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Engaging engagements
I rarely imagine myself being a seven year old. But then again I was writing an ‘interview with a gardener’ for a school growing manual. Interviewing myself was quite odd, but confusing my colleagues...
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Budget 09 – Fighting the good fight
With the budget today, growing your own food seems the best way to save money. Fuel is going up again by 2p a litre from September. The equivalent of £1 for every fullish tank or two chunky kit-kats...
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Worth growing fruit and veg?
More and more people are growing broad beans. Other veg too, come to think of it. The turgid strength of growing-your-owning has everyone excited, and now public gardens are dusting off crop rotation...
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Two chances for Brockwell Park
I left this south London community garden at 9pm after a great tour. The people and the plants were amazing – but at a turning point. Several reasons for progress and bright prospects 1. They’ve...
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Industry programmes led by training
From Jamie Oliver’s pass it on campaign to RHS for Schools and local ideas. There’s funding for great programmes to train people to help other people. What to train I know an environmental group...
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2011 is year of partnerships
That’s what’s coming up. Partnerships to get programmes going. I spent Wednesday afternoon at a North Hampshire primary school surrounded by 12 organisations brought together by a remarkably woman...
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Industry meetings require croissants
I welcomed my second breakfast on the A14 last week. Then welcomed Norfolk as an equidistant place to meet my regional education team. The lively agenda was fuelled by coffee and ‘emergency...
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Garden survival depends on volunteers
Free labour is expensive. RBG Kew gets back £7 from every £1 spent on volunteers (VIVA) – but still needs the £1 amidst budgets cuts.This thought is courtesy of PlantNetwork’s conference, July 2011....
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10 steps for writing a questionnaire
I spent August asking questions. Creating a questionnaire to find out the impact of an education programme helping people grow their own food. The research focuses on volunteer mentors and their...
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Hilliers to tempt visitors with UK’s longest border
White granite paving now holds back 30,000 new plants in the longest double border in the UK at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens. The border is longer than Tower Bridge, says the garden’s director,...
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