Exciting opportunity to manage and promote the Master Gardener Programme in Islington and neighbouring North London boroughs. The Master Gardener Programme We recruit, train, and support volunteer ‘Master Gardeners’ to become food growing mentors/ambassadors for households and communities. Funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme, Sheepdrove Trust, and in North London by the [...]

We are expanding the thriving network of South London Master Gardeners. Since the programme launched in June 2010, our now 70+ wonderful volunteers have helped thousands of local residents grow food. Do you have at least two years’ experience growing fruit and veg?  Can you share your knowledge and enthusiasm with beginner growers? We are [...]

South London 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 [...]

The South London Master Gardeners had a bumper crop of activityin the autumn of 2011. There are: 72 volunteers supporting community growing and mentoring households 24 new MGs joined the programme at our fourth foundation training in September training and boosted numbers significantly. After the 12-month reviews with our second cohort from October 2011 (two [...]

Leafmould is a free source of some of the best organic matter. What’s more, making it and using it is best organic practice!  Leafmould makes a great mulch and when it’s mature and sieved, and you can add lit to loam to make a great seed compost.  Another plus is that  you get loads of [...]