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  Classic Gardens June 28, 2010 at 9:29am

  It's one of the most rewarding things about my job. I love giving talks at schools, no child can ever get board when you bring the Venus fly trap out!!
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  Fenlandphil June 28, 2010 at 5:38pm

  My daughter teaches a nursery class, they grow some vegetables and sunflowers, the children really enjoy it, one little girl in particular manages all the watering.
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  Cesare Harradine June 28, 2010 at 8:50pm

  My daughters love gardening and offspring No.2, who is only 7, shows a real sensativity for it. Offspring No.1 mainly grows salad for her guinea pigs.
  
  Every year No.2's school gets them to plant a seed, either tomato or sunflower. Offspring No.2 is the only one in her class who actually gets it to grow.
  
  Mind you, it would be a bit embarrasing for me if she didn't!
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  Lara Hurley June 28, 2010 at 9:23pm

  My son loves gardening although that to him means digging tunnels and playing in sand...He has sown veg seeds and the school is quite good at getting the kids growing. It's tricky with the school year - you have to choose things that are quick and that will crop in time for the kids to see the results of their labour. I've written an article about kids' gardening activities, things for indoors and outdoors and it has done quite well for interest. Designing gardens in shoe boxes was a good activity that the school was involved in - my little boy didn't want to do it though...
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  Graeme @ BGS June 28, 2010 at 10:28pm

  Just thinking out aloud - there should be no reason why LJN could not be the first stop for schools looking to get a "gardening club" off the ground if sufficient members were able to offer a few hours of their time free of charge to get the basics sorted and the ball rolling?
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  Fenlandphil June 29, 2010 at 6:58am

  We have a wealth of gardening expertise on here, (most of which I do not share), would it be possible for some of the members to produce a gardening resource programme downloadable for schools?
  The report could contain an acknowledgement to the authors with a link to their websites.
  
  Graeme @ BGS said:

  Just thinking out aloud - there should be no reason why LJN could not be the first stop for schools looking to get a "gardening club" off the ground if sufficient members were able to offer a few hours of their time free of charge to get the basics sorted and the ball rolling?
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  Phil Voice June 29, 2010 at 7:35am

  I would support this if we have one or two volunteers.
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  Lara Hurley June 29, 2010 at 9:23am

  I'll volunteer...seems churlish not to ;-)
  
  Philip Voice said:

  I would support this if we have one or two volunteers.
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  Shadow Hall June 29, 2010 at 1:26pm

  I would be happy to volunteer
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  Claire Brown June 29, 2010 at 1:36pm

  I don't want to put a dampener on things, but as someone who runs a school gardening club, there are already fantastic resources out there, - we should link to them rather than reinventing the wheel, - got to go out now, but will post links later.
  
  Philip Voice said:

  I would support this if we have one or two volunteers.