Get Your School Growing with Elmsleigh Shopping Centre!

1 comment Posted on March 5th, 2010

‘Get Schools Growing’ is the third instalment of Elmsleigh’s ongoing campaign to ‘Get Staines Growing’, which begun back in 2009 with the aim to educate shoppers on protecting the environment and teach youngsters how to grow their own fruit and veg. This part of the campaign will see local pupils launching crusades to get their own school growing and competing to win a fantastic raised bed allotment and seeds, donated by Urban Allotments, plus gardening equipment and expert advice after the installation from Vermeulens to help the winning school make the most of their brand new vegetable patch.

From Saturday 6 March until Sunday 11 April Buckland Primary School, Kingscroft Junior School, Manorcroft Primary School, Shortwood Infant School, Staines Preparatory School and Stanwell Fields School are all on a mission to win this brilliant prize by getting the most amount of votes at www.getschoolsgrowing.co.uk, so look out for posters, letters, leaflets and children banging down your door to get your vote!

Top jobs for January

1 comment Posted on January 15th, 2010

Gardener’s World has long been the stalwart of all gardening news and information. And in these wintery and difficuly times, where else better to find out what to do at this time of the year!

Welcome to 2010!

No comments Posted on January 14th, 2010

The weather has forced us all into hibernation, but there are still jobs to be done in your gardens and allotments and we can still all shop ethically of course! Check out some top tips and ideas in our next few posts.

2010 will be a busy year for the Get Staines Growing project. We have some exciting announcements coming very soon, so be sure to check back regularly!

Food for Thought this October Half Term at the Elmsleigh Centre

No comments Posted on October 19th, 2009

This October half term, Elmsleigh Shopping Centre in Staines will be continuing its mission to ‘Get Staines Growing’, by hosting a fantastic family food event on Saturday 24th October and children’s workshops on Tuesday 27th October.

From 10am-4pm on Saturday 24th, shoppers will be treated to amazing food carving displays, demonstrating how to make healthy food fun for the whole family. The event will be run in partnership with local garden centre, Vermeulens, and online grow-your-own specialists Urban-Allotments.com, who will both be in-Centre on the day handing out free seeds, offering expert advice and giving away some amazing prizes.

October at The Elmsleigh Centre, plus top tips for growing-your-own this winter

No comments Posted on October 1st, 2009

On Saturday 24th October, the Elmsleigh Shopping Centre in Staines will continue its campaign to ‘Get Staines Growing’ by hosting a fantastic food event.

The Centre has partnered with Staines garden centre, Vermuelens, and online grow-your-own specialists Urban-Allotments.com to host a day of foodie themed fun and freebies. There’ll be fabulous food carving displays throughout the day, free ‘Grow You Own’ packs for shoppers (while stocks last), expert advice on healthy eating and what to grow when, and some amazing prizes to be won on the day.