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I am very excited to be working at Newick House School, Burgess Hill as they have one of my 'wishlist' garden items.... namely a polytunnel. The polytunnel was installed over the summer, so this will be its first year of production and the school want me to help them make the most of this facility...
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Back in September, I helped the pupils of Hamilton Lodge School for Deaf Children harvest the main crop potatoes that they had planted back in the Spring. They had planted two tubers of a variety called 'Sarpo Axona', which is described as having good resistance to blight. Despite the weather...
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As we all know, its no good growing crops in your garden that you don't like and won't use, and obviously the same applies with school gardens. What do you do if you have lots of (pupil) gardeners looking after a patch? How do you include everyone's choices, even in a small space? Have a...
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Hello, I'm Hayley Young, RHS SEN Schools Project Officer based in the South of England. I have just started this exciting one year project for the RHS, which will combine practical work alongside pupils in Special Schools in Sussex and providing their teachers with training in horticultural skills...
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