Congratulations to our Orange Thumb Grant Winners….

Congratulations are in order for the successful applications of the 2010 grant competition. Last Autumn we invited community garden groups to apply for funding from Fiskars. We had some fantastic entries and it was a real treat to read about all your ambitious plans to transform your neighbourhoods...

10th March 2010 - read more...

We certainly put our hearts into Saturday’s Project...

Bush, Troy, Paulina and the Orange Thumb Team got their digits orange this weekend and what fun it was. Thankfully the weather man was on our side for our Heart FM, Patchway Intervention project.

22nd September 2009 - read more...

We have a Love Parks winner!

I am really happy to announce our Love Parks winner as The Growing Redhill Project in Surrey which will be happening October 2nd. It is a budding project to encourage local people to use their local green spaces. In doing so they’ll develop their gardening skills and produce healthy local produce. The grow your own aspect is also complimented with the vision of a wildlife garden which will create a varied environment for birds and a myriad of small creatures.

11th September 2009 - read more...

Bank Holiday Sunshine (Fingers crossed)

I can’t believe it’s nearly September already! Given it’s the last bank holiday coming up for a while, we should all make the most of the sun and long nights and get into our gardens before it’s too late....I know we are due to have a scorcher of a weekend, so I will be putting my loppers to good use and getting into my veggie patch to cut back all the strawberries for next season.

28th August 2009 - read more...

September is going to be dirty...

Hey everyone! Gosh September is going to be a busy month for us. We have so many projects underway and are about to embark on a few more! As well as Heart FM which happens mid September, we are doing a project in Penwithick, Cornwall...

25th August 2009 - read more...

Congratulations Patchway

A massive congratulations to the The Patchway Intervention Project which won our Heart FM competition last week! The project is incredible and helps children aged 8 to 12 in the north of Bristol. They provide support for children experiencing difficulties...

18th August 2009 - read more...

Heart FM Project

The nominations from Heart FM Bristol listeners have been flooding in over the past couple of weeks and it has been a hard decision to get the shortlist down to just two. Our two finalists were The Patchway Intervention Project and the Cameron Centre in Lockleaze.

7th August 2009 - read more...

Huddersfield Project, The Orchard

Today was incredible! There are actually no words to describe the emotion I felt having met the people I did and accomplishing so much at our Orange Thumb project in The orchard, Huddersfield today. There truly is nothing better than clearing a space and making it wonderful again.

14th July 2009 - read more...

BBC Gardeners World and our next project

I knew BBC Gardeners World was the biggest of the flower shows, but I was certainly not prepared for this. Massive is an understatement. It felt like it went on for ever.

I met some really cool people like nature Chris from the Cbebes channel, Craven Scott who edits Countrylife magazine and Big Dazz the gardener!

29th June 2009 - read more...

The rugby boys get down and dirty

From Chelsea to the Avon rugby club, garden enthusiasts most certainly come in all shapes and sizes. This weekend The rugby boys tackled the biggest game of their careers thus far (pardon the pun, couldn't resist) their club boundaries.

23rd May 2009 - read more...

Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea was just as you would expect, beautiful in every way. A spectacular show of the best of the best in gardening from tools (Fiskars of course) plants, hats, gloves and wellies galore. The sun was shining by day three and crowds of passionate gardeners were out in force. Ticket touts lined the streets outside the show, proving that garden shows are every bit as desirable as any rock concert.

19 May 2009 - read more...

Malvern Flower Show, Rain or Shine

Malvern was in full swing from day one. Set in the stunning (and I mean stunning) Malvern Hills, the show was sunny and full to the brim of happy gardeners and let me tell you the rain on the first day kept no one away...

15 May 2009 - read more...

Getting to grips with Fiskars PowerGear^® pruner

Today was really inspiring. I found myself at a Sustain and London Food Link networking meeting to begin spreading the Orange Thumb word. In East London, take a right outside of the Mudchute train stop and you find yourself in a park...

6 May 2009 - read more...

Fiskars Orange Thumb ambassador Rebecca Sullivan meets gardening guru Martin Fish

I am truly excited and honoured to be the new Fiskars Orange Thumb ambassador and to kick off our regeneration and reclamation campaign we launched this weekend at The Harrogate Flower Show in North Yorkshire....

6 May 2009 - read more...