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The Playground Potting Shed Dominic Murphy

The Playground Potting Shed By Dominic Murphy

The Playground Potting Shed by Dominic Murphy


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Summary

Relating how he helped his local school establish a garden and grow an array of flowers, fruit and vegetables during term-time, the author describes the triumphs and the setbacks he encountered while getting the gardening club off the ground, and shares advice on environmentally friendly pest control to avoid troublesome varieties of vegetables.

The Playground Potting Shed Summary

The Playground Potting Shed: Gardening with Children Made Simple by Dominic Murphy

This title is the winner of Garden Media Guild Award for Young Gardener Initiative recommended by BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time. In The Playground Potting Shed, Dominic Murphy relates how he helped his local school establish a garden and grow a stunning array of flowers, fruit and vegetables during term-time. Week by week, he describes the small triumphs and inevitable setbacks he encountered while getting the gardening club off the ground, and shares friendly advice on everything from environmentally friendly pest control to avoiding troublesome varieties of vegetables. The result is a timely and inspiring guide that is guaranteed to get young people gardening.

The Playground Potting Shed Reviews

A great guide for little growers. I wish this invaluable term-time action plan had been around when I was at school -- Toby Buckland Gardeners' World

About Dominic Murphy

Dominic Murphy is former Gardening Editor of the Guardian and is now a freelance journalist. He lives in Dorset with his family, where he keeps chickens and tends his own well-stocked garden.

Additional information

GOR003179177
9780852652091
0852652097
The Playground Potting Shed: Gardening with Children Made Simple by Dominic Murphy
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Guardian Books
2006-03-03
272
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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