Mr Bloom's Nursery is an educational children's television programme produced by the BBC. It aired on CBeebies in the UK from 7 February 2011 to 1 March 2013. Mr Bloom, created and performed by Ben Faulks, is a gardener who helps children to get involved and inspired by nature. Each episode sees a small group of children (whom he calls "tiddlers") visiting his allotment, feeding his "Compostarium" compost bin and interacting with puppet vegetables. The show has a similar concept to Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

The idea of the show originated from a piece of street theatre that Faulks had written in 2006 called The Vegetable Nannies; he had toured the play across the UK, as well as in Europe and Canada but wanted to pitch it as a preschool television show. Faulks developed it into a proposal in 2008, and it was picked up by the BBC in 2009. Mr. Bloom's Nursery won an RTS North and West Award for Best Children's Programme in 2011. Faulks was also nominated for the British Academy Children's Award for Best Performer in 2011 and 2012 for his performance as Mr Bloom.

Episodes

Series 1 (2011)

Episode First aired 1 Stretch 7 February 2011 2 Worms 8 February 2011 3 Giant Turnip 9 February 2011 4 Blanket 10 February 2011 5 Grow Business 11 February 2011 6 Hide and Seek 14 February 2011 7 Underground 15 February 2011 8 Saving Bean 16 February 2011 9 Ladybird 17 February 2011 10 Right Size 18 February 2011 11 Funfair 21 February 2011 12 Snails 22 February 2011 13 Scared 23 February 2011 14 Music 24 February 2011 15 Bloom's Barbershop 25 February 2011 16 Energy 14 March 2011 17 Making Do 15 March 2011 18 Changing Colour 16 March 2011 19 Collecting Seeds 17 March 2011 20 Tidying 18 March 2011 21 Bounce 21 March 2011 22 Making Room 22 March 2011 23 Bees 23 March 2011 24 Accidents 24 March 2011 25 Labels 25 March 2011 26 Wind 28 March 2011

Series 2 (2012) Episode First aired 1 Karaoke Cabbage 9 January 2012 2 The Great Squashini 10 January 2012 3 Knickerbocker Whopper Slopper 11 January 2012 4 Purple Princess 12 January 2012 5 Goldileaves and the Three Veggies 13 January 2012 6 Secret Friends 16 January 2012 7 Raymond's Robot 17 January 2012 8 Grand Veggie Fete 18 January 2012 9 Fun Run 19 January 2012 10 Vegetable Fool Day 20 January 2012 11 Seaside 23 January 2012 12 The Nutter Flower 24 January 2012 13 Stinky 25 January 2012 14 Tower Blocks 26 January 2012 15 Thank You Compo 27 January 2012 16 Show and Smell 20 February 2012 17 Strawberry Hats 21 February 2012 18 No Place Like Home 22 February 2012 19 Mulch Ado About Nothing 23 February 2012 20 Colin and the Giant Beanstalk 24 February 2012 21 Rubber Band Band 27 February 2012 22 Dragonfly Day 28 February 2012 23 Super Spud 29 February 2012 24 The Butterfly Express 1 March 2012 25 Rally Car Radishes 2 March 2012 26 Team Bloom 30 March 2012

Series 3: Get Set Grow! (2013) Episode First aired 1 Popstar Cabbage 4 February 2013 2 Homemade Hat Parade 5 February 2013 3 The Great Mashathon 6 February 2013 4 The Sandwich Stealer 7 February 2013 5 Bed Time Trouble 8 February 2013 6 Jungle High Jinks 11 February 2013 7 Housewarming Party 12 February 2013 8 Maypole Mayhem 13 February 2013 9 Floating Funfair Fun 14 February 2013 10 The Caterpillar Trials 15 February 2013 11 Pirate Veggies 18 February 2013 12 Joan's Throne 19 February 2013 13 Barmy Balloon Safari 20 February 2013 14 Family Photo Tree 21 February 2013 15 Peas Freeze 22 February 2013 16 Sebastian's Pet 25 February 2013 17 Amazing Maize Maze 26 February 2013 18 Beanland 27 February 2013 19 Margaret's Space Tent 28 February 2013 20 Forget Me Not 1 March 2013

References

External links

BBC – CBeebies Grown-ups – Mr Bloom's Nursery BBC feature Guardian coverage