Tinker Bell
To celebrate the release of Disney's Tinker Bell on 10 November on Blu-ray and DVD, Disney has teamed up with BBC's gardening guru, Rachel de Thame, to create a step-by-step, easy-to-grow Pixie Hollow.
Bursting with an array of bulbs and infused with sweet smelling herbs, Rachel's Pixie Hollow will provide instant results and continue to bloom throughout the months and changing seasons. It's the ideal way to introduce children to the fun of gardening, which can be enjoyed indoors and out, at any time of the year.
Rachel de Thame comments: "My daughter loves Tinker Bell and I was impressed with the film's fantastic array of light and colours, capturing nature and the changing of the seasons in a charming way. Such is the quality of the animation that children will be drawn to the vibrancy of the flowers and plants. Tinker Bell and her friends are such great gardening role models, which is why I was inspired to create a Pixie Hollow that children can grow.
"For my version of Tinker Bell's home, I've created an outdoor garden that can be enjoyed by children throughout the year, and I've used plants and flowers that will need care and tending across the seasons."
A Pixie Hollow is easy to create. It requires an attractive pot with drainage holes, stones, simple gardening tools like a trowel, compost and a selection of plants, herbs and bulbs. Rachel's advice is to plant seasonal flowers to ensure that Pixie Hollow looks pretty across the year.
Tinker Bell synopsis:
The film reveals the story of Tinker Bell's early life in the world of Pixie Hollow. Each fairy is born with a special talent, whether it's making flowers grow, giving fireflies their light or creating a winter morning's frost. Tinker Bell thinks her fairy talent as a "tinker" isn't as special or important, because tinkers don't get to go to the mainland like other fairies. But when Tink tries to change who she is, she creates nothing but disaster. With encouragement from her friends, Silvermist, Fawn, Rosetta and Iridessa, Tink learns that the key to solving her problems lie in her unique abilities . and discovers that when you stay true to yourself, amazing things can happen.
Tinker Bell Product Information Release date: 10th November Certificate: PG Running time: 78 mins Written by: J.M Barrie (characters), Jeffery Howard Starring: Mae Whitman (voice), Anjelica Houston (voice), America Ferrera (voice), Lucy Liu (voice), Raven-Symone (voice)