Kitchen Garden Forum

I can't find my old copies with the article but my school want to do some gardening in the spring and i'm sure i saw something in an old copy this spring.

Does anybody have a contact name of who the could approach

If you do a Google search - school gardening packs or school gardening projects, there are lots of sites to look at. You may come up with the one you want.

Beryl.

I run a kitchen garden at my school, I work as a mid-day supervisor and we do the gardening at lunch times. It is so popular with the children and has been a great success. We try to use the crops in the school kitchen or any surplus get sold for a small fee. We've had various grants of small amounts of money from different people, the local council and other government bodies. Quite alot of the tools w ere donated by parents and friends who gave their old tools or ones they never used. One thing to think about is what crops to put in so that they are not producing too much in the summer holidays. Potatoes have been really good, earlys to come in June and a late crop to come in September. Pumpkins and squashes are also popular. WE've had a great onion crop this year and hopefully we'll be selling the surplus at the harvest festival on friday. the proceeds will go towards next years seeds! I hope you manage to get it up and running, it's a great thing to get kids gardening and eating their veg!
Regards Gracie

Alan T runs a gardening charity for children. The one and only James Martin heads up the million green fingers project in Yorkshire. I think Dobies does a children's gardening club, as does the RHS and BBC.

thanks for all the info

Garden Organics have a schools educational programme...they may be able to help

Reading an old garden magazine I came across this site it might help you.
www.rhs.org.uk click learning there's a bit about schools.
Bren

Try this site http://theschoolvegetablepatch.schools.officelive.com/default.aspx