African gardens
Grow vegetables in the UK. . . African style!
Introduce your children to the world of growing plants through the experience of children in African countries. These resources give practical ideas that are fun to make, help promote recycling and bring pupils one step closer to the reality of life for poor families in Africa. Recreate an African garden in your school grounds by making Bag or Keyhole gardens, creating handwashing devices, playing African games and making wire 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 different categories. These activities are ideal for schools working towards Eco-School status.
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Bag Gardens
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, and learning about healthy eating and life in an African country. These mini-gardens make the most of good soil and compost, waste water, are easy to weed and can be grown in schools - bringing a global dimension to Science. There’s also a competition that year 9 and under can enter! Use the links below for a fun explanation and resources - where you can also order a superb Bag Garden Starter Kit.
www.cowforce.com/african-gardens
www.sendacow.org.uk/africangardensRate and read reviews of Bag Gardens
Categories: Bag gardens, Bag gardens, Green poster and Science
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How to make a Keyhole Garden
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. There are two types of designs featured here: the rocky Lesothan version and the lower East African style version. See how we made one in the UK in the Powerpoint file and then make your own and enter our competition for free! 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
- African_Gardens_Rules.pdf
- Keyhole_Gardens_Entry_Form.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!
Sponsor a sunflower for Send a Cow - tallest wins!
Add a splash of colour to your home or school garden this Summer 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. Find out more, including how to order a kit by visiting our sunflower kit page, or call 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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Bag Gardens in the UK - video clip
See what this school did with their gardens
Staff and pupils got a lot out of making their Bag Gardens, 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.
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Categories: Bag gardens and Bag gardens
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Book a free speaker
Find out more about Africa and Send a Cow - book now!
If you would like to find out more about our work and help pupils learn about life in African countries, why not book a speaker to come and give a talk? We have ‘Ambassadors’ around the country who speak about Send a Cow - many of them have first-hand experience of our projects. They often use Powerpoint slides, DVDs and visual props, and are a great way of bringing our work to life in an assembly, workshop or lesson. So, to add to pupils’ learning or help with fundraising, call our bookings secretary, Jodie Sampson on (01531) 821751, or email Alternatively, download and print out the speaker booking form below.
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Categories: Assemblies, Book a free speaker and Other useful stuff
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