This DVD shows teachers and pupils how to plan, build, develop and maintain a school garden using organic principles.
This DVD shows teachers and pupils how to plan, build, develop and maintain a school garden using organic principles.
The work began in February 2008 and recorded the progress of four schools over an 18 month period. The schools involved were:
- Holy Trinity Senior School in Donaghmede Dublin 13
- St Michael’s Primary School, Ballyfermot
- Scoil an Linbh Íosa in Prosperous
- Scoil Mhuire na Trócaire in Ardee, Co Louth.
A team of organic experts was appointed to visit the schools and work with the children in assessing what already existed in the school grounds planning what they wanted in their school garden and working with them over an 18 month period to develop and execute the plan.
Children from all classes were involved in the project and the DVD demonstrates the children’s involvement in creating a garden. The focus was different in the different schools – for example very little development of a school garden had taken place in the Holy Trinity School in Donaghmede while the school in Prosperous had a well developed garden in place and the focus here was in enhancing it with for example an insect hotel and improving their composting facilities.
The project was funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food.
Source: Bord Bia – Organic Gardening DVD for Primary Schools
