Garden update, Summer 2019

With Summer in full flow, our new Community Activities Co-ordinator Claire along with her assistant Fleur have been busy making the garden ship shape.

Activities Coordinator Claire Goulding briefs volunteers during the morning's induction. Photo @Alastair Brookes / KoLAB Studios

Coordinators, Claire (4th from right) & Fleur (bottom, left), with volunteers from AHMM

Volunteers digging weeds from the beds ready for new vegetables to be planted. Photo @Alastair Brookes / KoLAB Studios

The foundations to the poly-tunnel are laid by the strff from Allford Hall Monoghan (AHMM). Photo @Alastair Brookes / KoLAB Studios

We’ve received a massive help from Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) architecture practice who, not only kindly donated funds to fix the poly-tunnel, but also came down for a corporate volunteer day to help repair it and help with some much needed gardening.

The day was massively successful and the garden is looking fantastic because of their donation and visit!

The garden team have also been busy on working out the new programme for the garden - one of the first events to get back off the ground is our Monthly Garden Volunteer Days.

These will run every last Saturday of the month from 11am till 2:30pm starting on the 28th of September.

Bring a packed lunch and we’ll provide everything else, from tea and cake to practical information about organic growing.

For more information please check out our events page.

We are also developing a new partnerships with St Paul’s Nursery & Children's Centre, Julian House Domestic Abuse Children's Service, Barton Hill Academy, Community Kitchen and Age UK amongst other things - watch this space for more information about our developing programme of activities.

If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to see, want to find out more about how to get involved or our corporate volunteer days pop an e-mail to Claire or give us a call on 0117 9351200

We're what you make us so get involved! #MaketheSpace.