GardenAfrica, the East Sussex based charity that trains communities in Southern Africa to create gardens and grow their own plants for food, medicine and income, is pleased to announce that they have been short listed in the Conservation category for the Observer Ethical Awards 2009. The Awards will be announced at an awards ceremony on 3rd June at the Roof Gardens, Kensington.

The entrants were judged by a combination of reader votes and by a celebrity panel that included Jo Wood, Ben Okri, Rick Edwards and Deborah Meaden. The panel was looking for innovative and passionate projects which have done the most to protect the planet, so GardenAfrica is thrilled to be chosen as one of the final three for this category.

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