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Sometimes all you have to do is plant an idea, provide the tools needed and step back (http://www.ted.com/speakers/sugata_mitra.html). You have to be prepared for the end result to not be yours, but theirs. There’s a chance it may not be what you hoped. But there’s every chance it is what you hoped and...
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It was harvest time at Sir John Leman High School today as we picked and munched on the first spring harvests of radish. These were sown at the beginning of March on my last visit to the school - 8 weeks later - there is a healthy crop of bright red radish roots! We washed them then tasted them and although...
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The cold weather this Spring has meant that sowings are off to a slow start, in fact ‘up north' soil temperatures only reached 4 degrees Celsius last week so we had to postpone our planned outdoor sowings activity. We have begun warming the soil and are carrying out an experiment to monitor what...
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Gardening shouldn't be a bore or a chore, though it sometimes feels like this - when we've got a hundred other things to do, or when it's so cold your feet are freezing inside , or it's all a bit damp and wet out there. But a bit like Mr Happy encouraging you to smile (just try turning...
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It’s that time again………… early February and every kitchen gardener is itching to get outside and sow their first seeds of 2010………..but mother nature is slightly against us as not only are my raised beds far too wet – but also ever so slightly frozen, so unless things change quickly I’d say its going...
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Schools in the East of England have been gardening right up to the end of term - despite the demands of Christmas productions.... On monday I helped students at Castle Hill Middle School in Haverhill make Christmas decorations made from willow. I worked with a group of students where english is their...
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I met the school council at Ferring primary school the other day. I don't know who was more daunted - me (I'd never met a school council before), or them (many had never met a horticulturalist before, never mind a 'royal' one). But how exciting. They have decided to put on their own show...
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Last week I visited Pott Row First School in Kings Lynn - the first school in the eastern region to reach level 5 of the RHS Campaign for School Gardening Benchmarking scheme. The school's prize is a day with RHS educaton staff doing fun gardening activities, plus a tree or plant of their choice...
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I attended the East Feast Open Forum. 16 schools have formed a creative partnership with Eastfeast a charity that provides participating schools with artistic practitioners to stimulate creative learning. I have been working with some of these schools. Spring Meadow Primary School for example is one...
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Hi all, I recently visited Southfield Junior School, Peterborough. The school was having a fun run and plant sale to raise funds for its school gardening project and celebrate their new Victorian garden. The children had a non-uniform day (mufti), instead of paying £1 to wear non-uniform; children had...
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