School Gardens and Community projects
Growing the Social Role of Botanic Gardens – video
BGCI supports and encourages the commitment of botanic gardens to work with their local communities on common issues of social and environmental importance, for the enduring benefit of those communities, the gardens themselves, and towards a sustainable future for our planet.
Edible Gardening Project
Based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and aims to teach people the skills and knowledge they need to grow their own food
Thrive
Thrive is a small national charity that champions the benefits of gardening to individuals with a disability, so that they can take part and enjoy gardening.
Groundwork
Groundwork supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play.
Rocket Gardens – Dig for The Future schools campaign
Schools campaign to encourage schools to get children growing organic vegetables. Learning through doing… the muddy boots approach
Garden Organic
Garden Organic has a number of resources for schools, including a dedicated webpage and their Food for Life Partnership, as well as many other free resource pages, Teacher trainign courses, Posters etc.
Roots and Shoots
Provides vocational training for young people from the inner city, mainly from the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. They aim to give them the skills and self-confidence that will equip them for work
RHS Campaign for School Gardening
Aims to encourage and support schools to develop and actively use a school garden. As part of the campaign they provide teachers with resources through their website and an extensive programme of CPD days