We watch a fair bit of Cbeebies in our house and Mr Bloom's Nursery is a bit of a favourite (not just with the kids). I love the fact that there is a children's television programme about vegetables that is successful enough to be award winning and have spinoff shows and live tours. We were very excited to hear that Truro born Ben Faulks (aka Mr Bloom) was coming to the eden project for their green fingers gardening festival. We love the eden project and visit regularly, but despite having only just visited during half term for their science event we found ourselves back again yesterday.
We arrived in time for the last show of the weekend by which time it was fairly quiet. We bagged some seats, bought the obligatory delicious ice cream (highly recommended) and waited in eager anticipation.
Ben appeared in the potting shed promptly at 3.00 pm and began the show with a song. He spent the next 40 minutes engaging children and adults alike with songs, games and humour. Sadly he did not have his entourage of talking veggies with him but instead brought out a series of baby veggies complete with dummies and swaddling blankets. The children took turns babysitting Beverly the cauliflower, David the marrow and Cindy the pineapple to name a few.
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| Pop along and say "'ello" |
Ben appeared in the potting shed promptly at 3.00 pm and began the show with a song. He spent the next 40 minutes engaging children and adults alike with songs, games and humour. Sadly he did not have his entourage of talking veggies with him but instead brought out a series of baby veggies complete with dummies and swaddling blankets. The children took turns babysitting Beverly the cauliflower, David the marrow and Cindy the pineapple to name a few.
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| Mr Bloom with David the baby marrow |
Vegetables were discussed, both the growing and eating of them, and a few children were given vegetables to take home. We marvelled as one boy steadily munched his way through an entire green pepper!
The atmosphere was lovely and children and parents joined in with singing and clapping. At the end of the show everyone seemed happy. I'm sure there are a few mums whose hearts were a flutter being so close to the twinkly eyed celebrity in his trademark combats and tank top. It's great to see that someone who started out doing street theatre has done so well, and fantastic that he has made kids more interested in vegetables. Does it work? Well, when I asked Sausage what he would like for dinner his reply was...cauliflower!
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