My Greener Home: Gardening Helps Children Become Successful Adults

April 26, 2011 - PRLog -- Online eco-superstore My Greener Home has specifically sourced a range of environmentally friendly products to help children join in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Campaign For School Gardening. The Scheme aims to help schools develop their own sustainable school gardens and get children involved - with proven benefits for their future. The Scheme offers teachers and parents online help to get their school involved and get their children growing. My Greener Home’s director Edwin Lloyd explained why My Greener Home is so keen to support the initiative:

“You can see clearly in the report produced by the Royal Horticultural Society that gardening is an excellent activity for children’s development in every sense. It helps children develop the very skills they need to succeed in later life. They can learn presentation, team work and even develop entrepreneurial skills - all of which will be extremely important when it comes to their careers. And all this comes from simply taking part in gardening tasks at school and there’s no reason why they can’t garden at home - even without access to a traditional garden.”

My Greener Home was founded by Edwin following a successful career in the city as a Hedge Fund Manager. His understanding of the attributes needed to survive in the competitive finance sector helps to explain his enthusiasm for getting young people gardening - including his own children. Having grown up in the grounds of Great Dixter, in adult life Edwin has developed his personal passion for the environment and sustainability into a successful online one-stop-shop for all things green. The store features a multitude of money and energy saving products, plus gardening supplies and free information on many aspects of sustainable living.

“We’re supporting parents to get their children gardening and taking part in the scheme in a variety of ways. We have free factsheets online giving parents information to start growing their own vegetables, herbs and even keeping chickens at home. We have information on why organic produce is healthier for their family to eat - and how it helps the environment. We stock a wide range of environmentally friendly products that you simply order online and we deliver straight to your door, which we know works brilliantly for busy parents and teachers. We understand that not all our customers have a garden to work with, so we have solutions for every type of space you could possibly grow in. It might be a window box, a porch, a patio, a balcony, or a roof terrace. We have ready made gardens, including fantastic ‘by the square foot’ self-contained gardens for vegetables, herbs and more. Then there are our Gardens In A Box with everything you need to plant a healthy selection of organic herbs and vegetables. We also stock products that can help those with more limited mobility, like our convenient raised vegetable beds, to take the bending out of gardening.”


The full range of gardening products for parents and teachers can be viewed online at http://www.mygreenerhome.co.uk/garden-60/  

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