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Chelsea Flower Show, 21st May 1988. Queen Elizabeth II visits the garden show held in the grounds of Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
Young gardener, Victoria Hazell, proudly waters the giant sun flower growing in her back garden, Reading, October 1985
Denis Healey at work on a fishpond in his garden at his home in the Sussex countryside, supervised by his wife Edna. 30th May 1985
Fulham and England footballer George Cohen tries his hand at some household chores at home in Chessington, Surrey, after returning from the England team South American tour. 11th June 1964
Buildings in Middlesbrough, St James House (left), Church House (centre) and Cleveland Centre (right), Middlesbrough, 17th July 1989
The Tunnel End canal and countryside centre at Standedge has opened a new scented garden especially for blind and partially-sighted visitors
Youngsters got digging when they turned out to Ormesby Hall to plant trees in a bid to restore the grounds. About 30 pupils from Henry Taylor primary school at Ormesby turned up to pant holly
These green-fingered Newsome Cubs, pictured with Venture Scout Daniel Pedder, did a spot of gardening at a local old peoples home ready for a fund-raising open day at the weekend
Digging for cash and helping the environment ? those are the pupils of Lindley County Junior School, who are pictured working on a marsh they have created for a competition organised as part of
Digging in... Parents and pupils at Flockton CofE First School are seen with spades and trowels at the ready to continue their work on bulb and tree planting
Tall story... green fingered cubs David Ryan (right) and Darren Neary have to climb a ladder to tend this sunflower after winning a competition to grow the tallest
Wheeling them in... Scissett Middle School pupils get ready to dig in as they set off to plant a daffodil each around the school bus bay
Arcadia Nurseries, Gardening Centre, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Circa 1989
600 bunches of grapes are growing on the great vine at Hampton Court Palace, London (formerly Middlesex). This historic vine is 186 years old and in the sole charge of Bill Tizzard
Pupils of Scholes Junior and Infant School ready to plant seedlings grown in the new conservatory. They are (from left) Richard Bullas, Andrew Reader, Theresa Hobson
Things are looking rosy for the half dozen teenagers won began their first full time job today. The trainee gardeners with Langbaurgh Borough Council were welcomed at the start of their
Mothers Day plants with a difference... Chris Green is seen (centre) with other Cubs of the 15th Huddersfield (St Hilda s) pack
Garden for the blind in Bromley, Kent (now Greater London). 29th July 1952
Cheyney Court in Winchester, Hampshire. 3rd September 1952
Competitors in the local flower and produce show (location not known) seen here arranging flowers in the car park before presenting their efforts to the judges. Circa 1960
From little acorns grow... handling a rather large shovel is little Stephanie Rose, four. She and her pals from Reinwood Junior School and Brownies from St Cuthbertss Church, Birkby
Getting to the root of the problem... are, from the left, 11-year-olds: Steven Baines, Craig Walton, Daniel Bray, Andrew Wilson and William Beaumont
A woman trying out a stream lined lawn mower which can be driven by petrol or electric motor at the Britain Can Make It exhibition in London August 1946
Meltham County Primary School wins £500 in a garden competition sponsored byMeltham County Primary School wins £ 500 in a garden competition sponsored by the Co-op. 29th January 1992
Golcar Junior School pupils are pictured by the pond that they have been working on since last spring. Headmaster Nigel Miller said the plan was to enhance the appearance of spare land outside
Pupils of Marsden Junior School lead the tree-planting army, they planted trees near the Tunnel End Marsden under the guidance of countryside warden Michael O Rourke. 19th January 1988
Allotments to beat food prices: Mr. Roger Bennett and his wife Audrey, enjoy their day on the Ealing Borough Councils allotments, growing their own food at Perivale
Children grow their own vitamin food on London blitzed site. Forty Clerkenwell school children have their own garden plots under cultivation
Birmingham City footballer Alex Govan in his back garden with Jackie Stewart take tea break from their mammoth gardening task. 29th August 1953
Len Salt, head gardener at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Pictured on 11th September 1981
Actor Richard Briers seen here in the garden pruning roses at his West London home. 6th May 1987
The Chimps at Southam Zoo up to their old tricks again as they help to mow the grass. Bugsy (left) and Rosie took over when maintenance manager went down with the flu
The Best-Kept Gardens contest for the Condercum Estate, Newcastle. Tenants brought to light a new angle on gardening - how to make the A R P Anderson shelter a thing of beauty
The Womens Army Auxiliary Corps gardeners seen here tending the graves of our fallen heroes on the Western Front. 27th September 1917
A view of Plessey Railway Station on 13th September, 1939, which was awarded a special prize in the British Rail Stations Garden Competition. George Allan and James Harmen the two porter gardeners
Mr. John Rumney, the 64 year old porter at Eastgate Railway Station, Durham, works in the newly reborn station garden on 20th October 1964
Schoolboy seen here playing with a toy lawn mower 2nd December 1957
Aston Villa centre-forward Gerry Hitchens in the garden of his home, talking to his wife Meriol. September 1959
Aston Villa Goalkeeper Nigel Spink is one of the rocks in the Aston Villa defence. Spink is a keen gardener and the activity of preparing a rock garden at his Sutton Coldfield home helps him to keep
In March 1974, The Evening Chronicle reported on one womans geodesic dome greenhouse. Which raised the problem of why anyone would want an ultra-modern greenhouse at the bottom of their garden
Darts players in Bernard Robsons pub team are getting more than they bargained for. For the charity-minded Coventry landlord is putting them up for raffle
Thirteen year old Joyce Hayward who has been appointed to organise a tree adoption scheme on a council housing estate at Camelot House, London one of the biggest blocks of council flats in the city
A man mowing his lawn with doing a hand stand on the handles of an electrical lawn mower September 1976
Father and daughter gardening Circa 1957
Growing and picking your own strawberries Circa 1957
Though it lies on the fringe of the Black Country there is much that is green and pleasant about Stourbridge. The locla authority has provided gardens, parks and open spaces for the people
Man holding on to lawn mower cutting grass with sign Please Keep of the Grass
