WHO ARE WE?
We are a group of volunteers who are working to transform a neglected and littered piece of land into a productive, open access community forest garden. Our aim is to involve all the community in the project withregular gardening activities and seasonal community events.
WHAT DO WE DO?
Our regular winter meeting time is 1pm on Sunday afternoon, however the session may be cancelled if the weather is bad or if none of the gardeners are available. We will usually post on our facebook page about what we will be doing at the next session or if the session is cancelled. Occasionally we will have extra sessions or may decide to do other activities in the community but information may be at short notice.
HOW CAN YOU HELP US?
* Everybody is welcome at our gardening sessions whether you have gardened before or not but please note that children and vulnerable adults should be accompanied. If you have gardening tools such as trowels, hand forks, garden forks/spades, rakes or secateurs please bring them with you. We do have spare equipment but it is limited.
Everyone will be welcome to join our seasonal activities. Planning for these is at an early stage.
* We are very happy to accommodate any businesses that would like to offer volunteering opportunities to staff but please note this may be seasonal.
* Donations of plants, seeds or bulbs and other things that may help us to create and maintain the garden are always lovely. If we cannot use them at Ivy Road we may use them at one of our other local projects or we may pass them to another community group. Plants do not have to be wildflowers but we would like them to be bee and butterfly friendly. Please no monbretia aka crocosmia x crocosmiflora as it is an offence to plant or otherwise allow this species to grow in the wild.
Part of Green Shoots Bolton NW
We meet Weekly on Sundays between 13.00 and 14.00.
For information about our next event, please contact us
Heather Berry
https://www.facebook.com/people/Ivy-Road-Community-Project/100080141260408/
Ivy Road Community Project:
We got the funding! Harpers Lane Community Garden applied for funding from the GM Green Spaces Fund to create a forest garden at Ivy Road. Click here to read an article in the Bolton News.
The new forest garden will be on both sides of Ivy Road about half way up near to Cunliffe Brow, and it leads into the won More.....
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