Edible playgrounds landscape contractors

Edible playgrounds landscape contractors – express your interest

Project Brief
Trees for Cities (TfC) is the only UK charity working at a national and international scale to improve lives by planting trees in cities. We get stuck in with local communities to cultivate lasting change in their neighbourhoods – whether it’s revitalising forgotten spaces, creating healthier environments or getting people excited about growing, foraging and eating healthy food. 

Edible Playgrounds transform school grounds into vibrant outdoor teaching gardens that inspire hands-on learning and get children excited about growing and eating healthy food. They help improve health and wellbeing, open up access to nature, and provide a fun outdoor learning environment that supports cross-curriculum teaching.  

The Edible Playgrounds programme offers a comprehensive service comprising engagement of the whole school community, design, build, planting with pupils, teacher training, and planning support throughout the academic year. 

The uniqueness and value of the programme lies in embedding food-growing into the school curriculum across all subjects so that teachers learn to teach through gardening, not to become gardeners themselves. This approach builds teachers’ skills and confidence to use Edible Playground in fresh, innovative ways as an outdoor teaching resource.

We are looking for expressions of interest from Landscape Contractors to construct around 30 Edible Playgrounds across the UK.

Next Steps
Click below to apply and register your interest.

Interested organisations should return expressions of interest no later than 12 noon on Friday 1st March 2019