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Children are participating in the Ron s Plot gardening project in Hitchin - Credit: NHDC A social and therapeutic gardening project at the heart of a Hitchin community has received funding to continue its work helping the town s green-fingered young residents. Ron s Plot , which is based at Burford Way allotments and run by Getting Rooted CIC, received £1,070 from North Herts District Council s Hitchin Committee. The project aims to bring together residents, community groups and businesses from the local area to share information and advice on sustainable gardening. The funding will go towards training for practitioners to get children and young people engaged in outdoor learning. These online courses will be run by the Permaculture Foundation - which works to make agricultural ecosystems sustainable - and will be accessible to schools, community groups and home education networks. ....