African Gardens
Making an ‘African Garden’ is a great way for your pupils to learn about the lives of children in Africa through fun, hands-on activities.
Use our resources and starter kits to help your pupils find out more about growing, the environment and healthy eating. Get started by building a Bag Garden, and then add to your ‘African Garden’ by constructing tip-tap handwashers, growing sunflowers or by making a Keyhole Garden! And as these techniques are part of Send a Cow training in Africa, they help to explain how simple methods can make a big difference.
Ordering Starter Kits
Our Starter Kits make life easy for you, by providing all the basics, including lots of advice and related resources for a successful project.
You can now order Bag Garden Mini-Kits online in our Gift Shop. Or you can buy any of our kits using our order form, or by calling us on 01225 874 222 with your credit or debit card ready.
Find out more about African Gardens:
- Bag Gardens – small gardens in a sack - great for small people!
- Keyhole Gardens – circular raised beds with a compost core
- Sponsored sunflowers – help African farmers as your African Garden grows
- Tip-taps – ingenious, recycled handwashers
- Plant tea – give your crops a real boost, African style
- Energy-saving Stoves – a fuel-wood saving mud design
“It’s great when children get into gardening. And helping them learn about children gardening in Africa at the same time is fantastic!”
Christine Walkden, Gardener, The One Show
Learning resources
We have lots of supporting materials online, with lesson ideas, children's stories and galleries of images to help add to learning.
Find African Gardens resources on:
- A fun area within our kid's website Cowforce.com
- Our teacher's website Cowfiles.com
You can also find out how you can link in your African Garden with our exciting new fundraising resource, based around an art display, called 'Build an African Farmyard'.
