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We Did It! We’ve Been Awarded the MKCF Mini Grant

Building our Community GardenBy adminMay 22, 2018Leave a comment

We’re proud to say that our project is now supported by funding from Milton Keynes Community Foundation (MKCF). Thank you to MKCF and all our supporters for getting us this far. The mini grant we’ve been awarded will give us the help we need to get get planting up to cultivate something special for MK.

Planning & Permablitz: Thu 17th & Sun 20th May

Building our Community Garden, PlantingUp EventsBy adminMay 15, 2018Leave a comment

Our next planning meeting will take place on Thursday 17th May from 7 – 8pm, and will be followed by our weekend Permablitz (with “Bring & Share” lunch) on Sunday 20th May from 11am – 1pm.

All that grass!

Join Us For Our April Permablitz, Sun 29 April

Building our Community Garden, PlantingUp EventsBy adminApril 20, 2018Leave a comment

Our next permablitz is scheduled for Sunday 29 April from 11am – 1pm for us to spend a couple of hours tidying up the plot.

Please bring some snacks for a “Bring & Share” if you’d like to stick around for a bite to eat at lunchtime following the permablitz.

Save the Dates: 17th & 28th March Permablitzes

Building our Community Garden, PlantingUp EventsBy adminMarch 7, 2018Leave a comment

Our March permablitzes are coming around fast. Following our planning meeting on Thursday 15th March from 7 – 8pm, we have our weekend gardening blitz scheduled for Saturday 17th March from 2 – 4pm and our weekday one set for Wednesday 28th March from 10am – 1pm.

The manure has landed

Muck Spreading

Building our Community GardenBy adminNovember 14, 2017Leave a comment

We thought finding free woodchip was difficult until we had to find some free manure!

Sustainable Gardening “hands on” workshop – Part 2

Building our Community Garden, PlantingUp EventsBy adminOctober 22, 2017Leave a comment

The afternoon “hands-on” session spent in the garden – building beds from a lasagna mulch and creating compost bins from hay bales.

Sustainable Gardening “hands on” workshop – Part 1

Building our Community GardenBy adminOctober 22, 2017Leave a comment

A workshop of two halves that started with a morning of discussion about permaculture and what it is – outlining the principles for us creating self-maintaining gardens.

First woodchip pile at WAC

A Wood Chip Chipper’s Wood – A Main Ingredient for our Mulch

Building our Community GardenBy adminOctober 16, 2017Leave a comment

Before the Sustainable Gardening workshop, we needed to get materials together for our mulching demonstration. This included having to find a good-quality local resource for a plentiful supply of woodchip…

MK Soup Pitch

Building our Community GardenBy adminOctober 6, 2017Leave a comment

A fundraising pitch for a community garden shed – An ingredient of the October 2017 MK Soup

The overgrown plot area

Our Volunteer’s Clear Up – July 2017 Permablitz

Building our Community GardenBy adminJuly 8, 2017Leave a comment

Our first permablitz getting stuck into some weed whacking and cutting back to tidy up the plot.

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