Schools in Yorkshire have been gardening with the environment at the forefront, thanks to a passionate board of students who meet regularly to share ideas.
Activities have included willow arches, wildlife ponds and indoor growing towers.

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Northern Star Academies Trust

Top sesh on the uni plot today; planted out the seed spuds, thinned out the radish, eyeballed by a compost dwelling toad 😜
University of Stirling RHS Campaign for School Gardening

Gardening club was out today in the sunshine, sweeping, litter picking and weeding today. Our potatoes and onions are beginning to grow. Thank you for your help today.
⁦Jonathan Roe⁩ ⁦RHS Campaign for School Gardening⁩ ⁦Eco-Schools England⁩ ⁦Hull Active Schools CIC⁩

Join our webinar on Wednesday 8 May at 3:45pm to hear about the National #EducationNaturePark programme so far including from a teacher that's been getting involved with her class, and how to get ready for our Habitat Heroes event on 23 May.

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Let's Go Zero | the zero carbon schools campaign

At gardening club, we checked on our potatoes, beans, squashes, blackcurrants and rhubarb before transplanting the beans into the veggie patch! We scattered more wild flower seed bombs around the school perimeter! 🪻🌷🌼 RHS Campaign for School Gardening Birmingham Diocesan Education Service Magnificat

The race is on! Sunflowers getting a head start. Whole school competition. 🌻 🌻 🌻 Guess which of the three is the adult's! 🌞 RHS Campaign for School Gardening #sunflowers #community #schoolgardens

Get to grips with your gardening basics in our new online course!

Our second FREE interactive eLearning course will teach you all the horticultural knowledge you will need to start growing in your school.

Register on the training website to get started: rhscfsg.docebosaas.com/learn

Potato planting this morning. We made sure that we positioned the potatoes carefully so that the eyes point up. We learned some vocabulary such as ‘chitting’. 🥔

“The eyes are up”.

RHS Campaign for School Gardening
Edin Froebel Network
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West Lothian Early Learning & Childcare

What a great morning! Families came together to help tidy, mend and prepare our school garden for the growing season. Lots of manure from a farming family was dug into beds. Expert advice from a gardener parent too. Thanks all! St Ninians Primary RHS Campaign for School Gardening

Spring clean in the school garden, polytunnel St Peter's C of E Primary School, Farnham RHS Campaign for School Gardening #schoolholidayjob

Children need nature - placing environmental sustainability front & centre to Trust strategy for the last 5 years was absolutely the right thing to do. Thankyou ⁦RHS Campaign for School Gardening⁩ Nurturing students and nurturing nature / RHS Campaign for School Gardening schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/News/News-resu…

Our Breathe the Wild Air lessons happen every week rain or shine!
What a range of plants and trees we have in our grounds Sutton High School GDST RHS Campaign for School Gardening BBC Gardeners World

During #StressAwarenessMonth , harness the power of gardening to help your mental health and wellbeing:

💚 Grow your own plants, fruit and veg
💚 Visit an RHS Garden or RHS Partner Garden
💚 Get involved with RHS Campaign for School Gardening or RHS Community Gardening

Find out more: rhs.org.uk/advice/health-…

Congratulations to Dovelands Primary who achieved their Level 2 School Gardening Award 🏆

Pupils created their own willow 'fedge' to protect the area where they have planted spring bulbs. They also made clay pinch pots to grow microgreens.

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Been to check on the fruit trees given to us by the Tree Council. Lots of new shoots and leaves growing! Spring is here! 🍎🍒🍐 RHS Campaign for School Gardening LEAF Education

Today we have been learning about different parts of a plant and their job.
West Lothian STEM
West Lothian Digital Learning Team
West Lothian Early Learning & Childcare
RHS Campaign for School Gardening

Our brand new craft activity helps children and young people learn what seeds and plants need to grow. Taking a week or two to harvest, this is a great one for quick progress. A big thank you to Jo and Freddie for creating this video for us.

Instructions: schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Acti…

Making a structure with living willow can be great fun - use it to create fences, dens and sculptures in your school grounds:

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Easter holiday activity ideas:

🌸 Head outside to see which spring flowers you can find: schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Spot…

🌸 Make a nature potion: schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Acti…

🌸 Transform an old shoebox into a sensory nature box: schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Acti…

More here:
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How are you keeping kids entertained over the Easter holidays? 🐰