** A few places left – don’t delay, apply today! ** We’re looking for experienced and passionate food growers in Islington, Camden, Hackney and Haringey to support their communities to have a go at growing their own food.  You might be growing fruit and vegetables in a garden, allotment, school or community group – but [...]

Garden Organic is inviting Master Gardeners from Islington and neighbouring boroughs to become ‘Local Leaders’ for the Games. As the UK’s leading organic growing charity, we use innovation and inspiration to get more people growing. We’re engaging 1,000 of our local Master Gardeners and Composters to celebrate the Games with their community. Some of our [...]

The North London Master Gardeners had a bumper crop of activity in the autumn of 2011. A quick summary of Master Gardener activity: 72 volunteers are now supporting community growing and mentoring households. 21 new MGs joined the programme at our fourth foundation training in October and boosted numbers significantly but the really significant fact [...]

Helen Babbs, freelance writer and journalist with a particular interest in urban growing joined the Islington Master Gardeners for one of our regular training sessions earlier this year. To read her lovely account of the day and her thoughts on the Master Gardener programme and fig rolls you can either buy the December issue of [...]

Guardian journalist Chris Arnot visited Master Gardener projects in London, Warwickshire and Norfolk and met with both Master Gardeners and some of their Householders to find out more about how the programme was supporting the fledgling food growers of our country. Read his article at the link at the bottom of this article. We’re also [...]