Stories Schools / Communities

Introduction Who are you and where are you from? I am Tessa Lynn, Chair of the Olive Branch Community Garden Community. The garden is located in the Dogsthorpe and Welland ward in Peterborough. It is a natural paradise surrounded by homes and shares one of its borders with a small number of private allotments. It…

Introduction Who are you and where are you from? We are members of the Highfield Park #GreenGym – so called because we get plenty of exercise whilst we are gardening at Highfield Park in South Shore in Blackpool, Lancashire. The core group consists of approximately six members although we have family groups who occasionally join…

Introduction Who are you? Dane Ghyll Primary School Cumbria, Louise Postlewaite   What can we find in your garden?There are now 7 raised beds, one for each year group to plant vegetables in. The children prepare the plants and water their own beds. They also have a polytunnel with a selection of vegetables and plants that…

Introduction Who are you? Gareth Preston, Bottesford Juniors High School, Scunthorpe.   How did you come to hear about Cultivation Street?3 years ago, I was running a community group called Beckview Garden, which I am still a part of today. We entered Cultivation Street and won ourselves £500 in garden vouchers! So when I joined the…

Pollinator Promise By Saint Alban’s CE Primary! Join in to save our threatened wildlife! As a part of St Albans Primary School’s involvement in the UK wide, ‘Polli:Nation’ project, they have developed a campaign to spread the message of the importance of pollinators and the need to protect them. When you sign up to the…

Introduction Who are you and where are you from? Lynda Awcock and Mr Newton from Station Adoption Group, students from Ancaster Primary School and Mr Moody from Sustrans East Midlands. How did this partnership come about? Ancaster Station Adoption Group asked the students if they would like to help rejuvenate the station. The first thing…

School Story – The Patch, St Francis School, Dundee Introduction St Francis School in Dundee are developing a community family allotment through building partnerships and bringing communities together to develop knowledge and gain skills for life in all aspects of nutrition and food. The garden is called The Patch, and the groups of children that…

Community Story – Incredible Edible Dunstable Introduction The Incredible Edible Dunstable community garden in Bedfordshire won £1000 in National Garden Gift Vouchers last year in the Cultivation Street annual competition, and they have gotten in touch to tell us how they are doing and some of the things that they have been able to add…

Community Story – St John’s Pedre Close Introduction St John’s Pedre Close is a community garden in Brecon with a real focus on providing affordable produce for the local community and teaching and encouraging people to eat healthier. A grant from Oakdale Trust helped get the group started, and it operates at a community centre…

Community Story – Magheralin Community Association Introduction David Briggs tells us that the village of Magheralin in Northern Ireland had little in the way of community spirit before the Magheralin Community Association was formed in May 2014. Over the last few years, however, community gardening and other group activities have transformed the village. It has…