Community Gardens
The mission should you choose to accept it is…to design a garden
reflecting spiritual and community values. Every school should have a garden,
whether in a busy urban area or a quiet rural setting, whether there are two
thousand pupils or fewer than a hundred, there’s always scope for a place where
everyone can take time to reflect and renew their energy.
The REEP (RE and Environment Programme) Garden Awards Scheme is
a unique major initiative in association with the National Trust. It provides a
chance for 25,000 schools in England, Wales and Scotland to design their own
gardens. Over 10,000 worth of awards, of £500 each provide the basis for
building your own garden and help to raise interest and perhaps sponsorship from
other members of the community.
The awards combine one of the oldest human activities with one of the most
recent – using information technology – and they give schools a chance both to
improve their environment and to reflect on the process.
Schools that have already made themselves a garden can still
enter by designing something for their neighbourhood. The closing date for
entries is 28 April 2003.
Mike Calnan, Head of Gardens and Parks for the National Trust
says, "Gardening is about more than tending a patch of land, it’s about
expressing who we are and what we think.
"This exciting Garden Awards scheme gives school children
everywhere an opportunity to reap the harvest of success for all to share."
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