Ramsden Robins planter looking bright and cheerful

Picture courtesy of Clare Johnson

Remembering the development of the Green Heart Den

Ramsden Brownies and Rainbows enjoy an early evening visit

Pictures courtesy of Clare Johnson

Not long before many of the crops will be ready for harvesting

A good variety of plants flourishing on the grow your own scheme

So far so good........

Poppies adding colour on an otherwise dull and damp day

Checking our onsite risk assessments, instruction manuals and maintenance schedule

Salad leaf crops and strawberries growing well in some of our raised planters

Vipers bugloss, ox eye daisy and buttercup on the wildlife friendly area

Vipers bugloss is a good source of food for a large variety of insects including; bumblebees, honey bees, painted lady and large skipper butterflies.

A wild flower planter looking good in the sun

Preparing a planter for transplanting tomato plants - weather permitting

Service users seedlings are doing nicely and nearly ready for transplanting

Our fellow gardeners/service users have been busy this month

Ox eye daisies flowering on the wildlife friendly area

Ramsden Robins busy planting seeds in the poly tunnel and plants in their raised planter

Pictures courtesy of Clare Johnson

The Well Communities tidying the site

Pictures courtesy of Ged Pickersgill

The lavender in the communal herb planter was looking good today

Watering my strawberries before they dry out

Free spotter sheets from the Wildlife Trusts Wildlife Watch

If you are looking for something a little different to do or want to explore nature when you are out and about perhaps you will find these free to download spotter sheets from the Wildlife Watch useful and interesting. They cover a large variety of species including flowers, birds, butterflies, trees and mini beasts and habitats such as meadows, hedgerows and the shoreline. The sheets can be downloaded from the Wildlife Watch website here.

A little tlc for some of our hand tools

The project has been very grateful of the funding it has received over the years which has enabled us to purchase a comprehensive range of garden hand tools, power tools and other gardening supplies and we always try to keep them in good condition.

Looking forward to watching these seedling grown by some of our service users develop through the growing season

Enjoying the sun, the wildlife and some small tasks

Out in the sun, enjoying some of the wildflowers that have begun flowering, transplanting some more strawberries, dusting down a few tools and applying some maintenance spray.

Membership opportunity

Throughout the life of the project we have always valued the contribution of the many individuals and organisation who have played a crucial part in delivering the project. This also includes directors and members of Marsh Street Arches and Garden CIC who have come on gone and always offered excellent to the running of the company and project as a whole. In an effort to help keep the project as current as possible we have always kept membership of the CIC open to all. If you would like to join us and become a valued member of the CIC and possible add fresh ideas and enthusiasm to the project a membership form is provided below. Thank you.

A good variety of plants being grown so far this year