Our hard working team of volunteers will be taking this Easter weekend off from the plot to relax, spend time with loved ones, eat chocolate (of course!) and hopefully enjoy some sunshine in their own gardens. Our next volunteer garden work party at Westbury Arts Centre will be Sunday 1st May Everyone is welcome…
Here are the main takeaways from our Forest Garden Design course that we are applying to our plot at Westbury Arts Centre…
We were back in the community garden for a work party on Sunday 9 August where our volunteers did some weeding and made DIY ollas to help keep the garden watered.
It all started with an idea… Back in February our newest volunteer, Agne, emailed to confirm that she had bought the two hay bales the group had talked about over lunch at the last permablitz garden work party. Agne had mentioned that she’d read an article about growing pumpkin out of hay bales and wanted…
Despite the lockdown, we’re still Planting Up. Here’s what we’ve been doing to start off some seeds which we hope will inspire you to grow your own at home too…
We enjoyed another perfect community garden work party on Sunday 8 March – sharing knowledge, skills, active outdoor work & amazing food in wonderful company…
Volunteers from Allianz UK’s Milton Keynes office swapped their desks for some fresh air as they helped us improve on the Planting Up garden for a day…
We enjoyed a perfect permablitz with our volunteer group on Saturday 24 August – good company, good weather, good work and good food!
Our “Groundforce” volunteer team worked some magic on the Daisychain Family Centre garden to transform it into a light and spacious food growing area. Just look at what we achieved in only 3 hours…
Milton Keynes Mayor, Cllr Sam Crooks, attended the Westbury Arts Centre Open Art exhibition and was really impressed with what he saw – not least when he had a tour of the gardens to witness how the Planting Up community is championing local people, art and nature.