

flower beds. We will have formal structure, which means colour in

there. For Jayden and the other -- between the four paths there are

four flower beds. We will have formal structure. Which means

colour. For Jayden there will be vegtable paths and wild flowers for

the concrete jungle. For the old Erez deoints, Joe's creating two

seating areas, with benches for relaxing. A wooden pergula will

have composting bays, a shed to keep toolsself, and an area to

attract bugs. Joe will plant tall magnolia trees to soften the harsh

concrete. Hopefully we will have time to come up with a stunning

centre piece. It is all planting- heavy this. With my arm like this.

Joe needs to take it easy on this one, so like it or lump it, we are

doing all the work. Our first job is to mark out Joe's design. He has

his bady eye on us. It is not as easy -- Beady eye on us. It is not

as easy as it looks, we want it how Joe wants it. We don't want it

wrong from the start. I will tell you what to do, have a race. On

your marks, get set, go. I'm going to get out of my chair. Lovely.

There is a heck of a lot to do on this one. We are going to need big

machines, and lots of muscle. going to get the digger to strip

out all the turf, and also dig out where the plants are going, and

then we need serious man power. Have you met all the people round

and about. No. You better go and say hello, and introduce ourselves.

He said this one would be easy. always said that, haven't you

noticed. This garden has been Jayden's mum, Peppa's dream for a

long time. To make it special, we are asking her to stay away until

it is nearly finished in nine days time. Jayden can hopefully surprise

her what has been done. We will have a day at the end of August,

where we will get it perfect for the grand opening, with as many

volunteer as possible. We want Peppa to see it before the crowds

descend. So, Peppa, this will be our last look at the garden before

we transform it. Are you excited? am really excited, I can't envision

what it will be like, it will be really difficult to stay away.

Jayden what do you want out of the garden. You go to the afterschool

club here. Is that good fun? Yeah, really good fun. I might want to

bring my friends over. Yeah? grow lots of stuff, fruit and veg,

and nice flowers, daisys. Are you going to get your mates to get

stuck in and help us. Yeah. Peppa, no peeping. I won't peep, I promise.

Jayden you make sure your mum won't have a peep when we are all gone.

We will see you back soon. Yeah. Bring on the diggers. First job is

to strip all this turf off. It a big moment for Jackie, this is

her dream. She knows what a difference it could make to the

kids in the community. How many years have you been

working on the dream of getting the garden open? About 20 years, from

the Mudchute, coming from there, and being a voluntary worker in the

community. Where does the passion come from? You want to see people

happy, and people not to be stuck in their houses, and come out and

be valued and believe in their selves, and their children.

might be tough getting the whole community involved with this one.

It has been a long time since anyone enjoyed these spaces.

Vandalism has kept people away, so we're going to erect a trellis

around the whole plot, so everyone feels a little bit safer. The whole

idea behind this garden is not only to provide a central space where

all the community can gather, but also to provide an on going project

for the residents, so they can take pride in maintaining and protecting

No sooner have we started and the inevitable happens. Yes, here comes

the rain, it has been the same with all our projects, in one of the

wettest summers on record. There were showers in Sheffield. We got

sodden in Sunderland. And it bucketed it down in Bristol. Is

this the water feature, I love it. In Poplar it is pouring. But

regardless of the rain, we have to get as many people on side if we

are to get this garden done on time. It is a local garden, for local

people, let's find some local people to help.

Hello, can I ask you something? He looks like he might have local

knowledge. What I need to do is find lots of

volunteers to help us do digs, where would I find people who are

big and strong. Can I follow you, and you show me.

I'm a novice when it comes to rallying people in Poplar, Jackie

knows who is who, and is confident to get gang together in no time.

How much do you love me?! Do you want to come and get your

wife involved in doing the growing. In the garden, what are we doing?

Lots, come and try. Do you live around here, strong men. I know

you're overworked, will you do one hour for me. This is not going to

plan. Maybe people are just dying to help at the local hairdressers.

That is not a moment to be caught in the hairdressers. Hello. Any

chance that you know anyone who could come and help us with our

project, we are doing around the corner, we need strong people? You

don't speak English? Oh no, this is not a good combination, no face, no

English. Would you like to come and help with the garden? You don't

speak English. It seems getting volunteers is going to be tough.

Maybe all the years of being locked out of this garden has turned

everyone off the idea, I'm genuinely worried. Anneka's

struggling, but we have to push on. Swifty has sent me off to sort out

some seating. Hello, Danny, how are you. Very good. What an amazing

place you have got here. It is a lot of fun. Joe has commissioned

four lovely wooden benches for the seating areas, they are being hand

made just for us. I thought I was going to do it manually, knife

through butter! They are going to be little works of wooden art. The

folk of Poplar, would never have had it so good. I can imagine them

in those corners, having a nice sit down, relaxing in the sunshine.

Sunshine, you're having a laugh. But there will be no garden to put

them in, if Anneka doesn't find helpers.

This is the street centre, there might be more grown up children

here. We need lots of volunteers to help us. I know. The kids were

saying there might be someone here. We have got a few young people,

some are on their way, we are running late. You know there are

all the gardens dotted around, they are all locked up and you can't get

into them, we are trying to open up the area a bit. If it works. Yeah.

Do you think it sounds good. Do you like the sound of that. That would

be great. This community centre runs a youth group once a week,

surely there are willing helpers in here. Are you doing your Duke of

Edinburgh, have you heard about our project, we're hoping you might be

able to come and help. The work is going to be manual, heavy, shifting

of materials, and digging, and then a lot of planting, are you up for

that? Of course. Thank you so much. That was a real bit of luck, all

the kids in there, are doing their Duke of Edinburgh, they need to get

stuck in with a project and acquire new skills and volunteer. So it

couldn't be better for our project. The rain means even the keen can't

get cracking. Today we had opened hoped to start

digging out the paths, eblging their sides with timber, and --

edging their sides with timber, and filling them with hardcore, but no

chance in these conditions. How is it going, swimmingly well. All

night I could hear the rain outside my bedroom window. We have another

problem on our hand. No. We will have to plod on. Jayden and his

brothers turn up. But captain Joe has a project for them. We have

work to do. Not for human beings, we are making a hotel for bugs.

Imagine you were a bug coming into the garden, where will you hide.

Nowhere, there is nowhere to hide. If you are a lady bug, we are going

to grow fruit and vegtables, we need things to pollenate the plant

and make fruit and turn things into vegtables.

I have stayed in a few hotels with bug, but never built one for them.

We will do whatever the gaffer asks. It is like an airport. Coming in to

land on. That is what they do, they land on. He has the hang of this,

he knows exactly what they need. There's one. Has one turned it up.

Because you have made such a lovely house. It is a hotel, they check in

and out when they want. That is the point of the hotel. I have left

Louis and Jayden building the hotel, their imagination is running wild

imagining the mini-beasts. That is what the project is about, kids

getting muddy, out in the pouring rain, they don't care, they are

connecting with nature, that is what it is about, fantastic.

Richard and the landscape team battle on with the parts.

Joe wants straight line, but it is really difficult for Richard and

the land cape skaing team to keep - - landscaping team to keep things

person dick later in these conditions.

We need dry weather, help, God. four and Richard's prayers are

answered, there is sun, which means we might have a fighting chance of

catching up. There is a new problem, big areas of the garden aren't

trying out. The ground is completely waterlogged. The whole

site has that under it. Swamps are not good for plants, hopefully he

can come up with a solution. Hopefully the maintenance area of

the guard sn dry enough for us to start composting bins. It is a big

job for Ned, so we are grateful when the Duke of Edinburgh

volunteers roll up. It is great for the community.

is a taking a risk and people working together to keep it going.

We are slowly getting going. But if this garden is really going to work,

it is going to need looking after long-term. We're hoping that the

lady whose dream this was, Jackie, might be the one to take it on.

Joe's keen to get her on board, he's taking her to a community

garden he designed in Islington. are going to King Henry's War

Garden, I was involved on day one, it was a disused space in among

houses next to a block of flats. Completely derelict, kids jumped in

every now and then and spray their names on the walls. It was unused,

now it is an amazing community garden. Anyone who lives locally,

who doesn't have a garden of their own, can get a little plot there.

It has brought everybody together. What is clever about this community

garden, is it is run as a members' garden. This is lovely. I want to

go and live in it. There is about 60 raised beds all the way through,

people can grow whatever they want. I can see loads of stuff, Rosemary

and laugh ver, that looks like beetroot there. This may be

paradise, but it is the work of careful organisation. When it was

first set up, one of the big questions was how to stop it being

vandalising. The advice from the police was keep it busy. As long as

it is busy and people are using it and people are valuing that space,

no-one will go near it. Make it feel there is always something

going on. It worked a treat. looks like it is used well. You can

feel it has a good feel to it. It is like there is people here and it

is growing. It has been brilliant bringing

Jackie here, it has inspired her, she can see how their garden can

turn into something like this. She's a proper gardener and

passionate and enthusiastic, that's what they need. Somewhere like this

takes hours and hours of commitment, work and driving people forward to

really make it happen. Jackie's got it. Back in Poplar, there is

literally a tonne of hardcore to shift. Jayden is, of course, he is

front of the queue for hard work. His enthusiasm is endless. A

natural-born leader, backy has persuaded other kids to join our

gang too. It really is many little hands

making light work. Shifting the hardcore to create solid

foundations for the paths. It seems that the kids are

desperate for this garden, maybe the adults are just a little more

cynical. They have seen things go wrong in

the past, but hopefully they will catch the kids' enthusiasm and help

Some of the children, they have not even used a wheel barrow before.

They have been running around on the estate, they most probably

chuck stones, now they have some kind of construction and thought to

build with them. You can do it, well done! Look, a nice little

community garden centre here. Jayden is throwing himself into

this one, he's following Joe around, picking up all the tips, working

all the hours, it is brilliant. That is basil, smell that, it is a

really strong one. Nice a bushy as well. Do you like peppers? Yeah, I

really love the sweet ones as well. Cooking with them, eating them,

everything? Everything. This is for bugs, mum, this is their

environment to keep them safe. Jayden's dream of a garden is

becoming more and more real every day. And his mum, Peppa, has really

noticed a difference. I think it is fantastic, he seems like he's

really proud of himself at the moment. It will be good to see the

end result and what is achieved. This project really does have the

potential to pull communities together, and inspire others to

unlock those locked up spaces. you remember in last week's

programme, we invited you to come along and help us finish off the

project and celebrate its grand opening. Later on in the programme

we will see how many of you actually responded toe that call

out. By the end of the weekend, the

composting bays are built, most of the paths are laid, we have

attracted a couple more local volunteers. Katie and Steve are on

trellis duty and seem pretty handy. We are getting there, slowly but

surely. Have you ever done anything like that before? Never. Are you

looking forward to meeting more people in the community. It has

inspired me to do this. But over the next few days, with masses of

digging and planting still to come, we are going to need tonnes more

muscle. Hopefully, all the activity in the

garden willen advertise people down from their -- will entice people

down from their garden to help us. Next day, I'm back from cricket

duty, and I want to see how my benches are coming along.

How is it going? Just popped round to see how the benches are coming?

It is not a tree any more! We are on our way. As you can see. It has

gone from tree to these raw material, I'm just marking this up,

making the legs, here is one we prepared a little while ago. That

is English oak. A solid bit of wood. They look smashing, I tell you

something, they are going to be hard-wearing. That is rock solid.

The creative duties have run riot on one of the benches, and taken

her inspiration from the mighty oak. They are oak leaves. Hopefully Joe

won't be upset with these. How can he be? He knows his lions and

design, he doesn't win in Chelsea for nothing. They are going to look

fantastic, Joe will -- he knows his lines and his design, he doesn't

win in Chelsea for nothing. They are going to look fantastic.

Joe will love them. This looks good? I'm really pleased with the

progress. You can see the layout, it is a strong layout. It makes it

look structured, and like a courtyard garden. What you are

after. At least someone knows what is going on around here. What are

these, sheep pens? No wildlife. These are compost bins, ready to be

filled up. No cooked foods, no rodents, please. Rats and foxes,

you don't want to attract them. Good tip that. Full of them.

Problem is, they are empty at the moment. We need loads of compost

for the garden, we have to get these beds all sorted before

planting. There is an apple core in there? I put that in there. I

worked out we need eight tonnes of compost. I have to go and get it? I

always get these jobs! I don't know my compost from my elbow, but I'm

going to a place that does. This waste park produces ten

thousand tonnes of compost from the stuff North London residents chuck

away every year. Surely they can spare me a few tonnes. What their

manager, Tom, doesn't know about compasting, isn't worth knowing. Is

there a little something, because Joe doesn't think I'm much of a

gardener. A little nugget I can dazzle him with my knowledge of

compost? Can you tell him our compost is an excellent source of

nitrogen, phosphorus, and poet it is a yum.

-- potassium. I think it went well, or mission a-com-post! Get it, I'm

on firing. We have got great compost, all the

potassium, phosphorus and nitrates in there, really help all the

organic matter, great for the veg, and really good for soil structure!

Is that right! That was masterly, he's actually learned something.

Forgot moisture retention, didn't you. And moisture retention! That

is the last thing Joe needs on this site. We might raise this bed up

another edge, backfill the soil and compost. We will work around it, we

always do, Rich. We have to. You can't grow stuff in this water-

logged soil, but, as ever, Joe has a solution.

Build raised beds and fill them with new topsoil.

Are you OK. What have you got in there? Topsoil. The great thing

about this delivery, is this soil is recycled too. It is a waste

product of growing British sugar beet. Trust Swifty to know a handy

source. But 14 raised veg beds won't fill themselves. That will

keep us busy for a while. Where it Tuffers when you need him?

Jayden can't wait to get planting. He and Jackie have gone to a local

plant market to choose herbs to get it started. Can I have some basil.

Rosemary. This is a good one. And mint, please. It won't be long

before he will be cooking his own veg from the garden. Flavoured with

his home-grown herbs. At a market like this, where better than to get

some flowers. Back at site, there is still a huge pile of topsoil to

shift. But, hey, we have more important things to do. A little

wanging of the old wellies. It is like a Question of Sport. Get on

with it! He's short. That is wind, it's just pushed it away there. Oh

no. It is on the line. That's no way on the line. That's in. That's

not in. Sorry mate. 'S got it. that is in! This is a lot better

than digging. Come on Tuffers, come on. Thank you. Having had my welly

well and truly waning -- wanged, there is someone I want to talk to.

I want to have a chat with Peppa and Jayden to see if he's enjoying

getting stuck into the garden. Hello Peppa. You reckon the kids

will be there all the time? Yeah, they will, especially Jayden. He

will want to be there every minute. Looking after the veg. He has to

look after it. Definitely. I will be over there as well, seeing as I

have not had a chance. Is that annoying awe bit, are you a little

bit keen? I want to do something. How do you think the garden is

going? I'm amazed, I can't believe I have made a bug house, and I

haven't made one before. With all the little logs in there for the

bugs to go and live. It will be good for the bugs, maybe not us.

You haven't told your mum about anything that has been going on at

the garden? No, not yet. Mum is the word, you haven't told her

anything! No. And she hasn't been peeping? No. She hasn't snuk around

there and had had a little look? Good, keep it a surprise, good work

and great chopping. Jayden only needs to keep it secret

from his mum for three more days. Between now and then, we have got

to top off the path, finish the benches, and do the centre piece.

Plus there is all the planting, four flour beds, the seating area,

and -- flower beds, and the seating area, and the beds need filling.

The plants arrived today, which is exciting, even better we have loads

of volunteer, many of whom are skilled gardeners. In the next few

hours we will see a transformation. They look like butterflies.

Sunflowers, how beautiful are they. And it has given me a bit of an

idea for the central po mosaic, which will go in the middle of the

garden. Loads of things going into, fruit, vegtable, flowers and trees.

Sad low, I have to leave for a couple of days. I'm no use, I'm

leaving it for Anneka and Phil. What could possibly go wrong!

Don't worry, Joe, I will take care of the digging. How long can it

take to shift two tonnes of topsoil. One thing I have learned over the

last couple of programmes, is how to shuffle. -- shovel.

But there is no time for slacking, the compost has arrived.

Luckily for me, lots of green- fringeered volunteers from a local

gardening group have turned up. Everything's arriving at once, it

is a bit like buses. And just as big. There's apple and pear tree,

and six towering magnolia trees. They are just fabulous, aren't they.

Joe's design is ambitious, because he wants a formal garden, but he

also wants a working garden. With both those things, the main

emphasis is on planting today. Who better to get us started than

our own gardens' champion. This is a bit of a moment, isn't it.

Pray there is loads of rasberries. Reuben to go feel excited now?

I'm proud of everyone. It is really nice to see stuff going in as well.

You have waited years for this moment? I have. I really have.

do you feel? It is really special. It is a really special time, in my

life as well. I think it will be really good that the residents can

come in and hopefully get their strawberries and ras priest and

make some zrb rasberries, and make some -- and some rasberries, and

make some jam. Seeing all this has given me an idea. I love what Joe

has done with this garden, he has designed something formal, like a

formal London Square, but there is a modern take on it. There is a

square in the middle he has left me to do something with it. I have

taken the idea of the Sunflowers, around the central area, we will do

a mosaic, which the afterschool club will be doing. Jayden and his

mates go to the afterschool club after school. They are used to

getting arty, but our Anneka has Van Gogh-sized ambitions for them.

This is a sunflower, we will do a mosaic which we will put in the

middle of the garden. To make things as easy as possible for

Jayden and his friends, I have drawn out the design on 25 big

ceramic tiles. Then they need to assemble the tiles ready for

sticking. This is a big sunflower, and there are a lot of tiles.

have a complicated one, you have brown, yellow, wrong and blue. What

we do is glue them on. Wow, Anneka, this has got everybody

concentrating. A feature of Joe's formal garden, are six, four-metre

high magnolias, to soften all the towering concrete, and bring a bit

of posh to Poplar. So we will twist and drop.

Joe's really pushed the boat out with them. Careful how you go, Phil.

This is a magnolia, it is like a tree. It is a tree! Phil still has

a lot to learn, but Jayden seems to be naturally green fingered.

think it is amazing, all the pots we have done. Good, pretty terrific.

I have planted lots of plants. And I feel good about that. In just a

few days, and you can see the positive effect the garden is

having on Jayden. Team work. It just is so obvious that these

kids need something constructive to get involved with, and the garden

is the perfect answer, it really is. The shame is there are gardens like

this all over the estate, but they remain locked, that is what would

be wonderful to change. At last, the garden is looking like

a garden. The magnolias and the fruit bushes and some of the

flowers are in, and the wildlife flowers are planted. I have noticed

one of the neighbours has been keeping an eye on our progress. I'm

keen to meet him. So Brian, you have lived here for 25 years,

overlooking that plot of ground, which hasn't been used. How are you

feeling now you are seeing it being changed. It is nice, it makes a

change to look at something nice, instead of the grass. It must have

been so frustrating for all the residents n this particular area,

to have somewhere potentially they can get to with a big padlock on

it? It will be really nice. It's not just Brian who has noticed

the difference. Word of our garden has spread, and the early trickle

of volunteers from the estate, has turned into a flood.

The Duke of Edinburgh volunteers can't keep away.

Jayden, do you want to pop this one in here for me. In less than 36

hours, Jayden is going to show his mum the garden. And with so much

planting left to do, it is great we have got so much help. Even Brian

has finally joined our growing band. How are you, nice to see you. Come

to give you a hand doing a bit of planting. You are half way through.

I'm digging eh! Which one? That one in. So you have seen the garden

evolved? Every day I come home it is changing and getting better and

better, it is amazing. What a change for the community round here.

It will be brilliant. Do you think that is deep enough. A bit deeper?

I don't know much about gardening. Are you a bit of a gardener? Only

window boxing. They are lovely. Will you help tend it, because it

has to be tended? Will do. It will be nice to be here on sawny

afternoon. You should be so lucky. It will be good. It's great to see

this garden, finally coming alive and drawing people in. It made me

feel good, I feel great. I have been inspired by everyone's help.

And team work and effort by everyone. It is breath taking,

there is no words. Seeing my friends, and the community coming

together. It is just like an amazing dream come true. Jayden

finally gets his chance to plant his favourite fresh herbs. Just

what this budding chef needs for his kitchen. I'm going to eat them

with my mum, and we're going to invite some people round as well.

And we are going to eat it. It will taste nice, hopefully. With

everyone else planting, Joe has set me and Annie a challenge. Strictly

Come Planting. He's challenging us to take charge of a flowerbed each.

Take charge! While this isn't the stiff competition of Chelsea, I

will be looking for high standards. I will give you marks out ten for

technical merit, team management, presentation. Be prepared to raise

your game, good luck, may the best planter win. Team management,

have seen my team, Sant and Bahgit. Ready, go.

# Anything you can do I can do better

Threes and the fives. If there is anything I have learned,

it is Joe's top tip, always group three or five of the same plant

together. There is a four there. Two groups of three to make Joe

happy. It is not as easy as you think, Joe

scatters them about, and they fall beautifully. He says threes and

five, we had six of one. I think he will be happy with that. We have

been working on the garden or nine days now. In a few hours time

Jayden will show his mum what we have achieved. It won't be

completely finished when the final push is over. From this morning we

are concentrating on the planting and making it look good for Peppa.

Joe is back, but we have lost Phil to the cricket again. He will miss

out on Joe judging our efforts on Strictly Come Planting. Bed number

one and two. OK, I can see a little bit of patchy spacing, actually. I

hope I won't upset you, Anneka, but that is the winning bed. It's Phil.

I'm really pleased, he had little kids with them and they all mucked

in. Do you want to know why, it is a spacial thing, it is a better

spacing, and a bit more drifting here and the block of grass. It

feels a little more balanced. But Phil's come on a long way. There

was only one way for Phil to go. better tell Phil the good news.

Hello. Tuffers! Hello, how are you going. Not bad. I'm at the Oval,

England 311-6, lost a few wickets this morning, in a bit of trouble,

ball moving around a bit. Do you want to hear the good news?

Strictly Come Planting, who won? You did. Threes and fives. There is

a gardener in me somewhere. Are the benches there? They aren't here yet,

that is one thing I'm a bit stressed about. What time are they

meant to be turning up, like you know. They were meant to be there

today. Keep up the good work, shame I can't be there. All the best,

take care. Last minute we will be pushed to

plant up the seating areas. We still need Phil's benches. Watching

us put the final touches is someone who really deserves a garden. 8-

year-old Rose. You have got the best seat in the house up here. I

have seen you sitting here every day watching this garden develop.

What do you think about it? Lovely. I love flowers. They are my

favourite thing. As soon as I saw them starting to make this garden,

I thought I will go out there and watch them do it all. You have been

watching every day. Haven't you. Have you ever done any gardening

yourself? Thefr had a garden. I come from Bethnal Green, which was

all houses and yards. You didn't have a garden. There will be lots

of places to sit. I don't have to go and sit. I know you can sit up

there. You can go down and have a chat with neighbours in the garden.

Yeah I could. In the thick of time Phil's benches

arrive. It is like a butterfly. Slightly burned wings! Time's up,

we're nearly ready to show Peppa her garden after almost ten days of

seriously hard work. Now we have transformed it into a

working garden. A mini-green oasis. But there is still a lot we need to

finish off. Two flower beds and 14 veg beds to plant. A top coat of

gravel to lay on the paths. Plus the mosaic centre piece to finish.

Crack all that, and we will have given a sad, old useless place, a

second chance. Before we see how many of you turned up. There is a

little boy who wants to show his mum what he has been up to.

Oh my goodness. It is nothing like what I expected it to be.

Sunflowers Jayden. We done all of these, these ones are really good

for beans, they have lots of pollen in it. He has been learning a lot.

He loves it out here. We should set you up a little camp out here.

would as well. Do you think the garden will be good for him? He has

been buzzing about it, he has been a lot calmer at school. He has had

a change in attitude. That's brilliant. You must be proud of

him? I am, tears are coming. should be proud of him. He has been

brilliant. I'm really proud of him, he has done a fantastic job.

Well done Jay. Well, if this is Peppa's reaction,

we can't wait to see how the wider community responds to helping us

finish off. Especially because across the

series you have already been so generous with your time at

volunteering. You have your wellies!

All ages. From all parts of the country. Where have you come from?

West London, via Heathrow. Even on special days, you turned up.

It is birthday. Happy birthday! Look this, the Flowerpot Gang.

wanted to join in. I saw the programme, and I was totally

inspired, I thought I would come It's been over a month since Jayden

gave his mum a sneak preview of the garden. Now we are back to do all

the finishing touches in time for the grand opening lateren to today.

Joe is already on site to check what we need to do.

Today there is a few jobs to get on with, we have to finish this path.

That is a must. We have some more plants, to fill in the ornamental

beds, get lots of colour in here to take it through to autumn. I want

veg in the veg beds, it is important to get food out of this

place, produce, it will spur them on to grow more vegtables into next

spring. Phil, the moment of truth. It is looking all right. Hello Joe.

He needs digging up! The veg is growing well in the beds. That is

not veg, that is a few weeds. nice to think after the series we

are on it with the vegtable. knows the difference between veg

and weed, not. A final push today to get it ready for the autumn, and

hand it over to them, and it is Jackie and her gardening club, off

they go. Paths planting, and there is --

path, planting, and my mosaic to finish. Once again, the response to

the callout is magnificent. People from the estate and far and wide.

Are you coming to do digging this afternoon? We are. Are you in this

area? No, we're from Essex. have come a long way to go? Yes, we

did. Come in and grab yourself a spade.

What drew you to the garden? We saw the programme and decided to take a

lock. Thank you for coming down. What do you think of community

gardens? It is a really good idea for kids to come with family and

friends, and get engaged and learn about the growing of vegtables and

things like that. As we get down to work on the paths, Jayden finally

gets his chance to plant his own veg.

As usual, I have found my place in life, doing the shovelling. But

luckily, this time, we have got loads of help.

Just as well, as I want a quick word with Jackie.

Hello, how do you think the garden is going? Really lovely. You have

set up a gardening committee, haven't you? Yeah, we have. It is

going really well. Have people come and got stuck in? Yes, we have had

children in there, telling nightime stories. It has really been good.

The people that live round here, they have been so encouraging and

supportive. Crack on and I better get going on my barrel. How are

you? Joe's really pleased today see Rose has made it into the garden.

There is 100 new plants to dig into the remaining two flower beds. I'm

pleased to see we have visitors today from other London estates.

What brought you here? We live in a flat, and they always want to work

in a garden. You haven't got a garden? No, it gave them a chance

to work and get themselves muddy, enjoy it. If you form the right

sort of group, and take control. You would be amazed at the chances

you could have. To be honest, I don't want to say it, but I have to,

I am very envious! Do you know what this is? Kale.

Jayden has made a start on planting winter vegtables, it is the moment

he has been waiting. You start planting deep. You know

how to plant. You like cooking, right? Yes. You could stir-fry

these, or boil them. What do you think? Yeah. As the pasts receive

their finishing touches, and my sunflower mosaic begins to take

shape. There is one final push of hard graft needed. But, as always,

guess who isn't doing it. Bad news, I have to go. I have to leave you

for the grand opening, because I have to go and do the commentary on

the cricket. You are joking. I have got to go.

For the whole day, that's it. is the big day. We have all the

volunteer, we have the garden to finish and you are going to have

off to the -- off to the cricket. Even with Phil gone, we fly through

the planting. The paths are laid, and my mosaic is finished. All

thanks to the generosity of our hard working volunteers.

Just over a month ago, this space was locked up and unloved. Now,

it's a thriving working garden, where locals can come together to

work and relax. And hopefully, it will inspire

other communities, all over the country, to unlock their unused

spaces. I'm thrilled, I think it looks

absolutely beautiful. Next spring when the vegtables beds are full up

of produce, it will be fabulous. Before the party starts, we have

one cermonial duty left to perform, to open the garden.

Those of you who have been involved right from the beginning and those

of you who have turned up today and given your support, you you have

all been amazing. I would like to say thank you to everyone, there is

so many people here, if you know me, with names, I'm not going to say

you all by name, I'm going to say a really big thank you. And that's

from my heart. Thank you. Jayden, a big round of applause for

you, fantastic job, you got stuck in as did all your friend too. Well

done. You have done such a good friend.

like this garden, I have been participating in it really well.

There's some flowers that I have been doing great, and all the

flowers were dying, and they have come alive again. Over to you

Jayden. The garden is open.

Thank you for watching Flowerpot Gang, we have been so impressed by

all the response to our callouts, to help finish and celebrate the