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Become a Master Gardener

Become a Master Gardener

Thank you for your interest in becoming a south London Master Gardener Volunteer role

engaging at West Norwood Feast

  • Master Gardeners help bring together growing groups and initiatives unique to Wandsworth, Lambeth, and Southwark, and fringes of boroughs beyond (Lewisham, Bromley, Croydon, Merton and Kingston Upon Thames).
  • Each has their own innovative ways of promoting the benefits of growing your own, such as events, talks, articles, and through community groups and schools.
  • Each Master Gardener supports 10 households or groups beginning to grow their own food, offering seasonal advice and support for 12 months.
  • Volunteers ‘graduate’ as Master Gardeners after 30 hours a year volunteering (about half a day a month). Most continue beyond.
  • They feedback their hours, activities, successes and problems to their south London volunteer co-ordinator, Fiona Law.

Support

  • Full Master Gardener foundation training (two-day course) supported by dedicated manual and interactive website.

    South London Master Gardeners during training

  • Active support from the south London volunteer co-ordinator, Fiona Law, includingone-to-one guidance, in-service training, newsletters, and factsheets.
  • Part of a community of Master Gardeners promoting food growing around the UK.
  • Free resources, badge, clothing, safe working policies, insurance, expenses, awards, Garden Organic membership and discounted Grow Your Own magazine subscription

    • Click here to read about our foundation training in April 2011,

    and here to read about our training in September 2011.

    Questions and application

    Master Gardener polo-shirt

    Please contact me with any questions and application requests. Since Master Gardeners work with the public, we carry out reference checks.

    Not in south London? We have Master Gardeners supporting food growing in Islington. If you’re further afield, see our other areas, or contact us to help us start a Master Gardener programme near you.

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