We’re looking for experienced and passionate food growers in Islington and neighbouring boroughs to support their communities to have a go at growing their own food. If this sounds interesting to you or someone you know have a look at the links below to find out more then get in touch via the website. Master [...]

Exciting opportunity to manage and promote the Master Gardener Programme in Islington and neighbouring North London boroughs. The Master Gardener Programme We recruit, train, and support volunteer ‘Master Gardeners’ to become food growing mentors/ambassadors for households and communities. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme, Sheepdrove Trust, and in North London by the [...]

Islington volunteers will support hundreds more residents to grow their own food thanks to a six month extension of the Master Gardener programme. This is thanks to the ongoing support from the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme, together with Sheepdrove Trust and our local partners. The current programme will now run from September 2009 [...]

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 [...]