The autumn sowings of broad beans and peas are ready for harvesting now - infact - we picked over 3 kilograms of broad beans at Brampton Village Primary - just before half term. Autumn planted onions and garlic will be ready soon too. Radishes were also eaten by pupils. Its been a busy summer term.,... Read more..

Children from Cherry Tree Primary School worked along side RHS Hyde Hall gardener Andrew Hellman, myself, parent volunteers and teachers to build 8 plastic raised beds that will form the basis of their new vegeteble garden. The children planned the garden back in the summer term and now their plans are... Read more..

Despite the torrential rain, I joined a team of parents, grand parents, the head teacher and her husband, who had volunteered to help build new raised beds in the school garden at Fairhaven Primary school. Broads Authority Countryside Rangers also came along with volunteers to carry out woodland management... Read more..

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... Read more..

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... Read more..

This has been a busy second half of the autumn term, visiting schools who have come along to the free autumn term twilight training sessions I ran in the first half of the autumn term, across the East of England. Last week I visited Elm Tree Primary School in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Here I discovered a dedicated... Read more..

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... Read more..

It is the beginning of March and year 11 students at Sir John Leman High School were itching to get growing in their school garden today. Students dug out the compost that has formed over the last year - a collection from the school's food technology department fruit and vegetable waste.Tiger worms... Read more..

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... Read more..

(Teachers taking herb cuttings at SEN Training Day in 2010) Do you work with pupils with Special Educational Needs and would like some practical ideas to link learning with gardening? Then why not book yourself a place on one of our Gardening with SEN Pupils training days at RHS Wisley and RHS Harlow... Read more..