With the weather warming up, it’s a great chance to get the kids into the garden and entertained outside. Our gardens can be the perfect classroom, a stage for activities and a fantastic spot to hold a family sports day. On [...]

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We are unveiling even more brilliant Cultivation Street winners this week. This time around, we are honouring the brilliant schools that have made their mark in one of our most hotly contested categories. Each year, hundreds of schools take part, showing judges their brilliant work and the important role gardening plays in education. We’re [...]

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Bulbs are energy powerhouses that bloom year after year. They store the energy like a battery over winter and erupt into flower in spring. Bulbs are brilliant because they are foolproof plants – hardly anything can go wrong with them. Plant them too deep, too shallow or even upside down and they will [...]

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Wouldn't it be simply wonderful to pick beautiful bouquets from your own community garden? In light, sunny areas of the garden, why not create your very own cutting garden full of your favourite perennial flowers, grasses or herbs. Perfect for giving as gifts, centre pieces for any occasions and for adding stunning colours, [...]

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Cultivation Street is the national campaign to promote and support Britain’s community, schools and neighbourhood gardeners. And in five short years this dynamic campaign has now grown a thriving community of more than a thousand garden projects across the UK. What differentiates Cultivation Street is the strong community of gardeners who encourage and [...]

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Cultivation Street is a national campaign to promote and support Britain’s community gardeners, schools and neighbourhood gardens. The campaign was launched five years ago and has now grown to include a database of over a thousand of the UK’s garden projects. What differentiates Cultivation Street is that it contains strong communities from across [...]

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Cultivation Street is a national campaign to promote and support Britain’s community gardeners, schools and neighbourhood gardens. The campaign was launched five years ago and has now grown to include a database of over a thousand of the UK’s garden projects. It contains a range of strong communities who are encouraging, talking and [...]

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Gardening does take some work, but it should still be fun and not a chore - an activity that all family can enjoy. What could be nicer than sharing your love for all things green with your children? However, many people struggle to get kids in the garden with them. Sound familiar? Then keep [...]

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Cultivation Street is a national campaign to promote and support Britain’s community gardeners, schools and neighbourhood gardens. The campaign was launched five years ago and has now grown to include a database of over a thousand of the UK’s garden projects. It includes a range of strong communities who are encouraging, talking and [...]

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Christmas is an extremely chaotic period for many. Why not turn your attention and love on your garden project? Perhaps even set some goals you'd like to achieve. Are you struggling for inspiration or maybe your garden needs sprucing up after Christmas. Here are some great ideas of activities you can do in [...]

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Cultivation Street is Britain's national gardening campaign backed by the horticultural industry which promotes community and school gardening. Working alongside National Garden Gift Vouchers, the Cultivation Street campaign aims to reward passionate and dedicated community gardeners and tell the stories of successes to inspire others into their own gardening projects. There are [...]

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Cultivation Street was set up to pull together some of the best community gardens across the nation and tell their stories of success. This in turn will motivate others to follow their lead. We've seen all sorts of amazing community gardens from schools and neighbourhoods all getting together to create great outdoor spaces to [...]

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By now your garden projects should be coming into or are in full bloom, so remember to keep photographing it! Even if these aren’t the final photos for your entry, you can show the judges and the Cultivation Street team just how your projects have progressed and developed. Remember to create a record [...]

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