25th September 2024
What about edible playgrounds in our schools?
“Edible Playgrounds offer a lively, engaging, multi-sensory way to teach children about growing and eating healthy food. Aside from the physical health benefits that eating well brings, learning in an outdoor environment combats Nature Deficit Disorder and has been shown to increase mental health by boosting mood, confidence and self-esteem. Furthermore, allowing the children to connect with nature develops attentiveness and self-reliance in the pupils, leading to more sustainable behaviours in the long term.” (1)
Equally what about a school orchard?
“With a little maintenance and planning, trees give back so much more than we put into them. But they do need to be cared for, especially in the tender early years of their growth”. (2)
(1) https://www.treesforcities.org/our-work/schools-programme/edible-playgrounds
(2) https://treecouncil.org.uk/grants-and-guidance/our-grants/orchards-for-schools/
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