GROW your own little Alan Titchmarsh or Charlie Dimmock -- and encourage children to play outdoors.
Early Learning Centres (Bolton's is on Deansgate) have a great new range of gardening toys.
Perfect for novices is the Gardening Starter Kit with mini fork, trowel and grown-up gloves at £6.
The Rake and Hoe Trolley lets them wheel all their tools around the garden, at £9, and there's a wheelbarrow at £7 and colourful garden mower also £7 to help the green fingers.
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