GT112 School Garden Projects have many positives, you can hear many of them here.

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Growing Trends

Ann Miller & Chris Coope

29 episodes

6 months ago

Growing Trends is all about people, people who are passionate about their environment, gardens & landscapes, along with the experts that helped them.
Our interviews are with homeowners, professional horticulturists, architects, engineers, scientists, authors , from around the globe, all have a fascinating story to tell. Ann is a native of Iowa, USA & Chris a native of Henley-on Thames, England, are the shows Co-Hosts have many years of award winning professional horticultural and landscaping experience, accomplished designers and speakers they bring a distinctive style to each show.

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GT112 School Garden Projects have many positives, you can hear many of them here.

Growing Trends

40 minutes 28 seconds

10 years ago

GT112 School Garden Projects have many positives, you can hear many of them here.

Is this really salad ? it tastes so good like this !

Ann & I were fortunate to talk to three amazing ladies from Tennessee a little while ago. They wanted to start a school garden at their school, here is their story, the school garden is now in its third year.

Some of the main points we heard were:-

It's essential to have teacher as well as parent support.

Take time to plan carefully

Initially growing from seed is harder , due to the school calendar.

Choose plants that will fit into this schedule.

The children want to take ownership of their plants !

Educating children in the different choices of produce increases the varieties they will eat.

Children really take pride in taking home to their family the produce they have grown.

In a blind radish test, the children could tell which were home grown as opposed to store bought and much preferred home grown !

Ann & I would love to hear from you. info@grotrends.com

If you would like us to put you in touch with these wonderful ladies,or if you would like more information on starting your own school garden just send us an email to Growing Trends and we will be in touch. If you would like us to interview you, send us a picture of your garden along with contact details, we will be adding a section to our web site www.grotrends.com specially on School garden projects.

Thank you Penny, Peggy and Emily, this was a fascinating interview.

Ann & Chris