Back to Business in the Community Garden at Westbury
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.
A tranformational experiment over lockdown
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…
Planting Seeds: Grow Your Own Food
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…
8th March in the Community Garden
We enjoyed another perfect community garden work party on Sunday 8 March – sharing knowledge, skills, active outdoor work & amazing food in wonderful company…
Allianz UK Volunteers Swap the Office for the Garden
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…
A Perfect Permablitz
We enjoyed a perfect permablitz with our volunteer group on Saturday 24 August – good company, good weather, good work and good food!
Our “Groundforce” Garden Work Party
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…
MK Mayor Impressed by Championing Local People, Art & Nature
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.
It’s All Growing On…
Look what’s growing on at our community garden at Westbury Arts Centre. We’re sharing skills, helping wildlife, improving our environment and growing free food! Join our volunteer group and come and pick some free food to take home this summer.
School-Children from GIV MK have Transformed Our Plot
School-children on the GIV MK programme have made new friends and developed new skills as they’ve made a big difference volunteering their time to improving the Westbury Arts Centre gardens. The pictures show how they’ve managed to transform areas with paint, clearing weeds and creating useful things from pallets…