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Win a Couch to Five a Day grow your own kit from Richard Jackson Garden

April 6, 2021 by Catherine 116 Comments

Welcome to a lovely new giveaway. I’m partnering with the team at Richard Jackson Garden to bring you a great prize which is perfect for getting started with growing your own fruit and veg.

I’ve got five Couch to Five a Day kits to give away to five lucky winners. Each kit contains plants and instructions to help you get growing. Read on to find out more about the kit and how to enter.

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Richard Jackson’s Couch to Five a Day Challenge

Richard Jackson is a gardening expert with a huge amount of horticultural knowledge and experience. His online shop has a wide range of plants, seeds, plant food, tools, wildlife products and gifts.

Richard has created the Couch to Five a Day challenge to encourage people to have a go at growing their own fruit and veg. If you’ve tried growing your own in the past but were disappointed with the results, or simply need some help and advice getting started, it’s perfect for you.

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The Couch to Five a Day kit contains five top varieties of fruit and vegetable seeds and plants, plus easy-to-follow growing instructions. You don’t need lots of space; everything can be grown in pots on a patio or balcony. And harvesting can start just a few weeks from planting.

The challenge element of Couch to Five a Day is all about sharing your growing progress on social media, using the hashtag #Couchto5aDay. There’s a community of challengers sharing their tips, stories and recipes to inspire you and help you make a success of growing your own.

Here’s what Richard Jackson has to say about the challenge:

“We want people to have a go, get involved and help us to motivate even more people to get their hands dirty. We’d love to see how people get on with the challenge, as there is nothing more rewarding in gardening than charting the progress of a seed, to a plant, to a vegetable, to the plate!”

Let’s take a look at the contents of the Couch to Five a Day kit.

Couch to Five a Day kit contents

richard jackson garden couch to five a day sweet pepper bendigo
2 x Sweet Pepper ‘Bendigo’ F1 plug plants
richard jackson garden couch to five a day perpetual spinach
1 packet Perpetual Spinach seeds
tomato red profusion
3 x Tomato ‘Red Profusion’ plug plants
richard jackson garden couch to five a day climbing french beans
1 packet Climbing French Bean ‘Cobra’ seeds
strawberry malling centenary
3 x Strawberry ‘Malling Centenary’ bare root plants

The kit also comes with comprehensive growing instructions which include tips for planting, care and harvesting.

The Couch to Five a Day kit retails at £14.99 including P&P. I think it’s a great way to get started with growing your own food. It takes away all the guesswork around choosing plants and taking care of them, which gives you a much higher chance of success. I also think it would be a perfect grow your own starter kit for children – and I love the fact that it’s designed to suit even the smallest of outdoor spaces too.

Do you think the Couch to Five a Day Challenge could help you have a go at growing your own? Which plant from the kit would you be most excited to grow?

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Win a Richard Jackson Garden Couch to Five a Day grow your own kit

I’m giving away five Richard Jackson Couch to Five a Day kits worth £14.99 each. To enter, follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck!

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Comments

  1. Peter Watson says

    April 6, 2021 at 9:12 am

    I’m excited about growing Climbing French Bean ‘Cobra’ .

    Reply
  2. Margaret Clarkson says

    April 6, 2021 at 9:15 am

    The strawberry, I have never tried growing them before.

    Reply
  3. Omid Bakhshi says

    April 6, 2021 at 9:30 am

    Those climbing french beans look amazing. I’d love to grow and cook them for my family.

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  4. Ann Goody says

    April 6, 2021 at 10:04 am

    The French Bean “Cobra” takes my curiosity

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  5. Iain maciver says

    April 6, 2021 at 10:19 am

    The French Bean “Cobra

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  6. Karen Oultram says

    April 6, 2021 at 10:25 am

    I have purchased a lovely greenhouse in the last 12 months, so this is all new to me! Just watching my sunflowers growing strong, and my basil is coming through now 🙂 Have three tomato plants from my father-in-law to start me off too. Looking forward to learning so much x

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    • Karen Oultram says

      April 6, 2021 at 10:26 am

      And I would look forward to growing strawberries from the give away 😉 xx

      Reply
  7. Amy SIMPSON says

    April 6, 2021 at 10:54 am

    The Climbing French Bean ‘Cobra’

    Reply
  8. Lou anderson says

    April 6, 2021 at 11:21 am

    Definitely the French bean but to be honest they all sound fab!

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  9. Allan Evans says

    April 6, 2021 at 11:38 am

    Perpetual Spinach

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  10. bev says

    April 6, 2021 at 11:42 am

    You had me at strawberries!

    Reply
  11. Anne Bostwick says

    April 6, 2021 at 12:03 pm

    Strawberries for me too!

    Reply
  12. Annabel Greaves says

    April 6, 2021 at 12:14 pm

    I would love the strawberries kit

    Reply
  13. Rena Plumridge says

    April 6, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    The strawberries I love strawberries hmm hmm.

    Reply
  14. james jordan says

    April 6, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    cool

    Reply
  15. ashleigh allan says

    April 6, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    The strawberries!

    Reply
  16. Phil Read says

    April 6, 2021 at 1:23 pm

    I would like to grow Tomato ‘Red Profusion’ plug plants.

    Reply
  17. Sheena Batey says

    April 6, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    The sweet pepper as we eat quite a lot of these and I have always wondered about trying to grow them

    Reply
  18. Shellyg says

    April 6, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    the sweet pepper as I have grown peppers before but they all got end rot and I didn’t manage to harvest a single one, so I’d like to try again

    Reply
  19. Michelle Smith says

    April 6, 2021 at 3:43 pm

    I would love to grow the strawberries

    Reply
  20. Gill Williams says

    April 6, 2021 at 5:13 pm

    I am most excited about growing French Beans as they are so delicious.

    Reply
  21. Suzanne says

    April 6, 2021 at 5:16 pm

    I am very keen to grow tomatoes as we eat a lot as a family. They taste great and are very versatile in many dishes as well as just to eat fresh from the plant.

    Reply
  22. Mcj says

    April 6, 2021 at 6:09 pm

    peppers would be great

    Reply
  23. Hayley Atkins says

    April 6, 2021 at 6:33 pm

    We use a lot of tomatoes, green beans and peppers in our cooking and I have not tried these particular varieties , so it would be great to win one of these kits.

    Reply
  24. Ritchie says

    April 6, 2021 at 7:43 pm

    Strawberries.

    Reply
  25. KRYSTAL Light CUNNINGHAM says

    April 6, 2021 at 9:46 pm

    I would LOVE to grow my own Strawberries!

    Reply
  26. Michelle o'neill says

    April 7, 2021 at 7:16 am

    would love to grow tomatoes

    Reply
  27. Carolyn says

    April 7, 2021 at 7:33 am

    I am excited to grow rye spinach. I love the idea of it just keeping growing and producing more spinach to pick.

    Reply
  28. Tracey Gwynne says

    April 7, 2021 at 12:19 pm

    My partner and I were only sitting in the (messy) garden this weekend, looking at how we can clean it up. Also my partner’s son is very anxious of late, we want to try and get him out of his room, having been stuck indoors for almost a year glued to a screen. We thought giving him a ‘project’ to focus on, and get him to contribute to something in the home would give him a bit more of a purpose and get him in the fresh air. We’ve identified a little patch of garden to turn over, and just need to make it growing ready, but we really are not gardeners and have no idea what to start with. Tomatoes are a great and hopefully easy starting point, and we’d love to get an outdoor pizza oven…I can only imagine the flavour of home made and home grown pizza base sauces….yum!

    Reply
  29. Catherine S says

    April 7, 2021 at 12:21 pm

    The perpetual spinach as I’d hope it would encourage my fussy eater to try some!

    Reply
  30. Caroline Tinsley says

    April 7, 2021 at 2:41 pm

    I’d love to grow the spinach to add to salads, it’s so much tastier when it’s really fresh.

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  31. Kim M says

    April 7, 2021 at 2:53 pm

    Not having much luck with tomatoes so would love to try the ‘Red Profusion’ x

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  32. Rachelle Barrett says

    April 7, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    Yummy strawberries x

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  33. Kirstie Kenton says

    April 7, 2021 at 4:44 pm

    This would be great for all the family to share

    Reply
  34. Natalie Burgess says

    April 7, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    The French bean cobra

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  35. Lisa Mundy says

    April 7, 2021 at 8:02 pm

    Perpetual Spinach Sounds like a very useful plant.

    Reply
  36. Tracy Newton says

    April 8, 2021 at 11:53 am

    I would love to try and get my son interested in growing plants and general gardening. The strawberries would be a good start, he would eat those.

    Reply
  37. Rebecca Beesley says

    April 8, 2021 at 10:10 pm

    absolutely love this idea – couch to 5 a day – brilliant!!!! I used to have strawberry plants in my garden and loved them but somehow over the years have ended up with none left so I’d love to get some strawberry plants and this time take better care of replanting the runners to keep them going for another few years again.

    Reply
  38. Suzanne Croft says

    April 9, 2021 at 1:05 pm

    I’ve always wanted to try growing strawberries

    Reply
  39. Mark Milsom says

    April 9, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    Those French Beans fascinate me…. plus the fact they are so versatile in cookery

    Reply
  40. Avs says

    April 10, 2021 at 7:03 am

    Sweet peppers, apart from the fact I stuff them with all sorts of things for lunch – the birds would eat the strawberries before I have time to pick them.

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  41. Faye Rosier says

    April 10, 2021 at 7:53 am

    Sweet Peppers as I haven’t grown them before.

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  42. Lesley Smith says

    April 10, 2021 at 9:36 am

    would be super excited to grow my own peppers

    Reply
  43. Tricia White says

    April 10, 2021 at 10:38 am

    I have never grown peppers so this would be great to try

    Reply
  44. Ursula Hunt says

    April 10, 2021 at 10:48 am

    I love strawberries but they never taste the same from the shops, often they have very little flavour so I would be most excited to grown my own strawberries, I bet they are bursting with flavour

    Reply
  45. Maureen M says

    April 10, 2021 at 12:20 pm

    Must be the strawberries!

    Reply
  46. John Williams says

    April 10, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    Tomatoes

    Reply
  47. Fiona Johnstone says

    April 10, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    The perpetual spinach would be my choice

    Reply
  48. Sandra says

    April 10, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    The strawberries sound great.

    Reply
  49. Eva Lorraine Appleby says

    April 11, 2021 at 12:17 am

    I’ve always wanted to grow strawberries so this would inspire me

    Reply
  50. claire woods says

    April 11, 2021 at 10:12 am

    The French Bean “Cobra

    Reply
  51. Julia Linsley says

    April 11, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    I would love to grow my own spinach

    Reply
  52. lyndsey cooksey says

    April 11, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    Id love to have a go at growing the sweet peppers as they are ,y favourite vegetable!

    Reply
  53. Ruth Harwood says

    April 12, 2021 at 8:28 am

    Climbing French Bean ‘Cobra’ seeds look perfect to grow, would love to get my green fingers on!

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    • Stephanie Clifford says

      April 26, 2021 at 10:34 pm

      Definitely the strawberry plant

      Reply
  54. Rachel Butterworth says

    April 12, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    The strawberries.

    Reply
  55. Roksolana Miseviciute says

    April 14, 2021 at 10:37 am

    Love growing stuff

    Reply
  56. Jayne Townson says

    April 14, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    What a great idea, I would love o grow strawberries because my whole family loves them.

    Reply
  57. Tracey Belcher says

    April 14, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    I would love to grow the perpetual spinach – we eat so much of it!

    Reply
  58. sue cornish says

    April 16, 2021 at 10:34 pm

    Love the strawberry plant kit

    Reply
  59. Sue Rivers says

    April 17, 2021 at 10:40 am

    I would love to try growing spinach to prove I’ve the iron determination to do it!

    Reply
  60. kathleen warwick says

    April 18, 2021 at 2:30 pm

    I would really love to try growing the Strawberries

    Reply
  61. Margaret Gallagher says

    April 18, 2021 at 3:08 pm

    Strawberries ! Irresistible taste c

    Reply
  62. Lucie fish says

    April 19, 2021 at 4:56 pm

    I’ve just bought a greenhouse for my veg growing! I couldn’t manage to get any fruit on my tomatoes last year so I would love to try these!

    Reply
  63. Patricia Dewey says

    April 19, 2021 at 10:16 pm

    I would love to grow my own strawberries

    Reply
  64. James Travis says

    April 19, 2021 at 11:41 pm

    Strawberries, be nice to try and grow my own

    Reply
  65. Karen Usher says

    April 21, 2021 at 11:08 am

    Sweet Peppers would be amazing to grow, I love peppers!

    Reply
  66. Victoria Prince says

    April 21, 2021 at 1:55 pm

    The perpetual spinach! I *love* the sound of this kit and the variety of things included….but I am a sucker for spinach

    Reply
  67. Martin McKeown says

    April 22, 2021 at 12:41 am

    Strawberries

    Reply
  68. Suzanne says

    April 22, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    Strawberries would be lovely.

    Reply
  69. Roger Bufton says

    April 22, 2021 at 3:28 pm

    Strawberry ‘Malling Centenary’ bare root plants

    Reply
  70. Danielle Spencer says

    April 22, 2021 at 4:11 pm

    I’m most excited to grow the peppers, I love them as a snack, most of our animals can have them and they are great in a lot of dinner we have.

    Reply
  71. John Taggart says

    April 22, 2021 at 4:24 pm

    The sweet pepper

    Reply
  72. Frances Heaton says

    April 22, 2021 at 4:27 pm

    I would love to try Sweet Pepper ‘Bendigo. I already grow cherry tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers, along with a couple of other vegetables, But have never been successful with peppers. As I use peppers for lots of dishes, hoping for more success with this variety.

    Reply
  73. adrian price says

    April 22, 2021 at 4:50 pm

    The Tomato`s –as there my favourite fruit/veg

    Reply
  74. Becky Yeomans says

    April 22, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    I would plant the tomatoes first!!

    Reply
  75. Andrew Ingold says

    April 22, 2021 at 7:29 pm

    I really want to try to grow some vegetables.

    Reply
  76. Jo Jones says

    April 22, 2021 at 10:30 pm

    The Strawberry plants

    Reply
  77. Mary D says

    April 23, 2021 at 2:44 am

    I like the peppers and the perpetual spinach sounds good too.

    Reply
  78. Mark Fridlington says

    April 23, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    I would be keen and excited to grow the Tomato ‘Red Profusion’ plug plants, as growing tomatoes as a child, was my introduction to gardening and the joy of growing your own fruit and veg.

    Reply
  79. Neil says

    April 23, 2021 at 1:50 pm

    Great Idea! certainly encouraged me to give it a go 🙂

    Reply
  80. Karen Barrett says

    April 23, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Strawberries! My grandchildren want a whole bed of them

    Reply
  81. Ellie Spider says

    April 24, 2021 at 1:29 am

    sweet peppers i use so many in cooking

    Reply
  82. Rich Tyler says

    April 24, 2021 at 11:26 am

    I’d love to grow sweet peppers

    Reply
  83. YOLANDA DAVIS says

    April 24, 2021 at 1:05 pm

    Winning this lovely lot would inspire me to get some things done in my garden.

    Reply
  84. Averil Lea says

    April 24, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    French Climbing Beans Cobra…we love these beans

    Reply
  85. Patricia Avery says

    April 24, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    I love strawberries. What a treat to be able to pick my own from the garden

    Reply
  86. Laura says

    April 24, 2021 at 11:58 pm

    I would be most excited to grow the sweet peppers.

    Reply
  87. Susan B says

    April 25, 2021 at 11:39 am

    I already use several of Richard’s products and would particularly enjoy the 2 x Sweet Pepper ‘Bendigo’ F1 plug plants as I use peppers a lot in both salads and hot meals.

    Reply
  88. Jo Ann Hooson says

    April 25, 2021 at 2:06 pm

    I love green beans but can’t wait to try the spinach at our allotment!

    Reply
  89. Lucy Wright-Booth says

    April 25, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    I would love to be able to grow tomatoes!

    Reply
  90. Anthea Holloway says

    April 25, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    I would love to grow the tomatoes.

    Reply
  91. Mary Campbell says

    April 25, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    Oi Oi! I’d love to grow some delicious Pak Choi!

    Reply
  92. Nicola Jordan says

    April 25, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    I’m excited to try the tomato red profusion, I love tomatoes

    Reply
  93. Debra Walker says

    April 26, 2021 at 5:52 am

    Strawberrys

    Reply
  94. joanne coulson says

    April 26, 2021 at 6:55 am

    Definitely the Climbing French Bean ‘Cobra’

    Reply
  95. Rachael Sexey says

    April 26, 2021 at 7:36 am

    Definitely the tomatoes, my daughter loves to grow things and we even had a couple of tomatoes last year

    Reply
  96. Emma davison says

    April 26, 2021 at 8:12 am

    Spinach. I have grown peppers, beans and strawberries before but have not tried spinach yet.

    Reply
  97. antonia richardson says

    April 26, 2021 at 8:51 am

    It has to be Sweet Pepper for me

    Reply
  98. Rob Troth says

    April 26, 2021 at 9:48 am

    I would love to get a decent crop of the ‘Cobra’ French Beans – to be honest, I’d be a happy with a decent crop of anything. I’ve just started growing veg for the first time this year and get so excited when I see the first shoots of green emerge from the soil!

    Reply
  99. Sheena Read says

    April 26, 2021 at 10:48 am

    Sweet Pepper ‘Bendigo’ F1

    Reply
  100. Tracy Barber says

    April 26, 2021 at 11:37 am

    The sweet peppers but they all look pretty good

    Reply
  101. Mel Pennie says

    April 26, 2021 at 1:16 pm

    I’d love them all but would be most excited to grow the Sweet Pepper ‘Bendigo’ F1 plug plants!

    Reply
  102. Kerry Dennigan says

    April 26, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    I can’t wait to start this as a new hobby

    Reply
  103. Paul Kay says

    April 26, 2021 at 4:48 pm

    I would be excited to try The sweet pepper

    Reply
  104. Jeanette Leighton says

    April 26, 2021 at 4:57 pm

    I would love the strawberries Because my children would love these

    Reply
  105. Stuart a Smith says

    April 26, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    With being a beginner for gardening I would love to just grow any veg. I started with potatoes last year and they were a success and it has inspired us.I’d like to give strawberrys a whirl and it would be great to enjoy them with some cream.

    Reply
  106. ANNE JENKINS says

    April 26, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    I would love to win, fantastic hoby

    Reply
  107. Fiona jk42 says

    April 26, 2021 at 8:27 pm

    I would love to try the French beans. The last time we tried growing bean we suffered dreadful blackfly infestations which meant our harvest was very poor.

    Reply
  108. Caroline Hammond says

    April 26, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    The peppers would be great, I’ve never tried growing them before

    Reply
  109. AJ says

    April 26, 2021 at 9:48 pm

    The strawberries! I love eating them so would love to grow.

    Reply
  110. Teresa Sheldon says

    April 26, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    The tomatoes love the taste of freshly grown tomatoes they taste so much better than shop bought ones , I’m always picking and eating them straight From the plants at my Dad’s, I don’t love to grow my own

    Reply
  111. Fiona Foskett says

    April 26, 2021 at 11:18 pm

    Sweet Pepper ‘Bendigo’ F1 plug plants

    Reply
  112. Georgie Wright says

    April 26, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    Sweet Pepper ‘Bendigo’, haven’t tried to grow them before and we eat a lot of them!

    Reply
  113. christine hindle says

    April 26, 2021 at 11:49 pm

    I’m most excited about growing Climbing French Bean ‘Cobra’ .

    Reply
  114. craig hindle says

    April 26, 2021 at 11:49 pm

    I’m most excited about growing the Climbing French Bean ‘Cobra’ .

    Reply

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