Growing Local offer a range of educational and holiday workshops to primary and secondary schools, community groups and families. Workshops aim to enthuse children, young people and families about the benefits and pleasures of growing, cooking and eating fresh, seasonal and local fruit and vegetables, helping to transform people’s engagement, relationship and understanding of where food comes from. All educational enquires to louisa@growinglocal.org.uk.
Our Rent-a-Hen project enables a school to keep three lovely, friendly and charming chickens for half a term. We provide the ladies, the coop, the feed and all the … read more
The African garden is a partnership between Growing Local and the International development agency United Purpose. The African Garden is part of the Growing Local garden at Court Farm, Tillington. … read more
Growing Local offers tailored land-based courses for primary or secondary school children. Courses are a single half day visit or a weekly half-day visit as part of a three, … read more
Our monthly Big Eat community lunches at the Kindle Centre are open to anyone to come along and cook together a tasty, healthy and globe-trotting lunch. So far we’ve … read more
Thanks to funding in 2019 from Ernest Cook, the Pippin Trust and Bulmers Benevolent Fund we can visit you at your school or community group. Growing Local staff will bring … read more
For ten years Growing Local have delivered Garden Experience Workshops at our purpose built educational garden plot at Court Farm, Tillington. In 2019 workshops are funded by Ernest Cook, … read more
Funded in 2019 by Ernest Cook, the Pippin Trust and Bulmers Benevolent Fund children harvest fruits, vegetables and herbs from the plot, learn about seasonality and growing, sow and … read more
NEW for 2018 we can visit your school, youth or community group for a Healthy Cook Club workshop and cook together a seasonal and healthy dish to be eaten together … read more
Growing Local runs a regular programme of workshops in the school holidays, Gardening & Cook Workshops at our garden allotment plot, Family Volunteer Days and Family and Childrens Cook … read more
We are delighted to have received funding from the Big Lottery Community Fund to deliver a series of Parent/Carer Cook Sessions at various centres in Hereford City in 2019/2020. … read more
Our three year recipe book project has now come to an end. Schools were invited to help create recipe books with us using local and seasonal fruit and vegetables, … read more
Growing Local is Going Local offer tailored land-based courses for the 14-16 age-groups. One day visits are available. Most courses run weekly for an academic term or for an … read more
We have grant funding from the Youth Social Action Fund to deliver 25 guided volunteer sessions throughout 2018 to students aged 10 to 20 in Herefordshire. The aim of the … read more