The children who attend the Nursery have been planting, watering and watching their produce grow, as well as discussing healthy living and life cycles. The children have measured and monitored the growth of their food, before helping to prepare the fruit and vegetables for eating.

This new scheme follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which states that early years settings should ‘provide suitable experiences for young children to enable them to understand what healthy living is.’ Growing and nurturing vegetables from seeds or cuttings will encourage the skills needed to ensure the plants grow, including communication, physical development, problem solving and personal development.

This scheme also aims to provide the nursery with control over the produce they provide to the children. The home grown fruit and vegetables will offer fewer or no pesticides, no genetic modification, more flavour and a reduction in pollution created by transport.