Lessons for the future - education in Broomfield Park

From infants to grown ups, Broomfield is a wonderful place to learn.

Broomfield volunteers have established the park as an important educational resource.


Our work with local schools provides children exciting opportunities to find out about pond life, bees and pollination, how the wetlands work and what the orchard provides for nature - as well as tasty apples for the table! This year we have a great new group of volunteers who plan on making school visits more accessible to other local schools in future years.


On Friday mornings volunteers work in the park with a small group of adults who have recently left or are in the process of leaving a mental health hospital environment and are looking for meaningful activity in the community. They are supported by staff from the Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust based at the Chase Farm Hospital Community Hub.


We worked on Tuesdays with a group of young people, with special educational needs, from the West Lea outreach at Broomfield School in planting, growing and harvesting a crop of food plants and were rewarded by a delightful lunch that they prepared under the tutelage of a local chef. This has been funded by the Palmers Greenery Community Café.


On Wednesdays our volunteers work with the REACH group, a project to help excluded yr 10's, on buidling and landscaping activities within the park.

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