May 30th, 2013 by Waitrose
On 17 May 2013, Allyson Walker, personnel manager of Waitrose Rohais, talked to students in year five and six at the Forest Primary School about the benefits of healthy eating. Mrs Walker was one of nearly 1,000 Waitrose Partners to promote healthy eating in schools to almost 15,000 pupils throughout the British Isles to mark […]
May 12th, 2013 by Waitrose
Waitrose ‘Grow and Sell’ initiative aims to encourage seven to eleven year old children across the UK and Channel Islands to grow their own produce and sell it to Waitrose customers. The initiative, in association with the Waitrose farm on the Leckford Estate, aims to inspire over 100,000 children to grow their own produce during […]
July 12th, 2012 by Bedell Group
Notre Dame du Rosaire Primary School has won this year’s Bedell Little Green Fingers Schools’ Project Competition – sponsored by Bedell in association with Floral Guernsey. The competition’s runners up were Forest Primary School and St Sampson’s Infants School jointly. The Bedell Little Green Fingers Schools’ Project Competition is designed to help Bailiwick children understand […]
July 1st, 2012 by Bedell Group
Judges spent two days visiting island schools taking part in this year’s Little Green Fingers Schools’ Project Competition – sponsored by Bedell in association with Floral Guernsey. Phil Merrien, Manager for Parks and Gardens at States Works and Bob Paine from Guernsey Gardens, visited eight schools on 27 and Thursday 28 June 2012 with Ann […]
May 17th, 2012 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards
“Go online, enter this year’s Conservation Awards competition and win funding for your environmental project.” That is the message from organisers of the new-look Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. “In the past we have rewarded successful conservation projects but for 2012 we are changing the emphasis to help fund ideas and potential initiatives,” said competition founder […]
May 15th, 2012 by Bedell Group
Ten of the island’s schools are taking part in this year’s Little Green Fingers Schools’ Project Competition – sponsored by Bedell in association with Floral Guernsey. The competition, launched by BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Alys Fowler, aims to help Bailiwick children to understand environmental issues and experience gardening at school. The schools gardening competition runs […]
October 21st, 2011 by Bedell Group
THE Little Green Fingers Schools’ Project – sponsored by Bedell in association with Floral Guernsey – aims to help Bailiwick children to understand environmental issues and experience gardening at school. The school gardening competition runs for a year and winners will be announced in July 2012. The first prize winner will be offered the choice […]
April 20th, 2011 by Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards
Environmentalists and eco-friendly gardeners have just a few more days to enter this year’s Insurance Corporation Conservation Awards. The event, which has a £2000 prize, is open to any private individual, club, company or organisation and to any educational institution, has been running for 21 years. Islanders have until Tuesday 26 April to get their […]