There's an old saying that goes along the lines: "If you would be happy for a week get married; for a month get a dog; but for a lifetime of happiness plant a garden."
Some of you may think that rather than working in a plot I'm actually losing one. But I believe that gardening offers a range of attractive and tasty outcomes for young people. If you needed proof, just look at the success of the Manor Park Estate allotments as previously reported in Young People Now.
Of course I recognise it's a pretty packed curriculum out there and there might need to be some thinning out before youth workers could find much time for this area of work. But a quick roll call of potential benefits shows what a promising environment it could be. Much is made of young people having their own space, choosing their own decorations and furnishings in clubs, for example. Rightly so too. Why not then extend this principle to any grounds outside the club? Encourage them to help landscape and plant them, and look after them as they grow and develop.
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