The Great Green Gardener's Question Time, a joint venture between SEA and St Stephen's School was held at the school on March 27th. It was a huge success, being enjoyed by over 100 people.
The panel of 5 consisted of Derek Holley (our Mayor at the time and ex science teacher), Sean O'Neill (Keverall Farm Veg. Box. Scheme), Tess Wilmot (permaculture teacher), Sue Minter (ex Head of horticulture from the Eden Project), and Penny Hammond (head Gardener from Saltram Park). Roger CO chaired the event in a relaxed and lively manner.
There was piano and accordian accompaniment, musical entertainment from St Stephen's pupils, home-baked locally sourced and fairtrade refreshments which were donated by SEA members and raffle prizes (plants and seeds from the school and a veg. box donated by Sean).
There was a follow up on Tuesday 28th April when Derek Holley used his expenses money from SEA to present an apple tree to the school and Ruth Mason presented a cheque for £200 (the profits from the event) for the school to use for their eco projects. Ruth took along a basket of apples and the children were asked questions about apple trees and received apples as a reward.
Great Green Gardeners Question Time poster (