Welcome to Somerset Master Gardeners



 

Garden Organic is delighted to announce our partnership with Somerset Community Food to support volunteer ‘Master Gardeners’ to help communities grow their own food.

Launching Somerset Master Gardeners

Around the country, thousands of people are supported to grow fruit and veg with over 400 lively Master Gardeners. You can read about the proven benefits here for volunteer and communities.

Now is the time to get Somerset skilled up to grow their own food as part of Incredible Edible Somerset – an exciting new training co-operative cultivating the county’s local food web.

What’s happening?

We trained our first volunteer growing mentors from Somerset in March 2013. We’re now looking for local people who would like to start growing food with the advice and support of their enthusiastic Master Gardener.

Please click here to get in touch with the locally-based co-ordinator, Nicole

Or email info@somersetcommunityfood.org.uk or visit http://www.incredible-edible-somerset.ning.com/page/master-gardeners


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We’re creating a model to establish custom networks of volunteer Master Gardeners in more UK areas. More information available here.

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