Programme partners

Programme partners


Garden Organic are proud to work with a range of partners to deliver the Master Gardener programme in local areas.

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Start a local Master Gardener programme with us

Contact us to involve your local growing group. We actively recruit Master Gardeners from these essential initiatives, developing ways to support and network them together. Find your local area.

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Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire County Council are kindly supporting the launch of the local Master Gardeners programme.

  • Warwickshire Master Gardeners will join Master Composters from Warwickshire and neighbouring Leicestershire and Oxfordshire programmes
Edible Islington (London Borough of Islington)

The council’s innovative campaign for community food growing, giving out grants for growing projects across the borough. We’re delighted to have these also local partners.

  • Capital Growth – campaign to support 2,012 new community food growing spaces in London by 2012
  • Sustain – the alliance for better food and farming
  • Groundwork - work towards a vision of a society of sustainable communities
  • St Luke’s Parochial Trust - community centre in a very deprived part of London
 Edible Islington (London Borough of Islington)
Food Up Front

Supporting people to grow food in their unused outdoor space in south London with a network of street reps. We’re also teaming up with local authorities.

  • Wandsworth, Lambeth, and Southwark partners to be announced
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
(Norfolk County Council)

A unique museum in the heart of Norfolk. They have a 50-acre site with historic workhouse,  museum of life on the land, and traditional farm with rare breed animals. They manage range of community education projects

  • Norfolk Master Gardeners will join the existing local Master Composter programme
Lincolnshire Health and Wellbeing Fund

Supported by NHS Lincolnshire and Lincolnshire County County. It’s delivered by Garden Organic in partnership with Boston Borough Council and East Lindsey District Council.

Garden Organic

Garden Organic

The UK’s leading organic growing charity. We’ve been at the forefront of the organic horticulture movement for 50 years and is dedicated to researching and promoting organic gardening, farming and food.

We work to inspire, encourage and support individuals, community groups and schools to grow organically. Through research, demonstration gardens, educational and promotional activities we help people to lead more sustainable lives.

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Latest from Warwickshire Master Gardeners

  1. Please send us your watering tips posted on 4 Feb 2012
    We’re thinking about summer despite the snow! For all Warwickshire Master Gardeners, we’d love for you to send us watering top-tips. We’re keen to share your food growing enthusiasm across our m. […]
  2. Lovin’ the heated propagator posted on 3 Feb 2012
    My newest household is my colleague from the Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens. She has worked in the voluntary sector for a number of years and grew spuds for the first time in 2011. After. […]
  3. Spuds we like posted on 3 Feb 2012
    With shopping list in hand, I asked all work colleagues from the Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens the spuds they all wanted to grow either at home or with our Growing with Schools programm. […]
  4. May 12-13th: Garden Organic Members’ weekend posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Saturday 12th May AGM and Members’ conference ‘Growing from the Roots’ at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. 10am to 5.00pm Join us at the Garden Organic AGM (10.30),. […]
  5. Jun 30th: National Masters Conference posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Book your place at the Master Gardener and Master Composter Conference 2012. We’re inviting volunteers from across the country to share top-tips for supporting communities to grow their own food and. […]

Latest from Islington Master Gardeners

  1. Mar 4th: Quaker Gardens Work Day posted on 6 Feb 2012
    The next Quaker Gardens gardening session will be on Sunday 4th March from 12 .30 – 3.00 with a bring and share lunch as usual. We will do odd jobs and assess what we need to do for the next few ses. […]
  2. Please send us your watering tips posted on 4 Feb 2012
    We’re thinking about summer despite the snow! For all Islington Master Gardeners, we’d love for you to send us watering top-tips. We’re keen to share your food growing enthusiasm across our ment. […]
  3. Mar 24th: Get Set Grow at Ryton Gardens, Warwickshire posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Local Master Gardeners are supporting this popular event at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. It’s the perfect moment to kick-start the growing year! Come along, grab a s. […]
  4. Mar 16-18th: Master Gardeners at the Edible Garden Show posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Garden Organic will be at the award-winning grow-your-own spectacular The Edible Garden Show, which returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on March 16-18th, 10am to 5pm. Local Master Gardeners will. […]
  5. May 12-13th: Garden Organic Members’ weekend posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Saturday 12th May AGM and Members’ conference ‘Growing from the Roots’ at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. 10am to 5.00pm Join us at the Garden Organic AGM (10.30),. […]

Latest from South London

  1. NOW RECRUITING: looking for 20 new Master Gardener Volunteers posted on 6 Feb 2012
    We are expanding the thriving network of South London Master Gardeners. Since the programme launched in June 2010, our now 70+ wonderful volunteers have helped thousands of local residents grow food.. […]
  2. Please send us your watering tips posted on 4 Feb 2012
    We’re thinking about summer despite the snow! For all South London Master Gardeners, we’d love for you to send us watering top-tips. We’re keen to share your food growing enthusiasm across our m. […]
  3. Mar 24th: Get Set Grow at Ryton Gardens, Warwickshire posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Local Master Gardeners are supporting this popular event at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. It’s the perfect moment to kick-start the growing year! Come along, grab a s. […]
  4. Mar 16-18th: Master Gardeners at the Edible Garden Show posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Garden Organic will be at the award-winning grow-your-own spectacular The Edible Garden Show, which returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on March 16-18th, 10am to 5pm. Local Master Gardeners will. […]
  5. May 12-13th: Garden Organic Members’ weekend posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Saturday 12th May AGM and Members’ conference ‘Growing from the Roots’ at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. 10am to 5.00pm Join us at the Garden Organic AGM (10.30),. […]

Latest from Norfolk Master Gardeners

  1. Snow promotes armchair gardening posted on 6 Feb 2012
    Well with the allotment under a thick blanket of snow today, there was little point in trying to attempt working on any of the jobs on my list. So I decided to use my time reading about gardening inst. […]
  2. Please send us your watering tips posted on 4 Feb 2012
    We’re thinking about summer despite the snow! For all Norfolk Master Gardeners, we’d love for you to send us watering top-tips. We’re keen to share your food growing enthusiasm across our mentor. […]
  3. Mar 24th: Get Set Grow at Ryton Gardens, Warwickshire posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Local Master Gardeners are supporting this popular event at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. It’s the perfect moment to kick-start the growing year! Come along, grab a s. […]
  4. Mar 16-18th: Master Gardeners at the Edible Garden Show posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Garden Organic will be at the award-winning grow-your-own spectacular The Edible Garden Show, which returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire on March 16-18th, 10am to 5pm. Local Master Gardeners will. […]
  5. May 12-13th: Garden Organic Members’ weekend posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Saturday 12th May AGM and Members’ conference ‘Growing from the Roots’ at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. 10am to 5.00pm Join us at the Garden Organic AGM (10.30),. […]

Latest from Lincolnshire Master Gardeners

  1. Garden Shows posted on 6 Feb 2012
    Are Master Gardeners and readers aware of the Edible Garden Show at Stoneleigh Park Warwickshire 16-18 March? For full details of the show go to http://www.theediblegardenshow.co.uk – it is a bigger. […]
  2. Felicity Davies posted on 6 Feb 2012
  3. Please send us your watering tips posted on 4 Feb 2012
    We’re thinking about summer despite the snow! For all Lincolnshire Master Gardeners, we’d love for you to send us watering top-tips. We’re keen to share your food growing enthusiasm across our m. […]
  4. Sowing Gardener Seeds posted on 2 Feb 2012
    Last week I was drowning under packets and packets of seeds of all colours, and hoping that I could keep the seed bill down a bit this year. So what did I do when I’d finished writing my blog? I wen. […]
  5. Mar 24th: Get Set Grow at Ryton Gardens, Warwickshire posted on 1 Feb 2012
    Local Master Gardeners are supporting this popular event at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic. It’s the perfect moment to kick-start the growing year! Come along, grab a s. […]
We’re creating a model to establish custom networks of volunteer Master Gardeners in more UK areas. More information available here.

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