Tour an English School Garden

Hardly. Thanks to the vision of head of school Tim Baker, who has led the Charlton Manor Primary School in an inspiring gardening program, students at this inner-city school learn to grow and even cook their fruit and vegetables. The program includes two in-house chefs who help children cook the produce they grow. Charlton Manor plants are often featured at the annual prestigious Chelsea Flower Show in London.

Head of South East London Charlton Manor Primary School Tim Baker has created an incredible school garden where schoolchildren learn to grow, cook and even sell the plants and vegetables they grow.

On one weekend each summer, England's Open Garden Squares Weekend features hundreds of unique gardens like the Charlton Manor Primary School garden to highlight the diversity of incredible garden projects sprouting up across the country.

An elegant metal gate keeps the schoolyard garden secure when not in use.