Grow at School Monthly Advice session

The GROW at School Monthly Advice session is an opportunity for all school garden educators to access seasonal expert tips and tricks from GIY’s Head Grower, Richard Mee. Opportunities to further develop an understanding of using the garden to facilitate education for sustainable development are provided by GIY’s Head of Education, Mary Bishop. Each session will enable participants to grow in the garden with confidence while scaffolding primary students through experiential learning engagements to meet a variety of curricular needs while connecting students to their local food systems. Participants are provided with supporting tasks following each module that they can use directly with their students to embed new understandings.These sessions have been developed based around GIY's national primary school food education and sustainability programme, GROW at School. Further information about GROW at School can be found at: https://giy.ie/programmes/grow-at-school/ 

Thursday 2nd October 4pm: Getting back into the Garden - How to get started with school growing and how to find your way through the summer overgrowth. 

Thursday 6th November 4pm: Autumn Planting - It’s time to sow: Onions and Garlic. Preparing your garden for overwintering.

Thursday 5th March 4pm: Preparing for Spring - Checking in on Onions and Garlic. It’s time to sow: Peas, Broad Beans and Potatoes.

Thursday 9th April 4pm: Spring Sowings - It’s time to sow: Salad Leaves, Parsnip and Radish.

Thursday 7th May 4pm: Sharing Stories - Celebrating harvests simply at school. It's time to sow: Carrots, Beetroot, Chard and Pumpkins. It's time to Harvest: Salad Leaves and radish.

Thursday 4th June 4pm: Preparing for Summer - It’s time to sow: Swede (Parsnips). It’s time to transplant: Pumpkins. It’s time to harvest: Potatoes, Peas and Beans.