Posted on 01 February 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 be out in abundance helping visitors grow lovely organic food. Look out for lots of other Garden Organic folk too, including Bob Sherman, Pauline Pears and Philip Turvil.
Scheduled for the beginning of the growing season, the show has lots of money-saving ideas, a mix celebrity gardeners, chefs, livestock experts, growers, unique products, cookery demonstrations and interactive events for the whole family.
Voted the UK’s Most Popular Garden Event of the Year – this ‘must-see’ 2012 show.
Read schedule from Warwickshire Master Gardener website
Visit Garden Organic’s website for more details – and where members can claim ticket discounts
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Posted on 01 February 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 seed tray, get your ideal sowing mix of compost and then choose from a variety of veggies to sow, grow and eat at home.
A great event for children and beginners. You’ll be helped and advised by friendly Master Gardeners and Composters!
Visit Ryton Garden’s event web page
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Posted on 01 February 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), followed by ‘Growing from the Roots’ (11.30) a conference on how Garden Organic, our members and supporters can play a role in creating local, sustainable communities. Featuring a gardeners’ question time session with Alys Fowler and James Wong.
Sunday 13th May Members’ experience day at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire
10am to 4pm
Enjoy an exclusive, member only experience with the Garden Organic experts. Spend the day in the beautiful surroundings of Ryton Gardens and enjoy exclusive garden tours, master classes and workshops.
Visit Garden Organic’s event page for booking details
See what else is on at Ryton Gardens
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Posted on 01 February 2012.
Due to popular demand, we’re delighted to invite Master Gardeners to another specialist training day to help people grow in schools.
From every group of Master Gardeners, several volunteers want to help pupils, parents, teachers, and the wider community grow their own food in school and at home.
This is great! So we’ve invited experts from the Food For Life Partnership to host a special course at Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire – the home of Garden Organic.
Places are limited!
Please register your interest today with project manager, Philip Turvil, using the contact form here
Course open to Master Gardeners in Warwickshire, London, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Click here for details about volunteering.
Cut off date for registration: 8 May 2012.
Travel expenses paid.
The lovely Master Composters are also invited! Their local co-ordinators will be in touch in selected areas.
Course outline
- Essentials for working with schools : actively working with teachers and young people – and doing presentations.
- Crops that do and don’t work in school
- How to sustain and grow school food gardening
Please click here to read about our previous school courses in June and October 2011.
Click here for school growing advice from national charity, Garden Organic
Link image to read about our 2011 schools training
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Posted on 01 February 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 make lovely compost.
More details coming soon…
Read about our 2011 National Masters Conference
When? Saturday 30th June 2012.
Where? The beautiful Ryton Gardens in Warwickshire, home to the UK’s leading organic growing charity, Garden Organic.
What? Leading UK speakers, unique workshops, expert guides, and much more with over 200 volunteers expected…
This is your conference. Please get in touch today to share your ideas…
Who? Master Gardeners, Master Composters, Compost Gurus, Gardening Champions, and any other volunteer involved in promoting gardening or composting.
How? Please contact your programme co-ordinator as soon as possible to register your interest. More details coming soon. The conference is free to most volunteers thanks to partner support.
Master Gardeners – your co-ordinator will email your booking form and help arrange transport. Click here to contact.
Come for the cake!
See photos from our National Masters conference 2011
Find out who won the Master Gardener Awards…
See latest news from Ryton Gardens
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Posted on 24 January 2012.
We’re looking for gardening enthusiasts to become Master Gardeners in five areas to help communities grow food. They’ll join a 310 strong network of marvellous volunteers who:
- mentor and inspire individuals, couples and families. Over 1,100 households with 2,500 residents since May 2010
- talk to the wider community through events, talks, schools, and other innovative means. Over 27,000 conversations since May 2010
Volunteers trained Oct 2011
Master Gardeners have full training and ongoing support from locally based co-ordinators. Volunteers enjoy genuine local impact in a role to complement their lifestyle and interests.
We’re very proud of our volunteers. Please click here to read more about their achievements and here for case studies.
Oh, and click here for photos from our latest autumn/winter training days.
Schedule: Please click links to read more:
Volunteer role, experience, hours, training, support, and application… and case studies from existing Master Gardeners
Recommend a friend...
Recommend a friend…
Do you know someone in our five areas?
Perhaps a potential Master Gardener? Please forward them this link: http://mastergardeners.org.uk/get-involved/become-a-master-gardener/
Or a potential ‘household’ – individual, couple or family looking for food growing advice. Please forward them this link: http://mastergardeners.org.uk/get-involved/find-your-nearest-master-gardener/
MG Robbie's chow chow
Your area not listed?
We’re looking to start new Master Gardener volunteer networks in more counties and London boroughs with new local partners and funding, tailored to local needs.
Please click here to see our future areas page
Click for more ways to get involved, including growing tips
See Master Gardener page on Garden Organic’s website
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Posted on 09 December 2011.
We’re hosting over 20 training days in 2012 for our Master Gardeners in these topic areas:
- Horticultural top-tips for growing (and eating) your own food
- Inspiring communities and mentored households to grow
- Programme feedback, as always. Doing our best for volunteers.
- NEW INVITE: Households to training. If you’re mentored by a Master Gardeners, watch out for your invite to a venue near you…
Every course features Garden Organic or guest tutors. And, of course, horticultural networking with the local “Tales from a Master Gardener…”.
Please see local website for the latest information
National Masters Conference, Ryton Gardens
30 June 2012
More details coming soon
Click here to read about May 2011 conference
MG Steve at training
More information
We’ve had six ‘foundation training’ weekends in autumn 2011. Read the story here…
Also ‘in-service training’ focused on fruit, but with many local topics added. Read the story here.
Every area has different courses and events, so please visit our local pages for latest details and contacts:
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