Halloween themed cupcakes with a black spider web iced over white icing, held in orange cupcake cases.

Halloween fundraising ideas!

By Cultivation Street Staff | October 1, 2018

With October being quieter in school and community gardens, it’s a great time to think about fundraising. Here are some fun food ideas we’ve found to help raise valuable money to fund your projects. Spooky snack sale Make sure you publicise the date, time and venue well in advance with posters and by getting the…

Coal Tit Colouring | Activity Sheet

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 29, 2018

Here at Cultivation Street we love garden birds, and we understand how much our schools and community groups enjoy encouraging them into their gardens too! We have created a series of beautiful colouring pages inspired by our feathered friends, for you to download, print and colour! Simply click on the link below to download for…

Yummy bean chutney

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 26, 2018

You can harvest your runner beans generally from June – November . Runner beans are great because they’re’s a variety of ways to cook them, they are tasty and they are versatile in recipes. One of the Cultivation Street community groups, the Includeme2 Club have found an alternative and tasty use for them – Bean Chutney!…

Chaffinch Colouring | Activity Sheet

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 25, 2018

Here at Cultivation Street we love garden birds, and we understand how much our schools and community groups enjoy encouraging them into their gardens too! We have created a series of beautiful colouring pages inspired by our feathered friends, for you to download, print and colour! Simply click on the link below to download for…

Perfect pumpkin soup…

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 24, 2018

Autumn is an exciting time of year! Not only are the trees turning to lovely reds, browns and oranges, but all our veg growing labours of the summer are starting to be rewarded! Now is such a fun time harvesting squash, pumpkin and runner beans and dig up crops of potatoes! There is nothing better…

Ed Bond – Redwood Park Academy

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 24, 2018

Ed Bond a Science teacher who is also part of the Horticulture team at Redwood Park Academy leads the student group sessions as part of the schools weekly timetable. Groups from year 8 to 11 learn and work in the gardens across the week, developing and maintaining the growing spaces for all of the school…

Andrew Wright, Brimsmore Garden Centre

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 24, 2018

Andrew has been working in various departments of the Garden Group, Brinsmore garden centre for the past 13 years. Having always had an interest in working outside and plants from an early age, whether that be growing fruit and veg or looking after the wildlife, it’s no surprise that Andrew is now the shop manager.…

Greenfinch Colouring | Activity Sheet

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 23, 2018

Here at Cultivation Street we love garden birds, and we understand how much our schools and community groups enjoy encouraging them into their gardens too! We have created a series of beautiful colouring pages inspired by our feathered friends, for you to download, print and colour! Simply click on the link below to download for…

Overall Community Garden Winner 2018

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 23, 2018

The Community Garden category encompasses fantastic and inspiring community gardening projects and people who are making their local area a greener place to live. We are not looking for designer gardens and horticultural skills – we want entries bursting with community spirit and inspiration.   The prize for this category is: Overall winner – £5,000…

Goldfinch Colouring | Activity Sheet

By Cultivation Street Staff | September 19, 2018

Here at Cultivation Street we love garden birds, and we understand how much our schools and community groups enjoy encouraging them into their gardens too! We have created a series of beautiful colouring pages inspired by our feathered friends, for you to download, print and colour! Simply click on the link below to download for…