African gardens
Grow vegetables in the UK. . . African style!
Introduce your children to the world of growing plants through the lives of children in African countries! These free resources give fun, practical ideas that bring Africa to life and count towards Eco-School status, we also sell fantastic kits that help get you started. You can use these resources to create an African garden in your school grounds by making Bag Gardens or Keyhole Gardens, creating a handwashing device, growing sunflowers, playing African games, eating African foods and making recycled toys. Through learning by doing, you can discuss poverty, climate change and encourage healthy eating, and then why not enter into the African Gardens Competition! Use the menu on the left to view the different resource categories.
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Gardening advice from a watering can!
Little gems of organic advice from Mr Tomato Head
Need some pointers for your African Garden? Or just want to get your pupils thinking about how they can have fun in your school garden by trying out some ideas? Then visit Mr Tomato Head’s ‘Can of Wisdom’ on our fantastic kids’ website, Cowforce.com, for a delightful, interactive way to gain excellent advice!
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Categories: Cool stuff and Gardening advice
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Olinga’s climate change game
Learn how a Ugandan boy is preparing for climate change
Using this fun game, case study and Powerpoint, you can help pupils to understand how climate change is already affecting families in African countries. Olinga from Uganda is an encouraging example of how using simple methods (some can be tried out in your school) and hard work can help people be more food secure for the future. At the same time, this resource will help pupils to think about their own use of energy and resources in the UK.
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Bag Garden Starter Kits
Small gardens, ideal for small hands
Bag Gardens are a type of African garden that Send a Cow teaches families how to make in Africa. They are also a great way to get your pupils involved in a growing project, learning about healthy eating and life in an African country - with plenty of related resources and images to help you. These mini-gardens make the most of good soil, compost and waste water, are easy to weed and can be grown in schools - bringing a global dimension to many subject areas. Use the links below for a fun explanation and to view other African Gardens activities - you can also use the leaflet to order and find out more about Bag Garden Starter Kits (or call us on 01225 874222).
www.cowforce.com/african-gardens
www.sendacow.org.uk/africangardensRate and read reviews of Bag Garden Starter Kits
Categories: Bag gardens, Bag gardens, Green poster and Science
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How to make a Keyhole Garden - Starter Kits
Advice for two designs of the African garden
Keyhole Gardens are a great addition to any school grounds and a really useful technique used across Send a Cow projects. And you can buy a Starter Kit to get you going, containing seven seed types commonly grown in Uganda, growing and building advice, info on how the crops are used in Uganda and coloured seed markers. The two files below also help to show the Ugandan style version and the rocky Lesothan version. See how we made a Ugandan style garden in the UK in the Powerpoint and then make your own using our kit and enter the competition! Preview videos featuring keyhole gardens from our Cabbages and Cowpats DVD using the link below.
- How_to_make_a_Keyhole_Garden_East_African_style.pdf
- How_to_make_a_Keyhole_Garden_Lesotho_style.pdf
- This_is_our_Keyhole_Garden.pdf
- Keyhole_Garden_UK.ppt
- Gardens_background.pdf
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Categories: Keyhole gardens
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Cabbages and Cowpats DVD (+Welsh)
A fun DVD about Africa and Send a Cow
Our brand new ‘Cabbages and Cowpats’ DVD has been produced for primary schools and group use. It features short films about children’s lives in Lesotho, African gardens and Send a Cow’s work in Africa. The DVD is strong on promoting sustainability and healthy eating, it’s accompanied by toe-tapping music, engaging animations and an easy-to-follow storyline - much of it has a Welsh language option. Your kids will watch it until the cows come home! Watch some clips using the links. To buy a copy for just £6 (including p&p) call us on (01225) 874 222. Or use the order form.
www.cowforce.com/cabbages-and-cowpats
www.youtube.com/cowforceRate and read reviews of Cabbages and Cowpats DVD (+Welsh)
Categories: Visual aids, DVDs, Keyhole gardens, Geography and Other useful stuff
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Grow a Ugandan garden
Have a look at our seed trial blog!
This year, a small number of people will be trial growing some plants that you might find in a Ugandan garden. Although we cannot allocate any more seeds, you can collect some hints and tips and find out which plants are being grown and how everyone is getting on by visiting our ‘Ugandan garden blog’.
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Categories: African garden ideas
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Climate change in Africa - information boxes
Why going green matters for Africa
Africa is the continent most likely to be hardest hit by climate change. These information boxes could form a display to help pupils think about the importance of being green. The facts outline some of the possible affects of climate change and should be carefully set in the context of positive steps that pupils can carry out in the UK, as well as the positive work of Send a Cow - helping families to grow food in a sustainable way.
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Categories: Facts & figures, Geography and Other useful stuff
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Sponsor a Sunflower Kits
Sponsor a sunflower for Send a Cow - the tallest wins!
Add a splash of colour to your home or school garden by ordering our Sponsor a Sunflower Kit. Growing sunflowers is a great activity for children to do over the Summer Holidays as they grow so quickly (taking between 75 and 90 days), with the Russian Mammoth sunflowers growing up to 12ft tall! As the sunflowers climb higher, your children will be helping African families and learning about why they grow their sunflowers too. You can use the sponsor form provided if you want to use your own sunflower seeds and the images from our sunflower gallery to make a classroom display. Order a kit and find out more by either visiting our sunflower kit page, using this leaflet or calling us on (01225) 874 222.
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Categories: African garden ideas and Fun ideas
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Keyhole Gardens in Lesotho - video clip
Find out how Keyhole Gardens are used at home & school
School children in Lesotho show how to make a Keyhole Garden, click on the play button to find out more. This video is hosted on YouTube, if you have restricted access to this site (as is the case in some Primary schools) you will not be able to view this video online.
The high-quality version of this video can be found on our Cabbages & Cowpats DVD.
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Categories: DVDs and Keyhole gardens
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Bag Gardens in Uganda - video clip
Hope from Uganda shows how to make a Bag Garden
Hope and her friends make a Bag Garden, click on the play button to find out more. This video is hosted on YouTube, if you have restricted access to this site (as is the case in some Primary schools) you will not be able to view this video online.
The high-quality version of this video can be found on our Cabbages & Cowpats DVD. Order a copy here.
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