Further resources

Watering Sweetcorn_Garden Organic

What else is available?

Top Tips

Holiday garden care

  • Holiday care of the garden advice (Holiday Care B4)
  • Holiday care of the garden activity (Activity sheet A17)
  • Setting up a watering rota (Activity sheet A23)
  • See checklist for holiday care of the garden below, T6:

Checklists and record sheet

  • Checklists and record sheets (T1 to T8)

Children's Books

Celebrate food growing and learning English with curriculum activities. Choose from a huge range of books for Early Years:

With synopses for books including:

  • Dominic Grows Sweetcorn by Mandy Ross and Alison Bartlett
  • I will not ever never eat a tomato by Lauren Child
  • Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French and Alison Bartlett
  • Picnic by John Burningham
  • We're Going on a Picnic! by Pat Hutchins
  • The World Came to My Place Today by Jo Readman and Ley Honor Roberts
  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr

Further FGSL resources

  • Competitions and Funding - food growing doesn’t need to cost the earth. Find out about a range of exciting competitions, offers and funding that will kick start your growing and help you to celebrate your school food growing success: Competitions
  • Community Support - don’t go it alone. Discover the growing community around you - local authorities, volunteers and businesses on your doorstep who can give your school food growing support. Find support in your borough: Support, including Corporate Volunteering via Corporate Connect.
  • Career development for young people - visit our Careers webpage to find information and inspiration about careers in horticulture for young people, including 'Grow' - THE place for information on careers, courses and jobs in horticulture.