Aims & objectives

• To encourage all schools to get growing, and to acknowledge the right of every child to get involved in gardening
• To demonstrate the value of gardening in enriching the curriculum, teaching life skills, and contributing to children’s mental and physical health
• To convince everyone involved with education in schools of the value of gardening in developing active citizens and carers for the environment
• To show how gardening can contribute to a sustainable environment

Pupil in the Vegetable Garden at Wisley (c) RHS