According to a new poll released yesterday, 8 in 10 young people think gardening is cool and more than half would rather go to a garden centre than a nightclub.

I wonder if this is rooted in the fact that nightclubs have been closed for the past 15 months and young people have had to reimagine their gardens.

Garden Designer, Diarmuid Gavin joined Kieran in studio to tell us more about all the benefits to gardening.

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