100 UK schools receive Stewart Garden kits
The Stewart Garden Schools Campaign with Pippa Greenwood 2014 took a big step forward this month as entrants received their campaign kits. Comprising a range of gardening products, the kits have enabled participating schools to start growing their own fruit and vegetables from scratch.
The kits, donated to 100 schools throughout the UK include such places as the Isle of Wight, Cumbria, Devon, Somerset, Kent and Stirling.
Inside every kit are three varieties of easy-grow vegetable seeds from Pippa Greenwood’s own range. Compost has been donated by participating garden centres and professional grower's specialist, J Arthur Bowers. Pupils have received a booklet produced by Stewart Garden. The kit also includes:
- 10 scoops
- 5 potting tray & shelves
- 2 x 22cm premium seed trays
- 10 x 22cm kitchen garden propagator sets
- 50 plant pots
- 5 x 70cm Corinthian troughs
- 1 pack of eight x 5 litre watering cans
- 1 x 68cm electric kitchen garden propagators
In total, 100 schools across the UK, from the Isle of Wight to Stirling, are taking part in The Stewart Garden Schools Campaign with Pippa Greenwood 2014. The aim of the competition, which was first launched in 2012, is to encourage pupils to get involved in grow your own. In 2013, 95 schools took part, with the winning prize going to Lough View Integrated Primary School in Belfast.
Also supporting the Stewart Garden Schools Campaign 2014 is the global electronics company, Brother, who has supplied its sophisticated GL200 garden label printer.
Stewart Garden is challenging participating schools to demonstrate creativity and inspiration in the use of their kits. Entries can be submitted through photographs, videos, scrapbooks or slideshows. The top 10 schools will receive a visit from the judges, whose feedback will be collated and analysed. The winner will be announced in September 2014.
The winning school will receive £1,100 to be spent at their local garden centre. Nine runners up will each receive £500, with £100 of each prize being donated by J Arthur Bowers.
Pippa Greenwood is one of Britain’s most popular gardening columnists, a highly respected author and the presenter of several television and radio programmes. Pippa’s regular writing commitments include BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and a monthly page in NFU Countryside Magazine. For eighteen years Pippa was the gardening columnist for The Mirror newspaper.
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Participating Schools:
Grange Park Primary School
Calcott
Stirchley
Telford
TF3 1YQ
Clifton with Rawcliffe Primary School
Eastholme Dr
York
North Yorkshire
YO30 5TA
Poppleton Road Primary school
Poppleton Rd
York
YO26 4UP
Aqueduct Primary School
Castlefields Way
Aqueduct
Telford
TF4 3RP
Coppull St John's C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School
Preston Road
Coppull
Lancashire
PR7 4DU
Gillibrand Primary School
Grosvenor Road
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 2PJ
Heskin Pemberton Church of England Primary School
Withington Lane
Heskin
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 5LU
Orton C of E school
Penrith
Cumbria
CA10 3RG
King William Street C of E Primary School
King William Street
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN1 3LB
Hayes Park School
Raynton Drive
Hayes
Middlesex
UB4 8BE
Ysgol Gymraeg Dyffryn Y Glowyr
Heol Bethel
Lr Cwmtwrch
Powys
SA9 2PT
Ysgol y Cribarth
School Road
Abercraf
Swansea
SA9 1XD
Bruche CP School
Seymour Drive
Padgate
Warrington
WA1 3TT
Cherry Tree Primary School
Hardy Road
Lymm
Cheshire
WA13 0NX
Long Sutton County Primary School
Dick Turpin Way
Long Sutton
Lincs
PE12 9EP
Old Moat Primary School
Old Moat Lane
Withington
Manchester
M20 3FN
Hart Memorial Primary School
Charles Street
Portadown
Craigavon
County Armagh
BT62 4BD
Portfield Primary Academy
St. James road
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 7HA
Fairfield Primary School
Gallowbarrow
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0DX
Eaglesfield Paddle C of E Primary Academy
Eaglesfield
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0QY
St. Patrick’s Catholic Primary School
Derwent Street
Workington
Cumbria
CA14 2DW
Bradley Barton Primary School
Ogwell Mill Road
Bradley Barton
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 1PR
Hampton Lucy C of E Primary School and Nursery
Church lane
Hampton Lucy
Warwickshire
CV35 9TD
Holmes Chapel Primary School
Middlewich Road
Holmes Chapel
Crewe
Cheshire
CW4 7EB
Lough View Integrated Primary School
63 Church Road
Belfast
Antrim
BT6 9SA
Milbourne Lodge Primary School
Arbrook Lane
Esher
Surrey
KT10 9EG
Stone Cross Primary School
Adur Drive
Stone Cross
Pevensey
East Sussex
BN24 5EF
Groombridge St. Thomas School
Corseley road
Groombridge
Tunbridge Wells
TN3 9SF
Frizinghall Primary School
Salisbury Road
Frizinghall
Bradford
West Yorks
BD9 4HP
St.Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School
Mountain View
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0DG
All Saint’s Church of England Primary School
Slatefell Drive
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 9BH
Knayton C of E Primary School
Stockton Road
Knayton
Thirsk North
Yorkshire
YO7 4AN
Hook Lane Primary School
Faraday Road
Welling
Kent
DA16 2ET
Chevening, St Botolph's C.E. Primary School
Chevening Road
Chipstead
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 2SA
Charlton Manor Primary School
Indus Road
London
SE7 7EF
St Peter's Primary School
Stafford Road
Edgmond
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 8JQ
How Wood Primary School
Spooners Drive
How Wood
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL2 2HU
Chesham Primary School Bury
Talbot Grove
Bury
BL9 6PH
Meare Village Primary School
St Marys Road
Meare Glastonbury
Somerset
BA6 9TY
Westonzoyland Community Primary School
Cheer Lane
Westonzoyland
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA7 0EY
Stafford Preparatory School
Burton Manor
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST18 9AT
Cheslyn Hay Primary School
Saredon Road
Cheslyn Hay
Staffordshire
WS6 7JW
St Egwins CE Middle School
Worcester Road
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 4JU
Wilden All Saints CofE Primary School
Wilden Lane
Stourport on Severn
Worcestershire
DY13 9LP
Our Lady of the Assumption RC School
Hawthorne Lane
Tile Hill
Coventry
CV4 9LB
Borestone Primary School
Newpark Road
St Nineans
Stirling
FK7 0QA
Livingston Village Primary School
Kirkton Road
Livingston Village
West Lothian
EH54 7EQ
Buckstone Primary School
Buckstone Loan East
Edinburgh
EH10 6UY
St Margarets Primary School
Salmon Inn Road
Polmonth
Falkirk
FK2 0XF
Broomlands Primary School
Edman Road
Kelso
TD5 7SW
Dalneigh Primary School
St Ninian Drive
Inverness
IV3 5AU
Green Lane Primary School
Ribblesdale Avenue
Garforth
Leeds Yorkshire
LS25
Colton Primary School
School Lane Colton
Leeds Yorkshire
LS15 9AL
High Legh Primary School
Wrenshot Lane
High Legh
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 6NW
Warmsworth Primary School
Mill Lane
Warmsworth
Doncaster
DN4 9RG
Stokesley School
Station Road
Middlesbrough
TS9 5AL
East Cowton Primary School
East Cowton
Northallerton
DL7 0BD
Ysgol Mynydd Isa
Chambers Lane
Bryn-y-Baal Flint
CH7 6SJ
Great Arley School Holly Road
Thornton Cleveleys
Lancashire
FY5 4HH
Houghton Church of England Primary School
Jackson Road
Houghton
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 0PA
Comberbach Primary School
Mather Drive
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 6BG
Wilmslow Grange Primary School
Ullswater Road
Handforth
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 3NG
St Marys Primary School
School Lane
Congleton
CW12 4RG
Whitby Heath Primary School
Wyedale
Whitby
Ellesmere Port
Cheshire
CH65 6RJ
Ysgol Esceifiog
Gaerwen
Anglesey
LL60 6DD
St Luke’s Halsall Church of England Primary School
Cooks Road
Crosby
Liverpool
L23 2TB
Norbury Hall Primary School
Shepley Drive
Hazel Grove
Stockport
Cheshire
SK7 6LE
All Saint’s Church of England Primary School
Tatenhill Lane
Rangemore
Burton on Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 9RW
Woodmansey Church of England Primary School
Hull Road
Beverley
HU17 0TH
Crosland Moor Junior School
Dryclough Road
Crosland Moor
Huddersfield
HD4 5HX
Willows C of E Primary School
Alcester Road
Stratford
CV37 9QN
East Coker School
Main Street East Coker
Somerset
BA22 9HY
Clough Head Junior & Infant School
Bolster Moor Road
Golcar
Huddersfield
HD7 4NW
St Josephs Primary School
Finkil Street
Brighouse
HD6 2NT
Newburn Field Lane School
Burnsall Road
Rastrick
Brighouse
HD6 3JT
St Andrews Church Of England Infant School
Lightcliffe Road
Brighouse
HD6 2HH
Stourport Primary School
Park Avenue
Stourport-On-Severn
Worcestershire
DY13 8SH
St. Macnissis Primary School
23 Agnew Street
Larne
BT36 6UE
Borestone Primary School
Newpark Road
St Ninians
Stirling
FK7 0QA
Gourock Primary
Davidson Drive
Gourock
PA19 1QD
Whinhill Primary
Drumfrochar Road
Greenock
PA15 4EQ
Orchard Road Primary School
Oxford Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 6LW
Longlands Primary School
Woodside Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA15 7JG
Days Lane Primary School
Days Lane
Sidcup
Kent
DA15 8JU
Birkbeck Primary School
Alma Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 4ED
Knockavoe School
10a Melmont Gardens
Strabane
County Tyrone
BT82 9EB
St Mary's Boys School
48 Melmont Road
Strabane
County Tyrone
BT82 9EF
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Stewart - backgrounder
Stewart is the UK market leader in the manufacture and supply of technical plastic moulded products for the gardening, home and professional catering sectors. The company offers an extensive portfolio of products ranging from garden planters and propagators, to food containers and specialist storage products. Three specialist divisions also work across the aerospace, automotive and medical industries.
The company employs 70 permanent staff and 30 seasonal workers at a purpose-built 178,000 sq ft facility in Banbury, Oxon, which opened in September 2012. The factory and distribution centre includes state of the art machinery giving Stewart a world class advantage over its UK competitors.
It enjoyed a turnover of £13 million in 2010.
Stewart is headed by CEO Richard Butler who built his career in the technical plastics and rubber sector and has worked for leading manufacturers in the aerospace and automotive sector.
Originally established in 1945 the company was the subject of a BIMBO (buy-in/ management buyout) in June 2011. ECI, the mid-market private equity specialist, invested £12 million in the company in a deal that valued the business at £17 million.
Stewart Garden produces grow your own products, watering, pots, propagators and garden accessories and sundries. These are available in over 1600 outlets across the UK and Eire including major DIY outlets such as Homebase and Wilkinsons and garden centres across the UK such as Dobbies and Klondyke/Strikes, The Garden Centre Group and some 600 plus independent garden centres.
Stewart Garden plays an active role in the gardening and leisure industry through its membership of:
- GIMA – the Garden Industry Manufacturers Association
- Gardenex – the Federation of Garden and Leisure Manufacturers Limited
- HTA – the Horticultural Trades Association
Stewart won the House Beautiful Best Product Garden Category in 2005 and the Klondyke Dry Goods Supplier Award in 2010. The company was a GIMA Awards - POS Finalist in 2009, and Best of British Finalist in 2011. It’s Heat and Grow Thermostatic Propagator was top in the Which? Gardening Best Buy test on windowsill propagators 2011.
Stewart Home provides food storage and homewares products. These comprise of the Refine, Essentials and Seal Fresh food and drink storage collections, offering hygienic storage in a wide range of colours and shapes.
Stewart Catering supplies the Gastronorm and Seal Fresh food storage ranges to the catering industry and specialist cook shops via wholesale and cash and carry outlets.
Other Stewart divisions are:
Stewart Aerospace
Stewart Automotive
Stewart Medical
Each division of Stewart is BS ISO 9001-2000 and TS16949 accredited and operates from the company’s manufacturing, warehousing and distribution centre in Banbury, Oxon.
For more information visit www.stewartlimited.co.uk
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