Hello —Lee here. The official line is “I’m a children’s gardening coach”—but really that just means I get the privilege of helping kids and families reconnect with nature, slow down, and grow something together.
For the past 13 years, I’ve worked with schools, families, brands, and communities across the UK and beyond, using gardening as a tool for confidence, wellbeing, creativity, and connection. Along the way, I’ve (somehow) ended up on CBBC’s Blue Peter, hosted a Sunday Times–top-rated podcast, become a bestselling author, and spoken everywhere from school fields to Parliament.
Most recently I’ve been creating incredible attractions around the world, blending nature, art, and storytelling. From projects here in the UK to experiences in Japan, my work is all about building places that spark curiosity, creativity, and real human connection. I’m really glad you’re here, and I hope something we create together stays with you.
Lee Connelly is the UK’s leading children’s gardening educator and the founder of The Children’s Gardening Coach. With over 13 years’ experience, he works with schools, families, and organisations to use gardening as a tool for learning, wellbeing, and connection.
He is a Sunday Times–top-rated podcast host, children’s author, and television presenter, with appearances on CBBC’s Blue Peter and BBC Teach. Lee also advises on the role of gardening in education at both industry and policy level.
Through Brothers With, he creates large-scale nature and art attractions in the UK and Japan, designing experiences that inspire curiosity and lasting engagement with the natural world.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Presenter on children’s television, inspiring young audiences through Blue Peter and BBC Teach
Designer of show gardens and family-focused attractions in Japan
Garden Designer at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Leading the largest children’s gardening tour, getting over 10,000 children gardening in a single week
Official Ambassador for National Children’s Gardening Week
Author of Award Winning How To Get Kids Gardening
Creator and host of a Sunday Times Best Gardening Podcast
Filming across the globe, my documentaries have taken me from community gardens and school playgrounds in the UK to ambitious, imagination-led projects in Japan, where nature, design, and play collide in incredible ways. Along the way, I’ve helped get tens of thousands of children gardening in just one week, capturing the energy, chaos, joy, and impact that happens when young people are given permission to grow. My work has also seen me flying into Netherlands and across Europe, exploring new ideas, learning from different cultures, and bringing those inspirations back home to create meaningful projects across the United Kingdom. These films are about people, possibility, and what happens when communities come together around something hopeful.
Got time to watch? Here are two of my favourites that shows different sides of my career..
At the core of everything I do is a simple belief: inspiring and educating children, families, and teachers to get growing, gardening, and caring for nature. Whether it’s through schools, media, live shows, gardens, or storytelling, my work is all about making gardening feel accessible, joyful, and meaningful for everyone. Over the course of my career, I’ve inspired and engaged more than half a million children and families, helping them build confidence, connection, and a lasting relationship with the natural world.
From high-energy stage shows and nationwide school tours to presenting and policy-making, here’s just some of the work you can book me for to amplify and strengthen your message.
The biggest, most elaborate, most extreme and downright magical children’s gardening show ever to hit the stage. From theatre venues to major garden shows, there’s genuinely nothing else like it anywhere in the world. With Lee Connelly’s brand new tour, Magic of Gardening, expect wild demonstrations, jaw-dropping moments, and a whole lot of fun as gardening comes to life in ways you’ve never seen before. This is one show you absolutely won’t want to miss.
Download one of the worlds best* gardening podcasts…
*Voted in the Worlds Top 5 favourite gardening podcasts
Growing Dad is the brand-new show from Sunday Times–featured gardening podcaster Lee Connelly. After eight successful years hosting the Skinny Jean Gardener Podcast, Lee returns with an all-new format that dives into life as a gardener, a father, and a man navigating modern mental health. Honest, funny, and unexpectedly heartfelt, Growing Dad brings real conversations to the airwaves with Lee’s trademark warmth and humour.