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Simply Gardening for Schools first major project!

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On Monday 25th May we build of "A World Outside the Classroom" show garden at the NEC in Birmingham and won another prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Silver medal and we also won the peoples award for favourite show garden which for us is just as important as its totally what the public thought of our garden!

Click here for a virtual tour of the garden.

The fruit and vegetables were the best I have seen and worthy of a show garden. If you would like to order any of them now the show is finished click here for Victoriana Nursery Gardens or here for the plant list.

The show is now over but we thought you might like to keep up with the gardens progress as its now almost 100% rebuilt at Leys farm Junior School in Bottesford.

Click on the links below to see the journey of the show garden from the initial build at the show to the rebuild at Leys Farm Junior School.

Build          Show      Show Extra       Breakdown       Rebuild

Pictured above is the completed garden. We worked hard with Paul Finnis Landscaping from Barrow upon Humber to ensure it was done way before the deadline date of Monday, June 8th.

What is the most fabulous part of this garden is that its going in its entirety back to Leys Farm Junior school, teachers, students and parents will, I am sure love this garden!

All about our show garden....

We have teamed up with Victoriana Nursery to build a school children's garden at this years BBC Gardeners World Live June 10th to 14th. Then after the show the same garden will be rebuilt at Leys Farm Junior School in Bottesford, North Lincolnshire.

The garden will feature a under glass growing area, semi shade seating area, raised vegetable and herb beds, fruit area, loggery and wildlife area. Composting, water saving, recycling and more will also feature in the garden.

Press and Media

As our project gains in momentum all the press notices and media coverage that we are lucky enough to receive will be detailed here for you to look at and enjoy.

BBC Look North Lunchtime version

BBC Look North Evening version (longer)

Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce

Scunthorpe Telegraph 26th January

Growing Schools Website

Learning Outside the Classroom Website

Learning Outside the Classroom Website2

Richard Stiff, Director of education, Nth Lincs Council

The Labyrinth 2006 show garden report (With enlargeable designs).

Leys Farm Junior School, Bottesford.

www.leysfarm.org.uk

Leys Farm Junior School in Bottesford is an innovative school situated in North Lincolnshire. They already have a health schools award, Arts Council Gold Award, food for life award, eco schools and more!

Leys Farm Juniors also have an established gardening club run by Mrs Elliot of which all sorts is grown in the garden and cooked in the kitchen, even sprouts are an inspiration and loved by the children! The head teacher Mr E Gibbs is always keen to develop the horticulture side with the children and this show in the children's eagerness to get growing.

The school really do deserve a show garden type kitchen garden as we know they really will make the most of it with the children.

Just look at what the school has done:

The Royal Horticultural Society are also going to use the garden as soon as its back at the school as they are offering twilight training to teachers in North Lincolnshire, so all in all this garden is really going to set the standards.

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