November 2011 - Lucy on Dublin City Fm - The Sod Show

I met up with and had an informal chat with landscaper and radio presenter Peter Donegan who presents The Sod Show, a gardening programme on Dublin City Fm every Friday at 3pm. We met in November in The Loft Bookshop, which is upstairs in The Twisted Pepper, to have a chat about the importance of growing and eating our own food, especially in relation to educating children about the importance of growing your own food and thinking about where it comes from. We talked specifically about 'The Year Round Organic Garden', the book I co-wrote with Kerry Earth Education Project and Irish Seed Savers aimed at helping teachers set up school gardens. We talked about the importance of people growing their own food, and the misconceptions around 'dirty' vegetables and unusually shaped vegetables, looking at how we've become obsessed with clean, straight vegetables, and we nearly won't eat anything that looks different to what our perception of what a carrot or a tomato is and looks like!  Check it out!

http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2011/11/25/the-sodshow-friday-25th-november-dublin-garden-radio-podcast/

School Organic Garden Book - practical guide for teachers

Kick start autumn in the school garden with this pracical teacher's guide...


The Year Round Organic School Garden
 - ON SALE NOW -

 'The Year Round Organic School Garden'  is a hands on manual for teachers and anyone working in schools setting up school gardens with children!

I co-wrote the book with KEEP and Irish Seedsavers, so if you're at all interersted in the book, they're selling at 17 euros, to buy them contact me on 087 6508226 or email growingardens@gmail.com and we'll be in touch!

*NEW* & ON SALE NOW - 'The Year Round Organic School Garden'

The Year Round Organic School Garden

- ON SALE NOW -

Kerry Earth Education Project and Irish Seedsavers have just brought out their joint publication - 'The Year Round Organic School Garden', which is a hands on manual for teachers and anyone working in schools setting up school gardens with children. It's been a long road to finally get it to this stage, so I'm really excited about it! I co-wrote the book with KEEP and Irish Seedsavers, and I've been doing the hard slog of editing and getting it to the printers, and it surely has been a learning curve, but well worth it when you see the finished product. So, if you're at all interersted in the book, they're selling at 15 euros, to buy them contact me on 087 6508226 or email growingardens@gmail.com and we'll be in touch, it should be going to some of the good, small bookshops near you!