2012 is certainly a year where many people have decided to start growing their own fruit and vegetables.  Our Norfolk Master Gardeners have been in high demand across the county and already 15 households have registered to receive their free 12 months support and enquiries continue to come through our website contact us facility. There [...]

Norfolk volunteers will support hundreds more residents to grow their own food thanks to a six month extension of the Master Gardener programme. This is thanks to the ongoing support from the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme, together with Sheepdrove Trust and our local partners. The current programme will now run from September 2009 [...]

Three  Master Gardeners from Thorpe pitched up at the Christmas Fair in Thorpe river green.  We brought herbs and mistletoe to sell for charity, garlic to plant and give away and Farm Share information and a basket or two of seasonal veg from the site. These various routes into wonderful food-growing discussions encouraged lots of [...]

Master Gardener, Bev Page is nurturing food growing skills at the SureStart Centre in Watton.  “I got the opportunity to become involved with the SureStart Centre in Watton some time ago,” says Bev.  “We had always spoken about gardening together but nothing had ever been cemented.  Last year the opportunity arose again and after talking in the garden [...]

The Flagship Community Initiative Fund has enabled the birth of an exciting new food-growing project in Swaffham. The aim of this project is to equip Flagship tenants with the knowledge and skill to grow food in their own gardens. Practical hands-on workshops, resources, individual mentoring and support will be available, both at the allotment and [...]