Research

For more details of our research click on the headings or images below, GREEN, the National Growing Experiment 2009 or Chromas.

GREEN

GREEN began in 2004 as a partnership project involving The Good Gardeners Association, The Bio-dynamic Agricultural Association, The Hiram Trust and The Waldorf College. The garden is being managed bio-dynamically and provides opportunities for nutritional research and education in both science and art. It’s supported financially by The Hiram Trust and other sources.

National Growing Experiment 2009

In 2009 we launched a national growing experiment with four schools (also involved in our Sowing the Seed projects), Capel Manor College and 25 GGA members spread around the country. All growing the same variety of carrots from either non-organic or organic seed or testing no-dig methods against digging we are testing them for health.

Chromas (opens a pdf document)

This article describes the art of round filter paper chromatography (or chroma), including how to make and read a chroma. This process is aiding the GGA's investigation into the link between micro-biology of soils and increased uptake of essential nutrients (including vitality) into plants.