Gardens for Life News

Top tips for gardeners in August

Term is over but your garden is still growing. Find out what the Eden Project gardeners are suggesting you do in August (other than sitting in a deckchair).

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Gardens for Life is appealing...

Gardens for Life has been selected as one of BBC Radio 4's Appeals! Monty Don has generously agreed to present the appeal due to broadcast in early September. Money raised will go towards supporting GFL's projects around the world.

Top tips for gardens in July

Creature feature: see our short film on how to keep an eye out for plant pests, plus useful seasonal advice for your garden.

Wide Open Walls

The brainchild of our partners in the Gambia Wide Open Walls took some of the world's greatest graffiti artists to the villages of the Ballabu for a community arts project. It's not about gardening but the following film will hopefully give you a sense of the villages in which GFL Gambia operates.

Top tips for gardeners in June

Summer is officially here, in spirit if not in practice. Ten tips to make the most of your garden in June.

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Older stories

A selection of stories that might still be of interest...

Essential Reading

The RHS's Campaign for School Gardening has published a research report that assesses the benefits of school gardening. If you're struggling to get your school on board then the report The Impact of School Gardening on Learning is essential reading.

Gardens for Summer

Sandra from the Green Team has some useful seasonal hints and tips for your garden and we have a great water feature (well video actually) that shows that watering your garden need not be a chore.

Eden Project at the Chelsea Flower Show

Some great ideas for your garden showcased by our silver medal winning Places of Change Garden. Use our interactive map to navigate around the garden's five themed zones.

See some of the portraits from Jason Florio's epic journey around the Gambia to raise funds for GFL Gambia.

A chance to see some of Jason's images that will feature in our exhibition in the Core this autumn.

The Western Morning News visits Gardens for Life in the Gambia

Jackie Butler from the Western Morning News has visited Gardens for Life in the Gambia, read her article here.

700 Miles

Gardens for Life in the Gambia desperately needs money for simple things that we take for granted -- hoses, fencing, good seeds, tools and basic knowledge transfer.

In November Jason Florio and Helen Jones, along with two Gambian locals, Abdouli Janneh and Mohammed Nije, are undertaking an epic journey – nothing less than an anticlockwise 700-mile walk round the perimeter of the entire country to raise funds for, and awareness of this vital project. For more information see here.

1.4 miles recurring...

It's not just Jason and Helen who have been inspired to help Gardens for Life in the Gambia. Last month Eden learned that Malang Jambang our Gardens for Life coordinator has had his motorbike stolen. Malang needs his motorbike to visit our Gambian schools. On hearing this sorry tale, David Rowe, our Head of PR, immediately set about arranging a sponsored bike ride around the Eden pit rim. Donning helmets and mounting bikes 18 Eden staff roared around the pit rim culminating in a freewheel down into the Rainforest biome.

Operation Imprezza

Find out more about our latest partners in Kenya, Operation Imprezza.