Hi. So, this is my first blog as a Seeds of Change Apprentice. I've been working at Garden Organic for a little over a month now, so it seems like a good time for an update. I've been given the Vegetable Kingdom garden to take care of, and during the first three weeks I spent a lot of time working with Lindsay, the previous gardener, as she handed the garden over to me. We did a lot of planting out, and spent some time going through her notes and plans while I tried to absorb as much information as possible!
In other news, the gardens team as a whole have been waging a small war against weeds, which insist on growing everywhere. And it doesn't matter how carefully you weed an area of soil, 5 minutes later when you look again, there will be more.
Claire, Helen and myself were also given the opportunity to work at the Garden Organic stand at the Chelsea Flower Show. The most enjoyable part was getting to see the "behind the scenes" bit during the breakdown at the end of the show. Chatting to other exhibitors and seeing how some of those amazing gardens are put together was worth the 19 hour day! We also got a lot of interest in our One Pot Pledge campaign, so hopefully there'll be even more home grown produce around for people to share with each other.
Helen, Claire and myself have also had a lot of fun creating our first video diaries. We spent several days in the gardens filming each other and trying to learn very quickly how to edit video. The results are here for all to see, and we've already got a lot of ideas for the next instalment!
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