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.

Saturday, 17 May 2008

Soil Facts at Minsterworth 16th May 2008

Today at Minsterworth we talked about soil - how plants need a combination of things to grow. We measured the veggies. The non-dig bed is lagging behind - the potatoes in the dig bed are HUGE already. I reckon, judging by the amount of crockery we are digging up that the dig bed is on the site of an old domestic rubbish heap and that years of waste has enriched the soil splendidly.

We also did a soil separation test and will see how the layers settle next week.

We are pleased that Rob Rees, the "Cotwold Chef" has accepted our invitation to view our project in July.
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