Muintir na Tire School Garden Competition

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The staff and Pupils of St. Catherines N.S Conna are thrilled to be Overall Winners at the Cork County Federation Muintir ná Tíre Pride in our Community School Garden Awards 2019 which were held in County Hall on Monday June 24 th  2019. St  Catherine's   NS  Conna  winners of the Muintir na Tires School Garden of the Year  Mrs Mary Barry, Joanna Carr, Isabelle Coyle, Eoghan O’Mahony & Lisa O’Mahony. with Conor Nelligan Katherine Corkery, Michelle Green and Trevor Dineen of Cork County Council.    The Competition is in its seventh year and this year saw a record amount of entries. The enthusiasm and high standard and quality shown from all the schools proved to to the Judges that the project continues to be a huge success. The competition involves each school developing/planning a garden in their own way.  Both adults and students work together to decide what type of garden they want to create. The competition encourages all students to get involved in working i

Hi All, The Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment have just informed us that from 2019 onwards the Local Agenda 21 grant scheme will run from September to August. We expect the Minister to launch this year’s scheme in August, with applications being accepted until the end of September/start of October. The exact dates have not yet been confirmed but we will be in touch with further information as we receive it, including full details of the application process. Regards, The Environmental Awareness Team Cork County Council

The Heritage in Schools Scheme is an outdoor education programme for primary school children operated by the Heritage Council. The Scheme is unique in Ireland and provides a diverse panel of Heritage Specialists who work directly with children in primary schools throughout the country. It is leading the way in promoting outdoor education and encouraging children to engage directly with the natural and cultural heritage that surrounds them. The current panel is being reviewed this year and up to 40 new positions should be available heritage specialists. Membership of the Panel will be for a two-year term (from 1 January, 2020) and subject to a six month probationary period. The closing date for applications is Friday, 23rd August @ 5pm with interviews expected to take place early in October. For further information visit   http://www.heritageinschools. ie/about/news/heritage-in- schools-panel-now-recruiting

Garlic Why Grow It? Most of the garlic available in supermarkets is imported from China (over 5,000 miles!).  Garlic is relatively easy to grow (although it can be hard to grow well) and stores extremely well.  It’s also incredibly good for you.  The garlic requirements of an average family can be easily satisfied by even the smallest of vegetable patches.  If you were to take any bulb of garlic, break out the cloves and stick them in to the ground spaced about 4 inches apart, each clove would eventually turn in to a bulb of garlic.  That’s the magic of it.  However it is recommended not to use supermarket garlic for this purpose as it can bring disease in to your soil (if you are going to do this, sow the garlic in containers). Sowing Most GIYers sow garlic in early winter (Oct-Dec, but before the shortest day of the year – Dec 21st) as the bulbs benefit from a cold snap.  Some varieties however can be sown in spring but they won’t grow as big.  Pick a sunny site, wit