Royal Family news shows it’s important for Kate Middleton’s mother to pass on her love for the outdoors and gardening to her grandchildren. She wants them to respect nature and enjoy the great outdoors. And what if they get a little muddy? Grandma Carole, 66, believes that it is all worth it.
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Kate Middleton’s Mother Wants Her Grandkids to Love Gardening
In a recent interview for U.K.’s Saga magazine, the grandmother of five explained that she’s trying her best to pass on her love for gardening to her grandchildren. Carole is grandmother to Pippa Middleton’s newly-born daughter Grace and 2-year-old Arthur and Kate Middleton’s Prince George, 7, Princess Charlotte, 5, and Prince Louis, 3. And she wants them to have an interest in growing plants.
“If I’m doing planting with my grandchildren, I like to have it all laid out at ‘activity stations’ with their own little trowel and pot so they can get started immediately,” she shared with the U.K.’s Saga magazine for their May issue. “It’s no good calling children over to an activity, only for you then to have to fuss about looking for the right equipment and clearing a space. They’ll soon lose interest and slope off.”
“It’s important for children to grow up appreciating nature and part of that is allowing them to get a bit muddy,” Carole added.
The founder of the business Party Pieces, Carole, also revealed that apart from trying to teach her grandkids the ways of the gardener, she turns to her beloved gardening as a way to stay busy and active during the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns it caused.
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“Growing potatoes is a simple one to start with, and digging for spuds is fun at any age,” she said. “We also grow carrots, beetroot, and onions, and there’s no better way to encourage healthy eating than to allow your grandchildren to see how food is grown and let them pick their own.”
Royal Family News – Kate Middleton Shares Her Mother’s Love For The “Dirty, Muddy” Gardening
The Duchess of Cambridge, 39, like her mother, values spending time outdoors with her children. In a 2020 appearance on the show Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast, the royal completed the sentence “I’m happy when…” with the answer: “I’m with my family outside in the countryside and we’re all filthy dirty.” Carole would be so proud of the reply.
“I remember that from my childhood – doing the simple things, going for a walk together, and that’s really what I try and do with my children as well because it totally strips away all the complications, all the pressures…” she continued, “as a parent and I think these experiences as well mean so much to children and the world that they’re in which is a real adventure for them at that age.”
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