About our project

From January 2008 the Good Gardeners Association has been given funding by the Ernest Cooke Trust to extend a recent pilot scheme.

We aim to introduce children to the idea that our treatment of soil alters the nutritional quality of the food we grow in it, which in turn affects our health and that of the planet.

This links in with many aspects of the National Curriculum and many current national iniatives.

The project is very flexible and has been run with KS 1 - 3 and in Steiner Waldorf schools. We provide a hands-on learning experience where the children have responsibility for their learning. For more info see "Calling All Schools" post.

Monday, 17 March 2008

Minsterworth mud bath!

Friday the 14th March 2008


We decided to make the most of the beautiful sunny morning and began to dig the "Dig" plot. Some of the children got a bit carried away and also dug the molehills and playing field...We found lots of interesting life in the soil - big juicy worms, ants and eggs, larvae. Also lots of other bits and bobs including pottery, coal, old crushed glass etc leading us to think that we had stumbled across an old rubbish heap belonging to one of the houses nearby.

Next time we hope to bring wood and compost and get the "no dig" bed up and running.

Watch this space!
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