Ysgol Cilgerran, via the Hope Garden, is going to take part in the IntMintMint Challenge run by Si Poole.
Dr Si Poole, whose day job is Associate Professor of Cultural Education at Chester University, has a national collection of Mint in Cheshire.
The IntMintMint challenge is for schools. Each participating child receives a specific mint cultivar, and they have to nurture and propagate the mint. The challenge is to trade the plant with other schools, and the more you trade, the more points and badges you accumulate.
Mint is a fascinating genus of plants of about a dozen or so species and hundreds of cultivars. They are easy to propagate and like rich, moist soils, which means they are ideal for growing in schools. They are also fragrant, familiar and floriferous, making them even more attractive to school children and pollinators.
Mints are easy to propagate, here’s Horse Mint from wayback
We have bought a whole range of fruity mints for our work with Ysgol Cilgerran, and tea mints for the Tea Bed in the Hope Garden, all from Si’s Mintopia online shop Here’s a full list:
Mint varieties
- After Eight
- Banana
- Berries & Cream
- Blackcurrant
- Chocolate
- Crispy
- Eau De Cologne
- Eucalyptus
- Hilary’s Sweet Lemon
- Himalayan
- Lidya
- Logees
- Mexican
- Pineapple
- Silver
- Swiss Ricola
- Turkish Cream
- Wine
- II Buddleia
- II Corsican
- II Japanese
- II Lemon
- III Lime
- IIII Black Peppermint