[polly nator]

Got this in my email. Draw which parents can enter to win everything needed for a veg plot at school. Great idea. It closes Oct 31

http://www.edibleplaygrounds.co.uk/win-stuff/starter-kit

Want to start an Edible Playground in your school?
...then here's a chance to win a Dorset Cereals Edible Playground Starter Kit, worth £300.
We have 100 kits to give away to schools, each one with everything you need to start growing your own food.

They contain:

• One sturdy gardening toolbox to keep everything in
• 5 children’s forks and trowels
• 2 x (1m x 1m) wooden raised beds – the perfect place to really get fruit and veg growing
• A beautiful apple tree that will be full of apples for next Autumn
• All the seeds you need, including wheat and barley, plus a bag to grow potatoes
• Seed trays to get the seeds started in the classroom
• Playground Potting Shed book written by Dominic Murphy who writes our blogs
• Cookbook to give you lots of ideas for recipes to use for your harvest
• String
• 100 plant labels
• Gardener of the year plaque, to encourage you to get your hands dirty!

[Robin Redbreast]

i have just rang my little girls school to find out if it is ok to enter it for them teacher is going to let me know whether it will fit into next years curriculum. what?  make it fit for gods sake, if they win it its great for the kids and an ideal way to get them eating fresh produce. schools and red tape surrounding them do my head in grrrrrrr........... :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

[polly nator]

fit into curriculum? what is the world coming to! what about "fitting into" real life for heavens sake. Its such a good competition- I hope other  schools will be more appreciative. we dont want to put the promoters  off making these offers in future. good Luck anyway!

[richyrich7]

Great Polly nator you beat me to it    

Sign the petition everyone please ! lets get our kids growing    

[Robin Redbreast]

yesssssss!     they just rang me and are delighted to be put forward so am now happy and have done my good deed for today.  

[allotmentnut]

Congratulations, I would love to see every child in school today be given the opportunity to grow their own food.

I have signed the petition.

[richyrich7]

I'm going make this topic a "sticky" for a while it's probably something that we all have an interest in  

[Aunt Sally]

Where's the petition ?

[richyrich7]

Where's the petition ?

On their Home Page make sure you un-tick the marketing box unless you want more info  

[Aunt Sally]

Thanks Rich. I've signed it

[polly nator]

very pleased this is now a sticky as I was wondering how to get it max exposure. thanks!

[Robin Redbreast]

ve spoken to the teacher involved and have emailed her the link to here and she has already done a little bit of gardening with the children and will more than likely become a member on here too. so i thought it might be a good idea to have a section called kids questions so as to allow the children to ask for themselves and that way anything a little too grown up doesnt reach there tiny little innocent minds.     what does everyone think? :?:

[Yabba]

Call me cynical, but is all this lot *really* worth £300 ?

• One sturdy gardening toolbox to keep everything in
• 5 children’s forks and trowels
• 2 x (1m x 1m) wooden raised beds – the perfect place to really get fruit and veg growing
• A beautiful apple tree that will be full of apples for next Autumn
• All the seeds you need, including wheat and barley, plus a bag to grow potatoes
• Seed trays to get the seeds started in the classroom
• Playground Potting Shed book written by Dominic Murphy who writes our blogs
• Cookbook to give you lots of ideas for recipes to use for your harvest
• String
• 100 plant labels
• Gardener of the year plaque, to encourage you to get your hands dirty!

¥

[crackedflowerpots]

im a teaching assistant in a primary school and used to run environment club ... would love to win this for my school    have entered and now crossing things all over my body  :shock:
though it will mean more work for me!!!!!!
 :roll:

[polly nator]

Maybe if you know school who would really like the prize you could list them here.  Those of us without kids at school could always put an entry in on your behalf. Just a suggestion.