Special Garden for Sir David Attenborough
May 12, 2026, 12:44
UKCulture
Introduction
The RHS has a special garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. It is for the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough.
Main Body
The garden is called 'Bringing Nature Home'. It shows how small gardens help wild animals move and live in cities. The garden has ten types of plants. Each plant represents ten years of Sir David's life. For example, some plants show gardens from the 1920s and 1940s. Other plants show new ideas from the 2000s and 2020s. These plants help the air and save water.
Conclusion
People can visit this garden in May.
Learning
📅 Time Words & Numbers
Look at how we talk about years and ages in the text. To get to A2, you need to connect numbers to time.
The Pattern:
100th birthday→ The number describes the special day.1920s/1940s/2000s→ The 's means a whole group of ten years (a decade).
Quick Guide:
1920 = One specific year.
1920s = From 1920 to 1929.
Helpful Vocabulary for your level:
- Represent → To stand for something else (1 plant → 10 years).
- Save → To keep something so it is not wasted (save water).
- Visit → To go and see a place.