I hope you all had a great Bank Holiday weekend. We have been working with professional gardener Alan Colson BscHorticulture to design a vegetable garden at the side of the building for our children to plant and grow produce. We have built growing timescales into our planning so the children will be able to see the results of their efforts and hopefully pass the produce to our cook for her to serve up at mealtimes.
This weekend we have been busy getting the plant beds and pots ready for Alan to start planting with our children tomorrow ( weather permitting ). We will be planting potatoes, courgettes, beans, strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers and a range of herbs to get us started.
We are very pleased that Alan is involved in our project. He has featured in the magazine 'Gardeners World' several times and lives in Thurrock. For anyone wanted to make contact with him from garden design and planting to maintenance solutions his e'mail address is akcgardencare@btinternet.com.
Jacky and the team.