Trees for Cities

Your memories of school dinners might involve soggy sandwiches or lumpy custard, but today lots of schools are embracing new ventures that celebrate growing and eating good food.

Discover how Edible Playgrounds transform school grounds into vibrant teaching gardens.

Academic research has shown that food-growing in schools has a positive impact on pupils’ diets, attitudes towards healthy eating and levels of physical activity.

These are two of Croydon’s Food Flagship Schools, supported by the Mayor of London, and they’re leading the way in encouraging the local people to grow and eat healthy food.

Edible Playgrounds: who we work with.

Our partner Bulb, give handy tips to keep your workplace green.

We run a number of schools programmes to help connect children to tree planting and the world of nature. Learn more here.

This season we’ve yet again done what we do best: planted trees, spruced up cities and created Edible Playground so kids can grow and sow their own healthy food.

In our new series, our Edible Playgrounds team shares their knowledge of planting and growing, and learning outside. Take note!

It’s all over social media and the blogosphere, but how easy is it to go Zero Waste? For #ZeroWasteWeek, we’re examining 5 easy ways to dash the trash.

The acorn that has grown into a wildwood, and inspired a movement to re-wild childhood.

From a vegetable vending machine to four-year old aspiring radish chefs - this Liverpool school is making the most of their Edible Playground.