Education & the RHS

Eastwick Infant School holds a 'Make and Bake Day' to raise funds for the RHS Bicentenary Glasshouse

Congratulations and a huge thank you to everyone at Eastwick Infant School in Bookham, Surrey, who raised £350 for the RHS Bicentenary Appeal to fund the construction of the new Bicentenary Glasshouse and learning centre at RHS Garden Wisley. What a fantastic achievement!

Pupils in Year 2 took strawberry and lavender cuttings and collected plant seed to sell to school parents along with painted flower pots. Pupils from Year 1 sold scones and jam made in class.

Eastwick has been a member of the Royal Horticultural Society's free School Membership Scheme since last year and runs a successful gardening club. If every one of the 2,900 schools in our Schools Membership Scheme followed suit, they could raise more than a million pounds! If your school would like to raise funds towards the Bicentenary Glasshouse, why not try the following:

• Get green-fingered and hold a sponsored Sunflower Growing competition. Children could get sponsorship for every foot or metre that they grow.
• Hit a high note with Christmas carol singing for donations
• Be creative with home-made Christmas and birthday cards and Christmas decorations. You could recycle old cards or collect leaves and other items from outside to decorate them.
• Celebrate the festive season with a Christmas fête - lucky dips and tombolas are always popular.
• Get active with a sponsored walk - it’s a great way to get some fresh air, work off all those mince pies and raise money for a good cause.
• Make a nature display in your school or local library and suggest a donation from visitors.
• Pipe down! Have a sponsored silence day - definitely a hit with the teachers!
• Set up a plant stall selling plants donated from school parents.
• Tidy up with a sponsored litter pick in your school grounds or local community.