Planting the agenda from yesterdays "Celebrating
Barrows Wildside Project" event on the wildlife banking area. Perhaps
not as mad as it first appears - the paper is impregnated with native species
wild flower seeds.
Developed and managed by Marsh Street Arches and Garden Community Interest Company.
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Saturday, 29 March 2014
Monday, 24 March 2014
Health Lottery funded training workshops at Green Heart Den
Following the successful first phase (2013) of our Health
Lottery funded training at Green Heart Den we are currently in the process of
organising similar training workshops for Spring/Summer 2014. Sessions to
include topics such as “What to grow all year round” – “Art in the garden” – “Cook
and eat sessions”
...................Please watch this space as we aim to confirm dates over the
following few weeks.
Tuesday, 11 March 2014
Growing together at Womens Community Matters
If you’re a women who’s interested in learning more about
gardening and growing and getting some hands on experience then Women’sCommunity Matters is the place for you.
Meadow management and introduction to wildlife workshop
06.03.2014 - Our first training session for 2014 - Meadow management and an introduction to wildlife for 12 pupils and 3 members of staff from Furness Academy. The session was facilitated by Cumbria
Wildlife Trust Officer Sue Thurley.
Our Health Lottery funded training activities so far
Final figures for the first phase
(2013) of our Health Lottery funded training at Green Heart Den are;
We have had 99 attendances
from 39 individuals across 17 sessions.
Some attending on multiple
occasions i.e. x2 attending 13 sessions, x1
attending 5 sessions x3
attending 4 sessions and x6 attending 2 sessions
and so on.
The workshops/activities
have included;
Basic introduction to
growing your own
How to design your own herb
garden
Learning about edible
flowers
Meadow management
Gardening for wildlife
Food for free - foraging
Wildlife identification
Cook and eat on the garden
Art in the garden
We’ve also had three schools
sessions as part of the Health Lottery
funded training. St Georges School held two sessions
within one day on the site,
with workshops led by
Cumbria Wildlife Trust and paid for from our
funding. This involved 6
pupils and 2 staff members from the school.
Sacred Heart School had a
session on the site for 10 pupils and 2 staff
members.
We are currently planning
training for 2014 Spring/Summer – the first
session on meadow management
and introduction to wildlife was for 12
pupils and 3 staff from
Furness Academy. Future work with women from
Women’s Community Matters is currently
being planned.
Our training programme has been enabled from a grant we were awarded by The People’s Health Trust, using money raised
by Healthable Community Interest Company through The Health Lottery.