Gardeners from the British National Trust will give away 170 million seeds to families and children nationwide and will have vegetable 'doctors' to advise and teach on their cultivation.

If the seeds all take root and prosper, the nation will need to buy roughly 4 million fewer pumpkins, 26 million fewer bags of rocket leaves and 70 million fewer lettuces.

Even more importantly, millions of children could get into the habit of growing organic food.

"I'm so excited, because I haven't done it before."

"I like to see what I got and I like decorating bottles staff."

The National Trust also provides more than 1,000 allotments to people to grow their own produce.

More then 4,000 people have registered since the initiative was announced.