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The Growing Schools Garden

Innovative website set up to accompany the award-winning Growing Schools Garden at the Hampton Court Flower Show. Contains a wealth of ideas for learning outside the classroom both within and beyond the school grounds.

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This website was created in 2008 so some material, such as curriculum links or suppliers, may be out of date, but it is still good source of inspiration for learning outside the classroom, with many case studies

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