Name: Sophia
Age: 5
From: Bicester
Story: We took some cress seeds. We had two groups in the light and two groups in the dark. One of the groups in the light and one in the dark got watered. The group that was in the light and had water grew. The group in the light without water grew but it was yellow. The groups in the dark didn’t grow.
Name: Ollie
Age: 7
Occupation: School
Object: Flower growing
Story: At school I planted a seed into a plant pot and watered it every day. It grew into a sunflower.
Colour Photograph of Part of a Flower Bed, by Sarah Angelina Acland, c.1915 (Inv.18849)
Age: 7
Occupation: School
From: Guildford
Object: Beanstalk
Story: In reception I planted a beanstalk seed and I watered it every day until a small stalk popped out of the ground. The next day the stalk had grown a tiny bit more than the last day. Every day it grew a tiny bit more until beans grew out if the stalk and I got to take the beanstalk home.
