Starting & Running a Garden
How to set up and run a school garden
Gardening has many benefits for children. While it has great health and social implications, it also offers brilliant hands on experience for learning. Inspired by the school and community garden stories, we’ve put together a guide to help get you started – from thinking about how to use the space, to how to involve the children and school community.
Read More...Funding and donations for your School or Community Garden
Once you’re on the journey of setting up your School or Community Garden, it’s important to think about how you’ll cover the costs involved. Here are some ideas of how to make life easier for yourself by searching for funding, donations and even freebies! Ambassadors Make the most of your Cultivation Street ambassador’s local knowledge.…
Read More...Community garden – Top tips on how to get started
Cultivation Street was set up to tell the stories of the best community gardens across the nation. We’ve seen all sorts of amazing community gardens within schools and neighbourhoods. All getting together to create great outdoor spaces for everyone to enjoy. Now is a perfect time to get involved or start your own community garden…
Read More...Halloween fundraising ideas!
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…
Read More...Fundraising ideas!
Fundraising can be so much fun and is a fantastic way to help raise a little extra cash to develop and support your garden project. Fundraising has changed over the years- bag packing in your local supermarket has long gone with a bag charge in place and so we’ve drawn up a list of fun…
Read More...Top 10 Fundraising ideas…
Fundraising can be great fun. And it’s a fantastic way to help raise a little extra cash to develop and support your garden project. It can be tricky to know where to begin, but there’s tons of great ideas out there. Here’s our top 10 fundraising ideas to help get you started: Host a coffee…
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