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.

Sunday, 6 April 2008

Minsterworth plant some tatties 4/4/08


So today the 6 year olds got outside (in the fog) and we dug the "dig" bed and spread manure and compost on the "no dig " bed. They also found the longest worm I have ever seen, which deserved a picture of its own. The potatoes got planted, somewhat haphazardly. We tried a simple quiz, the most exciting part of which was drawing a picture with "roots and shoots". Some interesting interpretations including butterflies and pirates.



Here are the proud diggers and non-diggers!
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