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Simply
Gardening for Schools! |
This is Simply Gardening's exciting
new campaign to design and build
gardens of all shapes, sizes and nature in
schools across Lincolnshire and East
Yorkshire.
We firmly believe the value of
school gardening and links to the
curriculum contribute immensely to
the children's mental and physical
health.
We are encouraging every school to
get gardening and are offering
inspirational designs and ideas from
simply bulb planting pictured below
to full blown wetland areas for the
education of more than one school in
the same area.
The Royal
Horticultural Society also have a
campaign for school gardening and are
fully supportive of us as we are of
them. Even if you are not a school who
we are working with, please register
with them and it will open out a world
of support, links, news and resources.
Their website link is:
www.rhs.org.uk |
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How about
a loggery?
A
collection of hardwood logs sunk in to
the ground with loose ones still on the
surface. The area can be covered in bark
mulch and would be for the study of mini
beasts and insects.
As an extra to the loggery posts can be
sunk into the ground with insect boxes
and butterfly boxes on them. Buddleia
bushes can be planted at the rear of the
tallest logs and the wildlife will be in
abundance!
 Daisy
lawns.
Lots of us can remember sitting on the
lawn as a child and making daisy chains,
this seems to have been lost through the
past few years, well not for us, we want
to see a revival, especially in schools!
If there are no daisy's in your lawns
don't worry, Daisy seeds are available
and they do grow quickly, wouldn't it be
wonderful to see classes of children in
the summer sat on the lawns using their
imagination and making daisy chains
again!
Natural play and learning areas.
It would seem
that children's play has lost something over the
years. Too many outdoor areas contain toys where
there is not much left to the child's
imagination. How about a fresh change?
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An orchard
of shade trees for drawing under in the
summer.
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Boulders sunk into the ground for playing in
and around.
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Grass banks to roll down.
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Short, soft tunnels to climb through.
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Stepping stone paths that lead in circles.
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Bubble fountains for attraction in the
summer.
A kitchen garden made from pots.
The problem with a kitchen garden in a school is
who looks after it when its the holidays? Lots
of schools have caretakers but for the ones who
don't, how about a potted kitchen garden that at
the end of the term can be taken home with the
children, then the stories of what happened to
the pots told in next term. William Barcroft
School are doing just that, we will keep their
pages updated with their progress.
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We are also offering discounted range
from the Little Pals children's gardening
accessories, ask us for further details.
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