Community Food Growing
Local Food Community Food Growing
looking backwards to 2012
By Ian Hodgson - Community Food Growing Officer
Email: ian.hodgson@prospectsfoundation.org.uk
Tel: 01254 230348 Extension 204
It's December, so it's time for a quick look back at what's been achieved in 2012.
Volunteer Group - One Planet Planters:
Made up of local residents as well as people referred by Community Re-Start [a mental health support initiative] here is a snap-shot of just a few of the sessions:
January
- Shifting horse manure from councillor Tony Dobson's farm for Manchester road, Alice garden [Incredible Edibles project] and Sandy Lane food growing groups
February
- Mark leads a raised bed construction workshop at Manchester Road - the bed in question ends up in Norden high school, Rishton a few weeks later
- We helped St Christopher's school plan their brand new polytunnel food growing space - lots of measuring and pacing
- Constructing raised beds on Rishton railway station for food growing at the request of Rishton Prospects panel
March
- We dig over a partially sightend lady's plot on Dill Hall Lane so she can better begin to grow her own food
- The Allotment Project - Accrington Market Hall - having persuaded Pennine Arts to locate this project in Accrington, we helped to give plants away to market customers and to produce a display and give away food growing information
- Belfield Road Community Garden get paving stones laid in their polytunnel thanks to the group
April
- Clearing overgrown beds on Huncoat Allotments for local primary school and children's centre - here we were featured in the local paper
May
- Fruit hedge planting on Woodnook allotments communtiy plot
June
- Inspirational visit to Highercroft's Gro Zone in Blackburn
July
- Helping to clear overgrown allotment for the Stroke Association on Meadoway allotment
- Hollins College - moving plants from allotment to school grounds
- Oswaldtwistle Station - planting up platform beds with beetroots and fennel
August
- Woodnook community plot digging beds in preparation for four week organic food growing course
- Woodnook community plot - filling up training beds with soil and compost
- ACCROSS College training session - Level 1 Health and Wellbeing course
- Accrington Station harvest and donation of One Planet harvest to homeless charity C.L.M.I. and harvest at Manchester Road - once more we ended up in the papers for this
September
- Accrington Station - rhubarb moved, green manure and turnips sowed
- One Planet Shop - beds tidies
- ACCROSS polytunnel - onion sets planted, other veg watered
October
- Inspirational visit to Pennine Community Farm in Burnley for Inward House and One Planet Planters
- Work days weeding beds, adding compost and membrane to growing beds
Not bad for half a dozen [and others who join in from time to time] people who meet up one once a week!
Click the links below to view just some of the projects I have worked on so far;
Gatty Park Food Growing Project
Hyndburn Resource Centre
Meadoway Allotments
Tinker Brook Tree Nursery
Worden Park - The Walled Garden
Belfield/Rothwell Gardening Project
