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. [...]

Clare works with two school groups just over the border, South Haringey Infant and Junior Schools. She runs a session with the Junior School every Friday afternoon. They are taking part in the Real Bread Campaign’s ‘Bake Your Lawn’ project growing wheat to mill and bake a loaf from (1m2 of wheat is all you [...]

Vicky is truly passionate about the difference food growing has made in her own life and the impact that it can have on the lives of the children and families she works with. She’s a budding food growing activist and I am proud to announce that Vicky has just been nominated for an Islington Mayor’s [...]

While gathering stories for quarterly reporting, it was great to talk in depth with Master Gardeners about their projects. Here’s an exerpt about the terrific work that Stella and Friday are doing with one of their groups: Stella Maravanyika and her husband and fellow Master Gardener, Friday, have their own growing plot at Cope House [...]

It has been a spectacular year for Chris (locally known as “The Tomato Man”) Kimberley. A string of awards has celebrated Chris’s work this year culminating in the 2010 Volunteer of the Year Award from Volunteer Action Islington. His work with the Whitecross Goes Green Gardening Club has changed his life and made a huge [...]