Enterprise & Education Alliance Cheshire Garden Enterprise Days
Enterprise & Education Alliance Formed in 2005 by schools, businesses and interested parties. To improve the co-operation between businesses and schools/colleges. To provide quality and innovative enterprise training to schools and colleges.
Enterprise education Presented enterprise days across Cheshire We have been working with the Cheshire Year of Gardens 08 to deliver a garden enterprise day to high school students
Garden Enterprise Days Worked with CYOG08 & RHS Garden enterprise day Based on careers in horticulture Garden design was key element Year long garden topic
How does your garden grow? © Enterprise & Education Alliance. August 2007
How does your garden grow? © Enterprise & Education Alliance. August 2007
© Enterprise & Education Alliance. August 2007
Enterprise Success © Enterprise & Education Alliance. August 2007
Garden Design PLANTS Design elements Water Feature Paths Patio © Enterprise & Education Alliance. August 2007
Garden Design Garden Designed
Growing Young Dreams Enterprise In Cheshire’s Schools
The Garden Day Work in small teams as ‘garden design businesses’ Students design a garden to meet a local social need Established social enterprises to finance ongoing upkeep of garden Several thousand students have now been involved
Enterprise Awareness Some schools have taken the garden theme and made it a full year project Many schools have installed new gardens in their grounds – over 30 small social enterprises established Students have been introduced to the world of enterprise through horticulture
Going Forward Working with European partners to share our ideas and best practice National interest with Cheshire leading the way Raise student awareness of the sector as a potential career choice
Latest progress Full Community projects now being developed Using local and national funding to establish a garden (Lottery etc) Establishing social enterprises to finance the upkeep and future development of the garden
Community projects Working across the community: Special schools Deprived areas Socially disadvantaged Ethnic communities Crewe Greenscape project
about the open green spaces that surround the areas we live Greenscape A new project about the open green spaces that surround the areas we live
Working across the landscapes
Making changes to spaces like these
art works made from recycled materials By planting spring flowers exciting landscaping projects art works made from recycled materials or or By planting spring flowers
Blank canvas -waiting for your ideas
Would you like to design something for yourselves?
A Garden for you Something that’s designed by you Something that means a lot to you Wildlife Bats & birds Butterflies & bees Sports & games
Our community Work with our local community Develop solutions to local problems Support to get them established Support to establish social enterprises to keep them going An opportunity to make a difference
to the world of enterprise Working with students and communities can introduce them to the world of enterprise