Growing fruit and vegetables

Insight into what’s worked well in teaching children how to grow their own fruit and veg. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.

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Inspiring children to grow, cook and taste food

Inspiring children to grow, cook and taste food across primary and secondary schools from Healthy Schools Bath and NE Somerset. Lots of...

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Creating an incredible food culture

Carshalton Boys Sports College have created an incredible food culture through a fabulous food service, brilliant food education including growing fruit and veg and keeping animals.

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Intergenerational gardening project

Growing sessions that bring together old and young members of the community for their mutual benefit...

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Shared harvest in deprived neighbourhood

Set up in 2013 with funding from the Deprived Neighbourhoods Approach, the Wayfield Community Garden is...

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Big Barn crop for the shop

Enterprising school selling school-grown veg in their local shop

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Reinvigorating our DT curriculum with practical cooking skills

Woodcote High School show how they went from non-practical design-led DT to practical cooking skills and progression.

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Using food to bridge the achievement gap

In an area beset by poverty and social problems, Greenfields Community School have used food to 'bridge the achievement gap'. They spend...

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Developing a whole-school growing programme

Rhyl Primary have created green spaces from the most concrete of spots and developed a whole-school growing programme. The school's creative curriculum encourages...