Woodland Horticulture 4 Kids

To inspire and empower young people to enjoy the activities & knowledge in holistic native species tree cultivation and care.

To teach young children (primary school age) the fundamentals of holistic native tree growing through hands-on experience in the The Deer Wood Native Tree Nursery Learning Area.

To demonstrate and encourage children to actively participate in the key stages of holistic tree growing: from seed collection and sowing to woodland compost making and tree planting.

To cover these areas through the key times of the seasons, encouraging hands on experience at all of these stages.

To successfully impart how vitally important this is for future generations - the knowledge that growing trees holistically is fascinating, important and fun.

To gather data and feedback for each session to evaluate the effectiveness of our objectives.

To use ongoing data and feedback to inform and revise the project so that it can be improved and deveoped for scale and rolled out to a whole year group in this and other local schools for a years worth of seasonal sessions.

To liaise closely with local primary schools to achieve our aims.

To inspire schools and the local community with the knowledge of how to successfully grow and care for healthy native species trees, holistically.