NOVICE gardeners can get advice on growing their own vegetables at the walled kitchen garden in Clumber Park, Worksop, on Saturday.
Visitors can watch demonstrations, with head gardener Chris Margrave showing how easy it is to produce vegetables that will taste better and contain more nutrients than supermarket offerings.
He will show that big gardens are not necessary as plan
ts can be squeezed into the tiniest of plots, pots or hanging baskets.
A new study from the Royal Horticultural Society has shown that growing your own reduces food bills by nearly £1,000 a year.
Mr Margrave said: "Growing vegetables is becoming much more popular, especially as many people are concerned about pesticide use and food miles.
"Grow your own and you can choose to grow organically and select varieties noted for their outstanding flavour.
"Produce picked from the garden or the allotment and used straight away in the kitchen does not come any fresher, and harvesting your own lettuce or baby carrots just a few weeks after sowing the seed is very satisfying."
There has been a kitchen garden at Clumber Park since 1772, originally supplying the Dukes of Newcastle.
No advance booking is required for the demonstrations but normal entry fees apply.
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