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The Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund is now closed for 2009 applications Over 400 projects have been awared with funding, 84 of the schemes are either school gardens, community gardens or allotments. Applications for 2010 will be announced in February - read more
Trevor’s Kitchen Garden
Obama's doing it...
... so why don't you?!
The Obama family will dig up the White House lawn to grow organic vegetables. This decision shows the importance the Obama family attributes to food growing.
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Garden designer Fionnuala Fallon has written the first article in a series for the Irish Times on growing your own food. In this article, she outlines her interest in the subject and looks at the OPW's organic walled garden in the Phoenix Park.