Sowing Seeds is a project initiated by BA Fine Art students Emma Saunders & Duncan Wilson. The project aims to educate school children on sustainable living and healthy eating through forms of experimentation, exploration, enjoyment and play using the social form of gardening.

Having achieved funding from and with support from SIFE, Emma & Duncan are now working alongside the Students Union within the University of Plymouth and the Youth Offending service to create a vegetable garden within College Road Primary School.

Sowing Seeds is also in conversation with Diggin' It! allotment scheme Plymouth, to help inspire the children as to what they can grow. Through this blog Emma & Duncan hope to build an online community where College Road Primary School can converse with other schools with similar intentions including Mylor Bridge Primary School, Cornwall, where Duncan has initiated a similar project.

Saturday, 21 May 2011

Planting Out Day 1!

 On Thursday, Duncan and I went into school and planted up with years 4, 2, 1 and Reception. We got loads of plants in the ground and the garden is starting to look really established! Years 4 and 2 also tried Radishes' straight from the ground and used words such as, Peppery, Spicy, Hot, Tasty, Brilliant, Disgusting, Lovely and Crunchy. For the most part the radishes got a rather good review!
Below are just a few pictures of the four year groups plots and how they are developing!











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