Grow Organic News

In 2010 Ofsted inspectors commented on the benefits of gardening in two of the schools we work in.

The Ofsted report for a local nursery school included the following paragraph:

Members of the Bradford Action for Refugees allotment group have been working on an allotment at Scotchman Road since April 2010.

When the weather has been bad, they have been holding cook and eat sessions, sharing their recipes from around the world, and wherever possible, using produce they have grown themselves on the allotment. They are hoping to produce a recipe booklet at the end of the sessions.

A January broadcast of BBC Gardener's Question Time was recorded in Bradford. Listen to it here

BCEP’s gardening groups are to feature on Radio 4’s Gardeners Question Time following the sell out recording event at Carlisle Business Centre on Tuesday 7th December, where with nearly 180 intrepid gardeners joined  Eric Robson, Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew, and Chris Beardshaw to record a programme of Gardeners Question Time.

Questions from 13 local residents included a pupil from Glenaire Primary School, BCEP’s own Jane Robinson, Shipley Colleges Olive Green and Keighley’s own Pippa Greenwood, much to the delight of the BBC’s Pippa Greenwood.

A recent survey carried out by the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners showed that allotment gardeners save £100s of pounds by growing their own fruit and vegetables.

A gloriously sunny later October morning saw about 20 people from a range of groups gather together at Scotchman Road allotments to harvest the fruits of their labours.

Have you got any gardening questions? Bring them along to the conference room at Carlisle Business Centre on Tuesday 7 December, where BCEP's Grow Organic team is hosting BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time.

Doors open at 5.30pm, and recording will start at 6.30pm and finish at 7.30pm. The programme will be broadcast on 14 January 2011.

Tickets are £2.50 each, which includes light refreshments.