Skool Beanz ‘Children’s Gardening’ Adult Day Courses 2026 👩🏾🤝👨🏼
If you are interested in creating your own Children’s garden or simply want to learn top tips to engage children in the garden, this is the course for you.
Skool Beanz Adult Course Dates:
Sun 29 March
Sun 12 April
Sun 31 May
Sun 28 June
Sun 19 July
Sun 13 September
Sun 11 October
10am-4pm
£95. Lunch included.
Book via our website:
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Hello New Followers!
I’m Lara + I run Skool Beanz CIC gardening club for children aged 4+ from our very own children’s allotment in my village of Chilthorne Domer, near Yeovil in South Somerset UK.
We run weekly after-school, weekend + holiday clubs from mid February to Christmas. The children learn how to grow delicious vegetables, beautiful cut flowers + how to garden to help nature with plenty of upcycled art + FUN.
Think of it like a Forest School but a children’s garden nurturing the young gardeners of the future.
The magical allotment is designed especially for children with lots of bright colours, quirky veg, child size veg + flower beds, Scarecrows, ‘Muddy Buddy’ compost heap, Quiet Wildlife Garden with tiny pond + Secret Den, Polytunnel classroom/ seedling propagation + small raised bed, Rainwater collecting stations, Compost Loo, Pizza Oven, Circular lawn for Kid’s Yoga, Dahlias for days, sunflower + pumpkin patch, Goosegog Corner + Community Orchard.
Our first club started in April 2021 with 4 children attending, now we welcome hundreds every year. I also teach gardening at the primary school next door on Fridays + bring the children to the allotment.
All children are welcome + we have started to offer a SENshine Club, Homeschool mornings, Birthday Parties, full day summer holiday clubs, school visits + we work with CAMHS at the NHS.
My dream is for there to be Children’s Gardens like Skool Beanz all over the country.
With statistics like 1 in 5 Children suffer from a diagnosable mental health condition + the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries on the planet, it’s no coincidence that the more we destroy nature + spend time on our screens the worse our health becomes. Children’s Gardens are the answer. Not only will being in a garden improve a child’s physical + mental wellbeing, it will help our precious nature too.
I have seen the Skool Beanz Children’s Allotment transform lives, including the elderly residents in our community.
If you are interested in creating a children’s garden in your community or you want to find out more. Do get in touch + sign up to our newsletter via our website
Hugelkultar Raised Beds 💦
Last year during the summer months it was really difficult growing anything in our raised beds. As soon as we watered, it ran off to the ground level.
So this year we are experimenting + seeing what happens using straw bales. In the hope they retain the water like a sponge. We will plant up with small plug plants.
My only concern is that the bales might reach a high temperature as they start to compost down and cook the plants!
Will keep you updated 🌞
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5 YEARS of the Skool Beanz Children’s Allotment 🌈
We’ve come so far + still have so many exciting dreams to make come true 💫
Here’s to the next 5 years 👩🏾🤝👨🏼🥕🌷🌱🐝
Special thanks to Sophie + her beautiful harp playing at our open day ✨
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Our best Skool Beanz Open Day ever! Celebrating our 5th Birthday 🌈🎂
THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who visited yesterday. We were blown away. Over 200 visitors including little Beanz + four legged friends 👩🏾🤝👨🏼🌱 🐕
We raised £399 for the fabulous @nationalgardenscheme in ticket sales 💛
And a whopping £900 for Skool Beanz including cake sales, donations, craft activities + face painting
Skool Beanz could not function without all the help from our team of wonderful volunteers + ongoing support from my family, the parents, teachers, villagers + the children who alway bring enthusiasm + joy to every gardening club 🌷
Skool Beanz started off on one allotment as a weekly Saturday morning gardening club on 24th April 2021 with just 4 children from the village attending. By the end of that first year we had 18 children attending.
Last year in 2025 we welcomed over 200 children and this year we now cover 5 plots, running after school clubs from Tuesday - Friday, a homeschool Weds morning club, Saturday morning club and full day holiday clubs and soon we will starting a weekly gardening club with CAMHS.
Inspired by Great Thunberg, I wanted to ‘do something’ for the children in my community and our precious nature. This has grown into something beyond my wildest dreams. It is not easy. It’s bloomin hard work. But worth every back breaking second! Finding purpose with such meaning in this crazy world is a huge privilege. If you are feeling helpless right now, look to help your community and help the young people who live in it. It’s the greatest legacy we can leave 🙏
Big thanks to my friend + mentor + huge inspiration - the Willy Wonka of Veg @charles_dowding 🥕
Extra thanks to @jackdoesplants@dawnhandyart@reclamationcreations@ayeshaburnelldesigns@emma_van_zeller_illustration@author_helenjrbruce 💫
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Celebrating 5 yrs of wonderful #skoolbeanz with founder and driving force Lara Honor in South Somerset.
Lara has inspired so many little #gardeners to get growing through art, play, fun, wildlife and of course #gardening
(Open in aid of @ngssomerset today only.)
Skool Beanz Open Day with @ngssomerset 💛
12-5pm
Adult Tickets £3, Children go free.
12pm Storytelling with @author_helenjrbruce
1-5pm Live music
Craft stalls include:
Jewellry for sale by @ayeshaburnelldesigns
Mosaics and craft activities with @dawnhandyart
Garden sculptures for sale by @reclamationcreations
Seeds for sale by @jackdoesplants
Face Painting by @emma_van_zeller_illustration
Raffle & Plant Sale 🪴
Homemade Tea & Cake all day in the garden 🍰
Can’t wait to see you 🌼
#skoolbeanz #childrensgardeningclub #nodigchildrensgarden #ngsopenday #skoolbeanzopenday
Still spaces available for our Skool Beanz After School Gardening Clubs starting this week 🌼
For children aged 4+
*If your child goes to Chilthorne Domer school, I can collect them*
Children from other schools very welcome too.
Book via our website: 🌻
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