Posts Tagged ‘school garden’
Get to know: Petrus Incredible Edible – Sunday Mirror
Petrus Petrus Incredible Edible Rachel Bennion The Petrus Community is a registered charity providing residential and day support services for people in housing need throughout the Borough of Rochdale, helping them develop their skills, independence and choice. Our community garden is a large part of what we do and is an area we are particularly…
Read More...5 Tips for a compelling entry | Competition Tips
You’ve done all the hard work, by creating and maintaining your school or community garden, competition entries are the easy bit. And don’t worry, we’re here to help… We have put together our 5 top tips on how to write inspirational competition entries and help you get your unique message across. You don’t need to…
Read More...Get to know: Haskin’s Sophie Menjou – Sunday Mirror
Sophie Menjou Haskins Garden Centre Working with Cultivation Street Being part of Cultivation Street has helped us make people in our local community more aware of how we can help them with any school projects they have. I really enjoy the fact that I get to help children learn a little bit more about gardening…
Read More...Get to know: Star Primary – Sunday Mirror
Jacqui Jennings Assistant Head and Eco-coordinator at Star Primary School Our Story Star Primary School, Canning Town, East London has a student base of 3 – 11 year olds and an amazing outdoor space. Based in a city setting the schools garden provides a vital link for children to understand the natural world. In an…
Read More...Community Fundraising Ideas
How you raise funds is an important consideration when you run a school or community garden. With a little planning it can be really easy to raise money for your garden, having some fun along the way! Linda Ford is the leading volunteer gardener with Sandown Castle Community Garden Group in Deal and has shared…
Read More...The Clare School | Their Garden Story
Since its launch in 2013, the Cultivation Street campaign has expanded to support hundreds of school and community gardening projects across the UK. It is now a thriving hub for gardeners to share stories, top tips and advice as well as access a plethora of free resources to enhance their gardening projects. For this week’s…
Read More...Hammersmith Academy | Their garden story
Since its launch in 2013, the Cultivation Street campaign has expanded to support hundreds of school and community gardening projects across the UK. It is now a thriving hub for gardeners to share stories, top tips and advice as well as access a plethora of free resources to enhance their gardening projects. For this week’s…
Read More...Make your own garden labels
With a busy spring sowing in the greenhouse and garden, once you’ve decided what you want to plant, it’s important to keep track of what you have planted where. While there are plenty of great plant labels available to buy, a fun way to keep yourself organised and reduce your plastic use is to make…
Read More...Springhallow School | Their Calliope® Garden
Since its launch in 2013, the Cultivation Street campaign has expanded to support hundreds of school and community gardening projects across the UK. It is now a thriving hub for gardeners to share stories, top tips and advice as well as access a plethora of free resources to enhance their gardening projects. For this week’s…
Read More...Ancaster Primary School | Their Calliope® Garden Story
Since its launch in 2013, the Cultivation Street campaign has expanded to support hundreds of school and community gardening projects across the UK. It is now a thriving hub for gardeners to share stories, top tips and advice as well as access a plethora of free resources to enhance their gardening projects. For this week’s…
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