Gardens for Life

What’s it all about?

Gardens for Life promotes partnerships between schools, children and teachers to share all the learning that can come from gardening and growing food across communities, cultures and countries.

Where does our food come from? Do people in my town eat the same things as other people in the world? Could we grow the food they eat here? How does a seed become a vegetable? How do plants grow in such small places? How do we create a garden to add nutrition to our diet?

Thanks to Gardens for Life, and its partners, children are getting answers to these questions.

Who’s involved?

Over 20,000 children and young people, 400 teachers, with many families and communities (we estimate about 50,000 people in total) in four continents have participated in garden-based teaching and learning and community action and have come to generate new ways of learning about, and living in, an uncertain modern world.

Making a difference

Schools and their communities are gardening, growing crops and ‘talking’ to each other to share their experiences and learn about the major issues concerning food today in a meaningful and interesting way. Preparing children and young people to take on the kind of global citizenship they and the world need is essential to positive progress for everyone.

How can you get involved?

If you're a teacher you may be interested in our professional development courses.

Gardens for Life qualifies your school for the Intermediate Level of the International Schools Award and counts as an international activity (one of seven) toward the Full Award.

What can you do to help?

The Eden Project is wholly owned by the Eden Trust, an educational charity (charity number 1093070). Our main source of income to date has been that raised from visitors to the Eden Project, but to move forward and expand our educational programmes, we need charitable funds. These funds will be used to develop and expand our educational programmes. Find out about the many different ways you can support us

Gardens for Life in the Gambia

Gardens for Life in the Gambia desperately needs money for simple things. Find out how you can help.