Monday, 20th October - Friday 24th October

'Gardens in the Sky' Schools project

Free food-growing and composting classes for schools

Croydon Council is offering a limited number of FREE classes and tours of ‘Croydon’s Garden in the Sky’ as part of the Eco-Exp taking place between Monday 20th – Friday 24th October.

Croydon’s Garden in the Sky’ is being installed in the unique location of on top of the multi-storey car-park in Surrey Street Car park, Croydon town-centre. Click here for a map.

In a fun and practical way, children will learn about simple ways to grow food and composting. As part of the class the children will be given the opportunity to plant a seed themselves which they can take-away with them in a small pot to watch it grow at home or at school.

Organic gardener, Paul Richens of Blue Dome Synergies will be teaching the classes, accompanied by an assistant. For more information about Paul’s work with schools, please read this pdf.

The aim of Croydon’s Garden in the Sky is to demonstrate organic food growing and ‘green-roofing’ opportunities and create a visually pleasant green oasis in a dense urban setting.

About the classes:

• Appropriate for children aged 8 and over (year 5 and above).
• Maximum 35 children per class.
• Length: 45 mins – 1 hour and will feature a sit-down exercise (under shelter of a gazebo) which will last approximately 20 minutes and a tour of the garden.
• Times: 11am-12pm. However, if you can’t make this time then please contact me and we will do our best to schedule another time.
• The classes will be booked on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If you require any further information about the classes, please contact me (contact details below).

To book a class and/or for further information about the eco-expo please see the Croydon EcoExpo Programme of Events

I hope you can take advantage of this environmental educational opportunity for your students.