School Gardens

[zazen999]

Hi all

Alot of us help and assist in setting up and running school gardens and there are loads of resources available to help and assist.

I thought it might be a good idea to try and collect them all for people.

If you know of any GOOD resource - can you post them here and I'll paste them all into this first post for people to access.

I'll start with the Garden Organic schools website here

The Food for Life Partnership website, which you can join and access loads of free resources here

Schools Global Gardens here

A guide to Setting up and running a school garden [a Euro publication with worldwide remit] here

RHS for Schools here

Morrisons Lets Grow...removed as none of their links work!

Any others?

[Two_Sheds]

Thanks for the RhS tip-off Zaz.

Our school received labels, seeds, soil testing kits & waterers for registering. Today we got our prize for completing levels 1 and 2: £30 of Bulldog tools, 2 paper potters, Carol Klein's 'Grow Your Own Veg', and lots of veg seeds. Superb

[bigt1888]

great idea zazen

my son has just started primary one and i've been press ganged into the PTA this could prove very useful come springtime!!!!

[gan heather]

PotatoesforSchools
The UK Potato Coucil runs a yearly competition to see who can grow the largest potato, heaviest crop, largest crop, etc using potatoes and growbags that they supply for free. They also have lesson plan ideas and other potato activities on their site.

I just learned about it on a course I went on, so I've signed up for it.

[missalaska]

.: SEED :. Transforming Learning Through Permaculture

Schools Environmental Education and Development (SEED)

Permaculture and Organic Gardening integrated into the South African National Curriculum (although next year sees a new curriculum come in).

I realize it is different climate and conditions for most people on this forum but SEED has their units available for download.

[Two_Sheds]

The UK Potato Coucil runs a yearly competition ... I've signed up for it.

our LEA has banned the growing of tomatoes & potatoes on elfin safety grounds

[hailtryfan]

our LEA has banned the growing of tomatoes & potatoes on elfin safety grounds

You are joking surely!?

[Two_Sheds]

I wish I was: they are listed as toxic

[chris]

Not sure if this is of any help, but Ive seen it linked to from a school's site around here: Growing Schools

[colser]

great thread especially the rhs link, we started a garden at my kids school this year

[lainey lou]

woodland trust are doing free trees and hedgerows Free trees for Spring 2011
Like other I would reccomend the RHS, we're now working on level 4, and have recieved seeds, a copy of grow your own veg, 2 paper potters, hand tools and £50 T&M vouchers for completing the first 3 levels - well worth it.

[hailtryfan]

our LEA has banned the growing of tomatoes & potatoes on elfin safety grounds

The best place for that advice is in the bin. I suggest you ignore it and grow as many tomatoes and potatos as you like safe in the knowledge that they will never check up, no child will ever fall ill and noone will ever think of reporting it.

[Two_Sheds]

I suggest you ignore it

That's exactly what my teacher said. We're going along the "potatoes? Those are potatoes? Are you sure?" route if randomly questioned by an inspector type

[zazen999]

They aren't potatoes are they, they are tubers....and tomatoes are [remember]...moonsquirters.

[reetnproper]

our LEA has banned the growing of tomatoes & potatoes on elfin safety grounds

'Fess up Two_Sheds, it was the still they found in the staff room that led to the ban wasn't it