{"id":37405,"date":"2021-07-07T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T10:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/?p=37405"},"modified":"2021-07-08T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T16:23:06","slug":"fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/","title":{"rendered":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px|&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_post_title author=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.87&#8243; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;add your text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The Edible Garden, located behind Shaftsbury Hall at FCH Campus, has been a tranquil space for students, staff and members of the community since it\u2019s creation, but even more so over the last 12 months due to the pressures of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Supported by funding from the Sustainability Team, this academic year the garden has been a safe way for volunteers of all ages and backgrounds to connect with others and share experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Activities have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biosciences students learning about flora and fauna.<\/li>\n<li>The UoG chaplaincy hosting interfaith discussion over pizza from the woodfired oven<\/li>\n<li>Landscape Architecture students carrying out plant identification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to the work done by the volunteers, the Edible Garden has provided some potatoes, radishes and lettuces this Spring, with more fruit and veg expected later this year as the crops and fruit trees continue to flourish! The team have also been active in the local community, planting and weeding outside St Paul\u2019s Church, and contributing to several articles about gardening to \u2018Mudlarking\u2019, the local community newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>As lockdown restrictions continue to ease, volunteers hope to host most community events in the space. You can keep up to date with what is taking place and how to get involved by following them on Facebook: @EdibleGardenFCH.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students-1.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Changing Communities \u2013 Changing Perceptions&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Edible garden students&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;add Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.7&#8243; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;left&#8221; animation_duration=&#8221;500ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;10%&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edible Garden, located behind Shaftsbury Hall at FCH Campus, has been a tranquil space for students, staff and members of the community since it\u2019s creation, but even more so over the last 12 months due to the pressures of the pandemic. Supported by funding from the Sustainability Team, this academic year the garden has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"1080","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sustainability at The University of Gloucestershire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniGlosSustainability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-07T10:35:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-08T16:23:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"595\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"689\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Barbara Rainbow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UniGlosSustain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UniGlosSustain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Barbara Rainbow\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Barbara Rainbow\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9112d3d0ca0783368baadd028c601c\"},\"headline\":\"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-07T10:35:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-08T16:23:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/\"},\"wordCount\":424,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Staff\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/\",\"name\":\"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-07T10:35:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-08T16:23:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg\",\"width\":595,\"height\":689},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainability at The University of Gloucestershire\",\"description\":\"Sustainability at The University of Gloucestershire\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Gloucestershire\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sustainability-uni-glos-social-front-page.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sustainability-uni-glos-social-front-page.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"University of Gloucestershire\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniGlosSustainability\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UniGlosSustain\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uogsustainability\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCtB6RLQnEqCorlAdtqoAYLw\/featured\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9112d3d0ca0783368baadd028c601c\",\"name\":\"Barbara Rainbow\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c952377161c73bac2a373047565a2b2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c952377161c73bac2a373047565a2b2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Barbara Rainbow\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year","description":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year","og_description":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year","og_url":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/","og_site_name":"Sustainability at The University of Gloucestershire","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniGlosSustainability\/","article_published_time":"2021-07-07T10:35:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-08T16:23:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":595,"height":689,"url":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Barbara Rainbow","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UniGlosSustain","twitter_site":"@UniGlosSustain","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Barbara Rainbow","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/"},"author":{"name":"Barbara Rainbow","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9112d3d0ca0783368baadd028c601c"},"headline":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year","datePublished":"2021-07-07T10:35:08+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-08T16:23:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/"},"wordCount":424,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg","articleSection":["Staff"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/","name":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-07T10:35:08+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-08T16:23:06+00:00","description":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Edible-garden-students1.jpg","width":595,"height":689},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/fch-edible-garden-provides-a-haven-during-a-difficult-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FCH Edible Garden provides a haven during a difficult year"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/","name":"Sustainability at The University of Gloucestershire","description":"Sustainability at The University of Gloucestershire","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#organization","name":"University of Gloucestershire","url":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sustainability-uni-glos-social-front-page.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sustainability-uni-glos-social-front-page.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"University of Gloucestershire"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniGlosSustainability\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UniGlosSustain","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uogsustainability\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCtB6RLQnEqCorlAdtqoAYLw\/featured"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/9d9112d3d0ca0783368baadd028c601c","name":"Barbara Rainbow","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c952377161c73bac2a373047565a2b2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c952377161c73bac2a373047565a2b2a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Barbara Rainbow"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.glos.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}