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Dorset Cereals has launched the Edible Playgrounds website to help schools across the UK develop their very own veggie garden in which to grow food, (www.edibleplaygrounds.co.uk). The Company has teamed up with gardeners, chefs and education experts to create a site that will become an invaluable resource and creative inspiration for children, teachers and parents, helping them create their very own Edible Playground.
Schools can access the site to get advice on how to start a school garden, what to plant, how to encourage children to help, when to harvest and what to cook with the home grown produce. There will also be photos, blogs, downloadable lesson plans for teachers and special offers on plants, seeds and gardening equipment to help schools create or develop their Edible Playground.
The Edible Playground project is a Dorset-born initiative that provides schools with gardening equipment, seeds, experience and information to help them establish a food-producing garden in their grounds. The scheme was launched as a community project in May 2007 by Screen Bites: Dorset’s Food Film Festival.
“We became aware of the Edible Playground initiative in 2007, and we are very keen to help expand this wonderful Dorset-based project to a wider number of schools. Our website will act as a platform to spread the message of how children can become involved in growing, tasting and cooking their own food,” says Patrick Horton of Dorset Cereals.
Dorset Cereals created their very own Edible Playground courtyard garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2008 and won a Gold Award and Best Courtyard Garden Award for their efforts. The company then went on to create a bigger show garden at the 2008 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and won a Gold Award and the prestigious Tudor Rose Award for Best Show Garden.
Both gardens were designed by Nick Williams-Ellis and were intended to be an inspiration for schools, encouraging teachers, pupils and parents to develop small productive gardens where children can learn about and experience the thrill of growing and cooking their own.
For further information on Dorset Cereals, please contact Patrick Horton on 01305 751000, or email patrick@dorsetcereals.co.uk.
For further press information, please contact Mandy Cooper at Positive PR on 01935 389497, fax 01935 389498 or email mandy@positivepr.co.uk.
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