Poplar Nurseries Scheme for Schools
'Sowing the seed for our next generation of gardeners'
VegTrug are delighted to be working in support of an initiative by Poplar Nurseries at Marks Tey in Essex who are one of our most poplar retailers.
Poplar have commenced a pilot initiative in local schools called the "Poplar Nurseries Scheme for Schools" and VegTrug have donated 8 Large VegTrugs to the following schools:
- Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester ( Grammar)
- Gt Tey Primary, Gt Tey
- St Peters ,Coggeshall
- St Marys, Comrie House, Stanway (Independent)
- Copford Primary, Copford
- Layer de la Haye ,Primary
- Colchester High School, Colchester (Independent)
- St Andrews , Marks Tey
The following companies are also donating products:
Westland Compost
Unwins
Thompson and Morgan
Solus/Yeoman Tools
Scotts
The VegTrugs will be delivered in November and will have a plaque showing that they have been donated by VegTrug in association with Poplar Nurseries.
Rachel Gill who is heading the Poplar Schools scheme will be arranging school visits in the New Year once the growing season is underway. She will also run a competition called 'The Salad Bowl' in 2012. All of the chosen schools and any others that wish to take part will submit a bowl of salad (this can contain anything that they have grown on the school premises) in the first week of July 2012. Exact date to be announced.
The winning school will receive a trophy bowl with their school engraved on it. This will be returned for the following year so they will also receive a miniature version that the school can keep.
Good luck to all the Schools in the scheme and we are delighted to be supporting this superb initiative.
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