The RHS Campaign for School

Gardening aims to encourage and

support schools to develop and actively

use a school garden. As part of the

Campaign we provide teachers with

resources through this website and an

extensive programme of CPD days.

Launched September 2007

Now over 18,000 Registered Schools!

REGISTRATION IS FREE!

Starter pack Upon registration, each school will receive a free starter pack to get them going

C4SG Website C4SG

Website

Free Seeds & Offers

Risk

Assessments

Lesson Plans &

Resources

Fundraising Ideas

What to Do & When

C4SG Website C4SG

Website

Useful Websites

Competitions

Case Studies

Research Reports

Gardening Advice

School Gardening Awards

• School Culture and Ethos

• The School Garden

• Teaching and Learning

• Community

School Gardening Awards

Four themes

Prizes:

Level 1

Level 5

School Gardening Awards

Achieve Level 1: Planning your Garden

No longer need to send in evidence but good idea to have:

- Audit of your school grounds

- Other fundamentals:

• Consider fundraising options

• Begin risk assessment

• Identify areas of expertise among staff and school

community

• Introduce children to the importance of plants

Prize: Schools' seed

collection, containing nine

types of seed

School Gardening Awards

Achieve Level 2: Getting Started

No longer need to send in evidence but good idea to have:

– Shortlist of plants to be grown

– Risk assessment

– Photo of the area identified for your garden

– List of ideas for fundraising/obtaining resources

– Outline of who will be involved with the project

(e.g. parents, PTAs, governors etc.)

– Other fundamentals:

• Share vision among staff members

• Set up a gardening club

• Introduce safe tool use

Extra Prize: 30% discount offer

and monthly draw for 25 sets of

Bulldog junior rakes & hoes

Prize: Grow Your Own Veg

Book by Carol Klein

School Gardening Awards

Achieve Level 3: Growing & Diversifying

Evidence required to gain level 3:

– Pictures of:

• A good range of plants – fruit, veg, trees, shrubs, flowers

• Sustainable gardening – composting, water butts, mulching

• Children carrying out digging, watering, weeding, planting,

sowing.

• Signs made by pupils to show crops and thought processes

– Example of pupil’s work in more

than one curriculum subject

– Holiday maintenance schedule

Prize: Large Vegetable Garden Voucher from Rocket Gardens

(contains 200 plug plants)

School Gardening Awards

Be Creative with Signs!

Laminated Signs Balsawood signs

Story based signs

Painted signs

School Gardening Awards

Achieve Level 4: Sharing Best Practice

Evidence required to gain level 4:

– Pictures of:

• Pupils carrying out at least one advanced skill in the garden, e.g.

making seed drills or propagating from cuttings

• Pupils taking part in a construction activity including, making

raised beds, compost bins, willow structures or plant supports

• Pupils using tools

• Produce grown in the garden

• Older pupil’s mentoring younger pupils

– Subjects involving the garden in more

than one year group.

– A lesson plan using the garden. Prize: Easi-Scope Hand-held

Digital Microscope

School Gardening Awards

Achieve Level 5: Celebrating with the Wider Community

Evidence required to gain level 5:

– Pictures of:

• Developed garden

• An open day

• A visit from an outside expert

• Wider community help or involvement

– Extracts from pupils’ individual or class garden diaries.

– Evidence of enterprise skills developed through the garden e.g. a

poster advertising plant sales or an open day.

– A termly planner showing lessons that have been taught in the

garden including what subject and year groups were taught and

giving a couple of sentences on aims, objectives or content of the

lesson.

Prize: Level 5 logo in PDF

format, USB card, plaque x2 &

£200 worth of garden vouchers

School Gardening Awards

Schools are encouraged to host an event in October where

grandparents, parents, carers and adults from the local community

are invited to help in their garden. Schools that register are sent a

pack to get them going.

Get Your Grown-ups Growing

RHS Young School Gardener

of the Year A prestigious award presented to a young person, aged 5-16, who

demonstrates exceptional gardening knowledge and skill beyond

their years, as well as a passion for the environment, sustainability

and the local community.

RHS Young School Gardener

of the Year Two new categories for 2014:

RHS School Gardening Team of the Year – awarded to an entire

gardening club or class who display excellent teamwork

RHS School Gardening Champion of the Year – awarded to an

inspirational teacher or school assistant who has a passion for

gardening

• Early Years Garden Explorer

• Whole Class Growing Topics for your Primary School

• Great Gardening Projects for your Secondary School

• Moving Up, Growing On! (SEN)

• The Edible School Garden

• A Year in your School Gardening Club

• Realise your Growing Potential

AND

• Enquiry based learning with the Open Futures Trust

• Learn to Grow and Cook with Jamie Oliver Foundation

School Gardening Training

Courses

School Gardening

Training Courses

After you have completed a

course, you will be sent a

signed certificate.

Regional Advisors

East of England: Alison Findlay

London: Chris Young

North East: Sarah Carrie

North West: Anne Gunning

West Midlands: Tracey Medlyn

South West: Merryn Preece

Regional Development Officers

Yorkshire & the Humber: Sarah-Jane Manson

Scotland: Angela Smith

Regional Advisors and

Development Officers

Social Media

facebook.com/rhsschoolgardening

@RHSSchools

Campaign Website: www.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening

Facebook: www.facebook.com/rhsschoolgardening

Twitter: www.twitter.com/rhsschools

Campaign Email: schoolgardening@rhs.org.uk

School Gardening Training Courses Email: cpd@rhs.org.uk