GIY's 2019 schools growing programme
The 2019 initiative is now open for Primary schools to apply for a free Big Grow pack to be delivered to their school via innocentbiggrow.com. This year the pupils will learn how to grow peas, cress and tomatoes. Each Big Grow pack includes enough soil, growing pots, seeds for a class of thirty along with an expert food growing kit devised by GIY plus details on how to cook and eat the produce that each child has grown.
GIY founder Michael Kelly says studies show that children who grow their own food are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables and show higher levels of knowledge about nutrition.
The campaign has been developed closely with teachers and educational specialists and is designed to encourage a knowledge of where food comes from, teaching children through a fun, free, learning experience just how easy it is to grow their own greens and enjoy the taste of their own food.
Every school that takes part receives a Big Grow certificate but the most engaged or the ‘Best' Big Grow school will win a trip to Bloom for their class, a trip to Dublin Zoo and €500 worth of gardening equipment for the school. Tthe winning school will be presented with their prizes at Bloom 2019 hopefully by the President. Two runners-up prizes of a €300 and a €200 GIY voucher are also up for grabs.
Visit innocentbiggrow.com to register for a free innocent & GIY Big Grow pack which includes everything a class of 30 needs to get growing — seeds for peas, cress and tomatoes, sowing cups, compost, a teacher's resource booklet, a wall chart to map weekly growing successes, veggie stickers and a ‘Star Grower’ badge for those top growers.
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