Bristol in Bloom 2016 we won a Silver Gilt

We have won a Silver Gilt in The Briatol in Bloom Competion In its 2016 edition.

It was our first time and we can't be so proud of this achievement. This award reflects how much our children has learned by working in this project but also our capacity of getting the community involve in the project. 

We would like to thank everyone involve, from children to donors.

Now we need to keep up the hard work to expand the learning possibilities for the children and to make the project more accessible to the community. 

Donations!! We want to thank you.

We have had some donations from people from the community that we want to thanks. Tools, plants, pots and seeds that we really need and we appreciate. Hopefully this contact with the community will continue growing stronger each day.

Also the Aldi at Church Road, contributed with our project by donating a big amount of flowers that we share between the provisions of Knowle West Children's Centre but also with other projects like the Springfield allotments and the Local officer for the front garden completion that is going on around The Knowle area.

To get our share planted, we called out for help to our parents.

ALDI at Church Road big donation. 

 

Parents has come to help us platting.

They are doing great in our front!

Welcome to our garden

Here at Inns Court we have a wonderful, spacious garden where our children like to play. It's a great resource for learning and we are really keen to maximise every learning opportunity. 

Using it as our own allotment, we have planted and harvested tomatoes, strawberries, and runner beans (amongst other things) and we would like to continue this path to introduce a healthy lifestyle to our children and community. Also farming English farming traditions and festivities will give our learning planning a splash of history by following the planting season in the UK.

During the past few months we have been seeking sponsorship, asking local shops and businesses for donations to help our garden project. We are not seeking money, just materials and tools that could help us create new ideas. For example, scaffolding planks for planters, flowers and seeds to enhance the look of our centre, soil, etc. 

I'm pleased to say that we have had a fantastic response and people have been extremely generous. With help from the workers of Knowle West Children's Centre who have kindly donated some of their own plants as well as daily work and care, our garden looks full of life. We have also had great support from the workers of Springfield allotments whose advice has been invaluable.

Furthermore, I'm thrilled to announce that after arranging a meeting with the store manager, Tesco Extra Brislington have kindly agreed to partner with us to supply plants and garden resources on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. This will give the project a huge boost and We are looking forward to some great things for our community in the future.