August & September Seasonal Foraging Finds: Blackberries
August marks the time for the humble blackberry to offer up a great introduction to foraging – as they’re easy to identify and relatively simple to pick…
Save the Date – Upcoming Events for the Diary
With so many events on the horizon over the next few weeks, we’ve listed them here with links for you to save them in your diary…
A Successful First “Summer Social”
On 5 August we had our first-ever Summer Social event where secrets to gardening success were revealed to us and we were shown how to make a DIY wormery…
Oh Rats!
Tips for deterring and preventing rats from getting your compost. Natural solutions to keep you composting your “black gold and keeping the rodents at bay.
Change of Plan: Sunday’s Permablitz is a “bring & share” Brunch starting at 9.30am
Join us for an early start to our permablitz on Sunday 22 July. We’ll meet at Westbury Arts Centre between 9am and 9.30am to work in the garden for a couple of hours before we sit down to our “bring & share” pancake brunch.
You’re Invited to our “Summer Social” on Sunday 5 August
Join us for a walk around the Planting Up plot and Westbury Arts Centre gardens as our guest speaker shows us some of the secrets to gardening success from 10.30am – 2pm on Sunday 5 August 2018. Book your ticket here while spaces last.
Planting Up a Mulch at Westbury Arts Centre, Milton Keynes
A video snapshot about our Planting Up project taken from a permablitz where a few of our volunteers were finishing off a lasagne mulch to create a planting bed for our future forest garden plot.
Upcoming events in July
July’s a busy month for events all over Milton Keynes. Your invitations to our permablitzes at Westbury Arts Centre start from this Sunday 1 July.
Online Course from Lancaster Uni – “Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet”
Learn about soils, the variety of life they contain and how humans impact this fragile system with this free online course from Lancaster University starting 2 July 2018.
Nettle Goodness – From Permie Plot to Plate
One thing we have no problem growing is nettles so it’s only natural that we’d want to investigate how we can make better use of these so-called “weeds”…