Are you working with a school group? The Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association runs a competition each year for schools developing a growing garden.  The award is presented to four Norfolk Schools who submit plans to develop a school garden for growing fruit and vegetables during the school year. This year four individual cash prizes of [...]

Yesterday evening saw us sorting through our box of seeds and drawing up our allotment planting plan.   3, 4 or 5 year crop rotation – that’s the question.   The answer; whichever you like.  A typical 3-year crop rotation includes legumes, brassicas and roots, but with 4 years we can include alliums or potatoes [...]

In true gardener style, Norfolk Master Gardeners braved the frosty roads and came together at West Lexham Village Hall to catch up with new friends, share their current volunteering successes and take a look forward for plans for Spring 2011. We were greeted by perfect hosts, Ed & Ali, who served up warming mulled wine [...]

Norwich Community Agriculture is seeking a full time grower / farm manager to run two organic vegetable growing sites – a 4-acre CSA and a 2-acre school market garden. They are looking for someone with strong organic horticulture skills and ideally some experience of growing at a market garden scale. It will be a hands-on [...]

What an exciting experience for Master Gardeners – Nancy & Gabbie were invited on air with Karen Buchanan on BBC Radio Norfolk on her weekly gardeners’ hour. Click here to listen again (second hour but the full programme is worth a listen) Click here to find a Master Gardener near you.