Hello, I'm helping out at my local primary school trying to encourage 6 to 10 year olds to get into gardening. Unfortunately this is not the best time to start it off. I've checked out the RHS and Gardeners World site, but also looking for any advice/ideas for indoor activities for when the weather is "challenging".
I would welcome any nuggets of wisdom from gardeners for ideas/plant choices (that fit in with school terms so the harvest/flowering is before summer hols!).
Is there a school garden? Is there a budget, silly question. Find interesting containers to plant in. Does the school hold a harvest festival? Talk to or visit local gardens, nurseries. Walk around the local area counting pink flowers. But yes it is a difficult season to start with.
My girls' junior school used the forced hyacinth bulbs in glass jars (so that you can see the roots developing) and then sold them off at the school christmas fair - loads of Mums wanted them for their kitchen windowsills - and the children had the thrill of seeing the roots grow and the leaves starting to appear before they were all sold off.
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Hello, I'm helping out at my local primary school trying to encourage 6 to 10 year olds to get into gardening. Unfortunately this is not the best time to start it off. I've checked out the RHS and Gardeners World site, but also looking for any advice/ideas for indoor activities for when the weather is "challenging".
I would welcome any nuggets of wisdom from gardeners for ideas/plant choices (that fit in with school terms so the harvest/flowering is before summer hols!).
thanks for your help!
Is there a school garden? Is there a budget, silly question. Find interesting containers to plant in. Does the school hold a harvest festival? Talk to or visit local gardens, nurseries. Walk around the local area counting pink flowers. But yes it is a difficult season to start with.
My girls' junior school used the forced hyacinth bulbs in glass jars (so that you can see the roots developing) and then sold them off at the school christmas fair - loads of Mums wanted them for their kitchen windowsills - and the children had the thrill of seeing the roots grow and the leaves starting to appear before they were all sold off.
and the broad beans in a jar, can't remember how it goes but someone will.
Mustard and cress.
Conkers, acorns, hawthorn and any other native trees. Need to be kept outside but the sowing can be done inside.
In the sticks near Peterborough