Garden Party at Dingwall Academy - Tuesday 24th June - join us if you can!

Come and discover what the Dingwall Academy DiGGers do in their shed - if you dare!

Dingwall Academy, RoWAN (Ross-shire Waste Action Network) and RHET (Royal Highland Education Trust) are pleased to announce the date for our Summer Garden Party.  On Tuesday 24^th June we plan to host primary school pupils from 9.30 to 2.30pm at Dingwall Academy.  There will be a selection of garden activities and horticultural skills practice for those wishing to progress with their “Growing Hub Award”.  Schools are invited to bring produce from their own school gardens to contribute to the lunch table; soup and pupil baking will also be provided.  Representatives from Dingwall Academy DiGGers, Forest School participants and S2 garden classes will be helping out and teaching skills ranging from knots and wigwam building to planting, potting on, watering and composting.  We look forward to the event and hope that the sun shines!

Mulbuie PS Garden - some cool pics

Sun and shade on the honeysuckle (fantastic for insects and birds). Photo taken by Maddie P1/2/3 Mulbuie PS

 

Many hands make light work of fine weeding in the vegetable plot - carrots, beetroot, cabbage, onions - to look forward to after the summer break. Photo taken by Maddie P1/2/3 Mulbuie PS

Mulbuie's compost bins have had a make-over thanks to their janitor.   The compost will go on the empty beds over the winter.

Isn't sage colourful? Photo taken by Maddie P1/2/3 Mulbuie PS

Thanks to Maddie for some really lovely, thoughtful, photographs - inspiration for a possible "R U Up 4 It?" photo competition later in the year.

So lots to look forward to this autumn and winter, which will help pupils at Mulbuie towards the Growing Hub Award. If your school would like to try this easy-to-do Award over a growing year, please ask RoWAN for more details.

What to do with those left-overs - thanks to Conon Brownies

ever wondered what to do with left-over pizza?

Don't waste bread

make more of meat

101 things to do with a banana!

Muirtown and Tarradale now have their very own polytunnels!

 Tarradale Primary School's tunnel

Muirtown Primary School - before 

During

 After

Thanks to Highland Polytunnels and the guys that did a fantastic job putting the tunnels up - both were out up in one day! Staff and pupils at Tarradale and Muirtown are very excited about the opportunities these covered spaces will provide. There will be a lot going on next term. Watch this space ... 

Another tunnel is going to St Clements School in Dingwall in the new term.