Funding
We received £15,000 from Aberdeen City Council’s Community Food-growing Fund.
Background
Between October 2017 – August 2018 we created three school food-growing gardens in three primary schools, each within a regeneration area in Aberdeen
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the creation of educational materials that are now available to all schools
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140 pupils directly taking part in 3 schools in regeneration areas of Aberdeen
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4000 hours of outdoor learning
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over 100kg of produce grown with 25 different crops
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50 volunteers involved and various community groups taking part
Where did you do it?
Bramble Brae, Tullos and Woodside primary schools
Why did you do it?
To create educational materials based around building school gardens in Aberdeen.
Achievements
In our second year:
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repeat classes using the gardens and materials at 2 of the 3 schools
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another 3 schools took part with an additional 180 pupils in the programme
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continued involvement of community groups and parents
Lessons learned and words of wisdom for others
"The Community Food Growing Fund and Aberdeen City Council were key in us being able to develop educational materials designed around school gardens" says Bob Donald, Chair of community growing initiative One Seed Forward. "We were delighted with the commitment and interest of staff and pupils at Aberdeen schools we worked with, along with the various community groups who also took part. These materials and the knowledge gained in constructing gardens have allowed the expansion in the number of schools now wanting to become involved in increasing outdoor learning in their lesson plans, along with the health and wellbeing improvements in children learning how to grow their own food."
