Growing Wild Garden

As part of the Growing Food for the Future Project the Trust working with Martin Allen decided to completely revamp the schools garden here at Margrove Heritage Centre. The brief given to Martin was to create to create an edible and wildlife garden packed full with inspiration on new, easy ways to grow fruit and vegetables, as well as a number of learning opportunities for the schools that visit.
He took on the challenge and with the help of Trust staff especially Amy Carrick and volunteers a splendid multifunctional garden was created. You can see the story behind the garden here.
The garden is divided into several sections all with a mixture of plants many edible and wildlife friendly.
The vegetables are all grown in large tubs so that they are easier to look after; not too much weeding and only a spot of watering required if it gets hot and dry in the summer. When the garden was first put in we used to get the vegetables as plug plants from Rocket gardens – all we had to do is pop them in the soil and then pick them when they are ready to eat.

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