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.

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Minsterworth - Taste Test! 16th July 2008

Finally the big day came! After 14 weeks of measuring, weeding, drawing, writing and singing it was time to harvest the crops. We were joined by Director of the Good Gardeners Association, Matt Adams, and Rob Rees "The Cotswold Chef".















The potatoes were dug with much enthusiasm and excitement. The children showed Rob, Matt and Mrs Ritchie (the Head at Minsterworth) what they had been working on.

Then we all tasted the cooked potatoes and made our decisions as to our favourite. The "Dig" bed came out narrowly as favourite with the children, the adults preferring the (earthier?) flavour of the no-dig bed.

Thank you Minsterworth for the fun Fridays and hope to see you for more growing adventures in the future!

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