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.

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Horton - the beds are ready 26/3/08


Class 5 showed their muscle power! They took to the garden like ducks to water. We now have three fairly large trial plots. One was composted two months ago and dug. We have left that to its own devices. The next was also composted and dug two months ago but we have redug that. The third has not been dug since this time last year. So we covered it with 4 cm horse manure, and then 2 cm of municipal compost. This will be our "no-dig" bed.

We then tackled the compost heap. An explosive activity as a rotten orange exploded all over my head. Very funny. The compost was very slimy and not well rotted at all! Maybe the children can prepare a fact sheet about composting for Horton!
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