The Edgware Primary School Superzone Scheme was a multi-faceted project for Barnet Council and Edgware Primary School involving movable growing and planter structures to facilitate growing workshops with school children led by GROW.
The planters are a series of movable timber ‘barrow’ structures at different heights that form planters, space for growing workshops - and tool storage. They are clad in a series of bespoke ceramic tiles, including a tile designed by the school children in a series of co-design workshops, and a ‘mix and match’ of tile offcuts from the manufacturer. A number of benches and stools made from reclaimed timber accompany the structures and can be stored in the barrow structures when not in use.
GROW are a local charity who work with schools and communities delivering bespoke programmes in sustainable food growing and outdoor learning. They ran a number of growing workshops with the school children and helped facilitate the creation of a gardening club at the school.
Project by Mark & Cristina, GROW and Commissioned by You.
^ The movable planter and storage structures
^ GROW’s growing workshops with school children in summer 2024.
^ Illustration of the movable planter structures
^ Tile design made in a co-design workshop facilitated by Cristina with school children