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PRIMARY SCHOOL WINNER
Poplar Primary School
Poplar Primary School
Poplar Road South, Merton Park, SW19 3JZ
Head Teacher: Mrs Katherine Davies BEd Hons
T: 020 8542 6989 F: 020 8453 6177 E: [email protected]
SECONDARY SCHOOL WINNER
The Bridge AP Academy
SPECIAL SCHOOL WINNER
Phoenix School
Phoenix Special School Wheelbarrow Planter following
primary scheme. January and February 2016
Schemes and work by 5c 6th form students including
Jordan Collymore, Denzel Akhigbe, Dami Idowu,
Khadiza Begum, Anthony Horne, Anneka Hussein,
Daniel Wedajo, Sam Thomson,
We discussed the idea of planting vegetables in a
wheel barrow and then each student picked vegetables
from list chosen in food technology for meals they will
be making. Students then collected and emptied the
barrow, and measured it.
We then drilled holes for drainage, and filled it with
fresh compost. Whole class then helped to put in
pictures of the vegetables we will sow and plant in
March to plan in April through to May and from May
onwards so that we could see what it will look like.
Plants in plan A picked as fast growing and can be
harvested while other plants for plan B are germinating
and growing on. Once harvested and used in food
technology, we will replant the barrow using plan B at
the end of May.
April and May Planting (See plan A)
Radishes, Lettuce, Spring onions, Spinach, chard, broad
bean.
May and June Planting (plan B)
Radishes replaced with Tumbling Tom tomatoes,
Lettuce replaced by Strawberries. Broad bean replaced
by chilli pepper. If spinach/ chard spent, replace with
celery.
We checked online to see if all our vegetables would be
happy to grow together and then looked up how much
each vegetable will weigh when we harvest so that we
could measure how much food we would get if it all
grows well.
Plan A (March to May 2016)
Crop
Number
Yield
Use/Product
Broad Bean
1
45 pods 8 beans per pod
Raw with feta cheese
Lettuce cos
6
2 pounds
Early salads
Spring Onions
20
3 pounds
Salads and to sell
50 Plants
6 pounds
Micro leaf salads Chard, spinish leaf salad
40
2 pounds
Salads and snacks
(Repeat sowing if time, and in plan b if space alows)
Leaf salad Chinese leaves
(Repeat sowing if time)
Radishes
(Repeat sowing if time)
Plan B (May to September 2016)
Crop
Number
Yield
Use/Product
Chilli pepper
1
35/50 peppers
Curries/chilli con carne, drying for jam
Celery
6
8 stalks per plant
salads/dipping
Lollo rosso
20
6 to 8 leaves 2 pounds
Salads
Strawberries
10
10 pounds
Strawberry and chilli jam
Cherry Tomatoes
4
8 quarts
Salads, tasting, soup if enough
FOOD GROWING SCHOOLS LONDON WINNER
Hallfield Primary School
BOUNTIFUL BARROWS
A competition for schools devised by
School Food Matters for The Edible Garden Show
About School Food Matters
The Entries
School Food Matters is a registered charity with the
mission is to ensure that every child enjoys fresh
sustainable food at school and understands where
their food comes from. With partners, School Food
Matters designs, develops and delivers exciting food
education programmes to be enjoyed by thousands
of children across the country.
Over 120 schools registered for the competition and
just 20 entries were shortlisted.
About Bullbarrow Products
A big thank you to Bullbarrow Products who
will be supplying the winning schools with their
wheelbarrows
The Judges
Entries were shortlisted by School Food Matters
and then presented to a panel of expert judges
including Mark Lloyd, Rachel Green and former
Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins. The judges
were unanimously impressed by the creativity,
imagination, knowledge and presentation of the
entries.
Bullbarrow Products are the market leader in the
manufacture and supply of wheelbarrows for the
gardening, hardware and building industries. The
innovative range of more than 50 varieties of
wheelbarrows are all manufactured in our UK based
premises, enabling us to provide unrivalled bespoke
products to match our customers needs.
The Challenge:
How much fruit and veg can you grow
in a single wheelbarrow?
One of the greatest challenges when growing fruit
and veg in schools is the lack of space, so Bountiful
Barrows is all about space! We asked schools, if
they only had room for one wheelbarrow in which
to plant an edible garden, what could they grow and
how much fruit and veg would they harvest?
Schools were asked to:
• Produce a planting plan for a wheelbarrow with
the dimensions of H350mm/L950mm/W600mm
And the winners are …
Primary School Winner
Poplar Primary School
Secondary School Winner
The Bridge AP Academy
Special School Winner
Phoenix School
Food Growing Schools London Winner
Hallfield Primary School
• Think about which plants would thrive in the space
The Prizes
• Remember companion planting – which plants
grow happily together?
Our talented winners will each receive everything
they need to bring their Bountiful Barrows to life
at school. That’s plug plants/seeds, compost and
tools generously donated by The
Edible Garden Show. And, of course,
a beautiful barrow from Bullbarrow
Products. The runners up will each
receive a £50 National Garden Gift
Voucher, thanks to The Edible Garden
Show.
• Think about the growing season. Are you growing
for a summer crop to harvest before the holidays
or will your bountiful barrow be replanted for
another autumn crop?
• Think about plants that produce the highest yields
and give you a bountiful crop.