The planters were very unkept and full of weeds so we spent last week’s sessions getting rid of some of those weeds ready for planting. We hope to get rid of the remaining weeds this week and add some more topsoil into each planter. Let’s hope the rain holds off for us! Before: During: […]
Students at East Coast College have been working on the creation of a Wellbeing Garden that will benefit people, the environment and animals. The Brickwork students have been clearing an area of refuse and have been digging trenches to make pathways. The Enterprise students have grown bee and butterfly plants for the garden which will […]
We are a very inner-city school where lots of the children don’t have access to outdoor space or have their own gardens. We have a small allotment where there are some things growing and it is used especially for growing some tomatoes and strawberries which we then get to eat! We would like to develop […]
Imperial Avenue Infant School is located in Leicester city. We are fortunate to have wonderful school grounds here at Imperial and we are looking to develop a specific area so that we can run a Forest School programme. I am currently doing my Forest School Leader accreditation. We have had some plans drawn up for […]
We will be using the funding to develop planting within the school garden and around the school site (boundary fencing). Around the site, we will be planting hedging to both provide privacy but also promote gardening amongst the children. Within the school garden, we will continue to develop existing planting (trees and shrubs) but also […]
The Wirral Home Educators Roots & Shoots group was honoured to be asked to take part in Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots tree planting programme. When we were approached, we started brainstorming and lots of ideas surfaced. The final idea, however, came to us when we visited a couple of playgrounds with established apple trees […]
St John the Baptist CE Primary School are planning on improving our outdoor provision for the children and local wildlife. We will be adding two ponds to our site; A wildflower meadow; Vegetable growing plots; A sensory garden. Here is a map of the proposed project. Things have been challenging, but we have made a […]
We have linked up with Brymbo Heritage Orchard and have 20 rare heritage apple and plum trees that will be planted as soon as we get in school. In the meantime, they are planted in our allotment beds which are acting as ‘waiting rooms’ to stop them drying up before they go in the ground. […]
We are so excited at Sandfield. Thanks to Roots & Shoots we worked with our key Stage 1 children in year 1 and 2. Part of their science is to learn about plants that grow from seeds and bulbs. At the beginning of December, we were able to do a socially distance lesson on bulbs for all the […]
*Steep Eco Garden Year six in 2018 started this project by designing the garden as a competition, however they came up with some great ideas so decided to combine them and come up with the plan on page 2, this year group also donated the first initial £140 towards the project. The only other funding […]
