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With the help of a green-thumbed friend, he ripped it all out and started over.

That truth presents the ­greatest obstacle to turning even green-thumbed children into green-­acting citizens.

Here are some of T's favorites, from the gift-centric to green-thumbed and more.

It took several seasons with my green-thumbed husband to stockpile this fashion statement.

Scores of green-thumbed seniors are taking on post-retirement jobs at their local florist's shop.

The recently triumphant community gardeners and other green-thumbed urbanites have a new place to shop: Root Stock.

But a surprising degree of recovery can be achieved, as recent ventures in ecological restoration by green-thumbed amateurs and scientists attest.

The pitch was so successful that his personal rhubarb supply ran out and he was forced to appeal to green-thumbed friends for their surplus stalks.

(These green-thumbed viticulturists can also raise a glass to the Clinton Administration's program to promote farm products overseas.)

For many volunteers, WWOOF is creating a class of green-thumbed do-gooders, more conscious of their carbon footprints.

At "Sharing Backyards DC", the website helps link up homeowners with no interest in gardening and green-thumbed neighbors ready to turn the plot into something productive.

The flower show attracts a varied audience, from green-thumbed television personalities, to business executives and social high-flyers, as well as the many celebrities that lend their faces to individual gardens.

The principal's purloined pumpkin turned out to be a winner in the end when the green-thumbed thieves, two teachers wearing shirts with black-and-white jail stripes, brought in the giant gourd for the weigh-in.

The cast is solid enough, with some chemistry all but guaranteed between Christopher Kale Jones as the nerdy, green-thumbed Seymour and Jenna Coker-Jones as the ditzy, suburb-longing Audrey.

And though the green-thumbed artists in this season’s show — Philip Taaffe, Fred Tomaselli and Terry Winters — have made the rounds of Chelsea, the natural setting refreshes some of their familiar tropes.

LONDON (Reuters) - A towering pyramid of color, a lesson in water-conscious beauty, patriotic fervor, Olympic enthusiasm and a host of green-thumbed celebrities kicked off one of the world's most lavish flower shows on Monday.

They have also assembled a fine supporting cast of bounders, ninnies and local biddies, notably a pompadoured villain named Victor (voiced by Ralph Fiennes) and his aristocratic would-be fiancée, the flame-haired, green-thumbed Lady Tottington (trilled by Helena Bonham Carter), otherwise known as Totty.

And children aren't the only ones coming over all green-fingered.

A lack of green-fingered ability would seem to be the main reason for our shame.

You don't need to have any technical skills or be particularly green-fingered; it's a great opportunity to learn.

Green-fingered Jim, who has always wanted a garden of his own, is delighted about the move.

In the night, while we all slept, the green-fingered one vanished!

But city council officials have taken a dim view of the green-fingered criminals.

Could this be the first of many royal gardens from the green-fingered Prince?

Much of the growth in garden spending has come from the under-35s, not traditionally a green-fingered demographic.

They come, the green-fingered Irishman says, "about every five minutes".

Let the Speaker try to favor that green-fingered elf over him.

“What did they hit?” asked one of the green-fingered staff members gravely.

That is, sadly, the only fragrant part of this green-fingered tribute.

Not so much of a green-fingered man, though.

These are urban people, looking for a chance to enjoy a more green-fingered lifestyle.”

The perfect gift for a green-fingered gran or mum.

Her green-fingered experiment was inspired by her brother back in Jamaica.

Here are some ways of using cardboard cones, mostly for green-fingered knitters.

Green-fingered women were a dress size smaller, while men who go to an allotment can expect to be around a stone lighter.

Chat with volunteers in period costume to discover more about this green-fingered genius.

Scientists have produced new research which suggests that, far from doing their bit to save the planet, Britain's green-fingered army may be damaging it.

Which way did this odd, green-fingered fellow go?

The green-fingered elf appeared just as he said!

Sadly, the site the green-fingered visitors will see won't be as magnificent as it once was.

The former Bovril worker had won several local awards for his green-fingered skills since retiring in 2008.

Visitors will be encouraged to walk around it and become acquainted with the green-fingered urge that drives the nation.