Sometimes I explain our situation like this: Hong Kong has a father who is China and a mother who is the UK. Maybe people have forgotten the ties between Hong Kong and the UK. Most do not know what has happened in Hong Kong, or that Britain launched a scheme for us to move here. We left Hong Kong to come here because we want our young people to grow up with our values of freedom and democracy.īritish people often ask how long I'm here for. Of course, you learn all this at school, but you really can't imagine it until you experience it. If it rains in Hong Kong the sun disappears, but here you get both at the same time. It's very strange for me to see the sun at eye-level in the winter, or the moon and sun appear together. ![]() In Hong Kong, the sun rises and sets the same way every day. Everyone has been welcoming.įor me, the main surprise here is the sun. We've focused on Hong Kong people so far, but this year we will work with more local British people. We're also linking up people to get them to grow together in community gardens. But in the UK, many have a bit of land in their back garden. They live in tall buildings with no outside space. Most Hong Kong people have zero experience of farming. ![]() Hong Kong people love Asian vegetables like choi sum and pak choi, but when they come here there's a limited choice in the supermarkets so we show them how to grow their own, and other vegetables like kale, cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. I want to start keeping bees this year as well. We share our crops with neighbours and donate some to local charities. We have an allotment where we can test how different seeds grow. We sell seedlings, we help people convert their back gardens, and provide group lessons so people can learn together. In Hong Kong, I sold 50 different crops, but we don't sell vegetables in the UK. ![]() Importing vegetables is not environmentally friendly. We want to encourage more people to grow their own food using sustainable methods. I set up the business with my friend Perle Wong. They agreed to remove the fence between our gardens and that was the start. I made friends with our neighbours who are Korean and told them I could also help them grow vegetables. We rented a house in New Malden and began growing vegetables in the garden.
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