Garden Organic’s Master Gardeners have excelled themselves in helping communities grow their own food. Our autumn/winter reports reports have revealed the latest achievements of the volunteer networks in Warwickshire, Norfolk and London. Thanks to our partners: local authorities, Sheepdrove Trust, and Big Lottery fund’s Local Food scheme. Thanks to our team: Kate, Kate, Fiona, and [...]

We swapped seeds for secateurs this autumn with fruit pruning workshops in every programme area. Diverse training from October to December… Volunteers had practical demonstrations in how to prune fruit bushes, trees and canes. Then had a go with secateurs and loppers at ‘donated’ orchards in Warwickshire, London, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. As always, our training [...]

We’re delighted to feature in the December edition of Kitchen Garden magazine. The three-page article captures the enthusiasm of Garden Organic’s Master Gardeners helping people grow food in London and county networks. Journalist and grower Helen Babbs showcased her day with volunteers at a Master Gardener training day earlier in the year – which included [...]

Master Gardeners have featured in the Guardian newspaper after journalist Chris Arnot visited volunteers and their households in summer… Please click here to see the article (link opens a new page) Click here to read about our research this autumn with Coventry University into the social, environment and health impacts of the Master Gardener programme. [...]

Early reports from our pilot questionnaire are hinting at interesting results to come…. We wrote to a sample of our mentored household in August 2010 to trial our new questionnaires before launching this autumn. It’s part of our partnership with Coventry University to discover the health, environmental and social impact of the Master Gardener Programme. [...]