Posts Tagged ‘schools’
The Great Garden Quiz 2023
Challenge yourself, your schools, and your communities with this year’s Great Garden Quiz! The questions range from music and films to the history of gardens, plants, and, of course, some general knowledge. And if you get any wrong, don’t worry! It’s a great opportunity to learn some fascinating new facts.
Read More...Fundraising for School Gardens
Cultivation Street Launch 2022 Fundraising for your school garden is a great way of ensuring there is a buffer of money to cover costs of compost, seeds, tools, and other necessary equipment. A lot of the time you can rely on the generous volunteers and donations for items, however it’s ideal to have some back…
Read More...Get to know: The Railway Garden – Sunday Mirror
Kate – Snowy Owl 1st Shepherdswell Brownies Our story Our Brownie group is called 1st Shepherdswell Brownies. We are based in Shepherdswell, Near Dover, Kent and we meet every week. We love having fun, making new friends, crafts, pack holidays, trips! As a group we are passionate about the great outdoors and enjoy making habitats…
Read More...Get to know: The Wonky Florist – Sunday Mirror
Sue Hulme – Wonky Garden Our story Wonky Garden was started by myself and two friends in 2017 after we met during our cancer treatments. From our very early discussions when we talked about what we’d like to do after our treatements had ended, it became clear that we all had our own personal objectives…
Read More...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...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…
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