Who are you and where do you work? My name is Georgina Isherwood (George) and I am the Community Champion & Events Co-Ordinator at Dobbies in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. I am really passionate about getting involved in the local community and reaching out to groups or organisations that share our passion about plants! I think…
Creating a nature trail in your school or community garden is a great way to support local wildlife whilst adding that extra spot of beauty to your surroundings. Follow these easy steps to create your own nature trail and bring the best out of your available land. Once you’ve finished reading, why not download the…
Downloadable version of the Sunday Mirror 6th May
Tell us about your school… We are Springhallow School in Ealing, London. Our school is for young people with a diagnosis of Autism, Speech, language and communication difficulties. The school moved 2 years ago, so our garden is quite new. In our school garden we have 8 raised beds, where we grow vegetables, and a…
Introduction Health, happiness and horticulture is the gardening club set up at St Oswald’s ALN Secondary School in Glasgow! As part of this year’s academic session we have been running a Wellbeing Award. This has involved the pupils going to PE for physical health and attending Home Economics to learn about gardening and healthy eating.…
St George’s Childcare is an Ofsted ‘outstanding’ nursery and children’s charity based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. We care for up to 90 children a day, aged 3 months to 12 years, and we run a nursery, term-time pre-school, after school club and holiday club. Since we were established in 1982, supporting the community has always…
Who , what, where, why… Fruitful Abundance is a Community Interest Company in Northants set up to improve food security and growing in the local community. We run 4 cafes under The Real Junk Food, Project Umbrella, where all the food served is rescued instead of being sent to landfill. We now have two allotments…
Where it all began… Four years ago we decided to do a major litter pick in our neighbourhood Whalley Range as part of a major City Clean Up Campaign. 150 people got involved and we thank everybody with a party, show, music and free food. That’s when The Whalley Rangers ‘Love Where You Live’ took…
Introduction In 2015 a small group of volunteers decided that the town of Talgarth needed a real cheering up as the only flower display in the town was by the war memorial and so under the banner of ‘Grow for Talgarth’ they began their mission in creating a town square adorned with flowers and developing…
Who are you and where do you work? My name is Gary Bissett and I am the Manager and Cultivation Street Ambassador at Inver Garden Centre, Larne in Northern Ireland, where I have been working for the last 22 years What does being an Ambassador mean for you? Being an Ambassador gives me the…