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Longstone Primary Farm and Garden
2025-05-11 • No comments • • Grow Your Own fund
We would like to develop the outdoor farm area of Longstone Primary School. We have so far constructed 5 large raised beds for growing vegetables and further space is available around it. We would like to add fruit bushes and plants to this. The area will help develop the children's understanding of where our food originates, allow them to learn how we can grow our own and then enjoy the reward of picking and eating it. Our goal is to provide further outdoor learning opportunities and a space that the children can be proud to take care of.
How do we hope to spend the money?
We would like to purchase and plant a selection of fruit plants, including raspberries, blackcurrants, strawberries and rhubard. We would also like a supply of seeds and seedlings for the vegetable area, including herbs for a sensory area. We would also purchase some child-sized gardening equipment, including gloves, small trowels/forks and watering cans. Other gardening supplies such as compost, seed pots and growing supports/trellises would also be needed. We would also look to purchase a folding fire pit and safety equipment so that small groups could be involved with outdoor cooking.
Who will benefit from this project?
The site is accessed by 300 children - 250 from the primary school and 50 from the attached nursery. This project would provide garden areas accessible to all of these children, giving the option for teachers to incorporate outdoor learning into their classes. It would also be available for use in extra-curricular activites with a gardening club. This project is coordinated by the parent council so would also provide volunteering and social activities for the parents and carers willing to help.
Get Blackhall Growing
2025-05-12 • No comments • • Grow Your Own fund
The project will use a prominent plot on the grounds of Blackhall Primary school, situated on a main road in the local area. It will create a community growing area full of fruit, vegetable, herbs, and edible flowers. The project will engage a range of young people in food production including students from the primary school, who will be given the opportunity (outside the regular curriculum) to grow on the plot, supported by the Outdoor Education team and volunteers from the community. Local youth groups including the Brownies, Guides and Scouts will also be invited to use the plot for their learning and engagement in growing.
We will also aim to engage members of the community beyond our young growers, to encourage intergenerational exchanges on growing your own, and strengthen existing links. For example, the children will visit the local Care Home to showcase and share the produce. We will hold community open days where locals can share the space, learn from what the children have done, and help themselves to produce. We will also foster links with other local primary schools with similar initiatives, share our produce and plants at local events, and share our surplus with local community enterprises (for example the Village Bistro in Davidsons Mains).