Why us?

Thinking of a school garden? You've come to the right place.

We're the largest outdoor learning provider in Ireland. 

We provide absolutely everything from seeds & soil to greenhouses & woodlands.
 
We're the school garden experts & make the process as simple as possible for you.

​How we CAN help

Designs & Packages

We can design & deliver everything from outdoor classrooms to mini-woodlands.

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Each day, the average young person spends...

MINUTES ON SCREENS

MINUTES IN NATURE

Why a school garden?

1) Natural, outdoor spaces boost young people's physical & mental wellbeing including:

• Higher levels of happiness
• Better attention
• Less anxiety
• More creativity
• Higher levels of responsibility

• Increased empathy
• Creates a sense of wonder & awe
• More physical exercise
• Did you know that handling soil/ microbe releases serotonin in the brain which improves mood.

2) Time spent outdoors is the perfect solution to excessive screen time which is linked to:

• ​Delayed learning
• ​Diabetes
• Obesity
• Sleep deprivation

• Behavioural issues
• Anxiety 
• Social interaction problems
• Did you know,  that such is the extreme levels of screen time, 50% of the world population is predicted to be myopic by 2050 (neartsightedness)... we’re changing the shape of our eyeballs!

3) Outdoor learning nurtures an eco-literate generation emotionally & technically capable of tackling the climate & biodiversity challenges.

Funding

There are lots of opportunities for funding available to support your project:

• ​CLÁR Funding
• Education for Sustainable Development
• Deposit return scheme (container/receipt collection)
• STEM Learning Grant
• Healthy Ireland funding via your local county council
• Per Cent for Art Scheme
• ​Wind Energy Community Funds (see local supplier)
• Standard school fundraisers 
• Creative Schools
• Nature Hero Awards
• Discretionary funding from local county councillors
• Parents' skills bank
• Solar Farm Community Funds (see local supplier)

• Corporate sponsorship from nearby companies​
• TidyTowns Groups
• Intel Pride of Place Competition (Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth)
• Drehid Grant Scheme (Kildare only)
• Irish Youth Foundation (various funds)
• Community Environment Action Fund
• ​​Crowdfunding websites (such as GoFundMe)
• Chat to your local county council Environmental Awareness Officer, Heritage Officer, Climate Officer or Biodiversity Officer.
• ​Turn your school garden into a community garden (depending on site suitability; helps funding and upkeep over holidays)
• Community Foundation Ireland
• Change X

school garden ideas

Here are some ideas of what to include in your garden:

- Outdoor classroom
- Pond
- Bird feeders
- Bird boxes
- Bug hotels
- Decaying materials
- Orchards
- Hedgehog house
- Murals
- Spring bulbs
​- Den building
​- Reading benches
​- Maze
​- Nature trail
​- Geodome

- Meadow
- Composter
​- Contemplation area
- Succession flowering
​- Mud kitchens
- Native trees
- Native hedgerows
​- Greenhouse/ Polytunnel
​- Gardening club
- Rainwater harvester
- Sensory Pathways
- Sound wall
- Compass
​- Tree trail
​- Outdoor blackboards

- Raised beds
- Sensory garden
- Wildflower areas
- Pollinator beds
- Night gardens
- Bird baths
- Bee banks
- Wormery
​- Bug door
- Willow dome
​- Music walls
- Wellbeing areas
​- Sundial
​- Outdoor wildlife signs
- Sheltered/ covered area

- Leaf pile
- Log piles
- Wild areas
- Herbs
- Fruit bushes
​- Deadhedge
- Bog garden
​- Fairy Garden
- Bat boxes
- Mini-woodland
- Hens
​- Water walls
- Wildlife Cameras
- Weather stations
- Bird hide