Dates for your Diary (last updated 30/12/11)
As published in the monthly e-news
By Melanie Matthews
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REGULAR EVENTS
RAGS (Roedale Allotments and Gardens Society) meet the SECOND Monday of every month At 7.30pm in Laburnam Grove Common Room, Burstead Close, Hollingdean, BN1 7HX. View on a map
Tenantry Down Allotment Association Pub Meeting - meet on the first Tuesday of every month at the Pub with No Name, 58 Southover St. All Allotment holders and co-workers invited. Starts 8pm. Locate pub in maps.
Southern Counties Orchid Group - (For those interested in Tropical or Hardy Orchids). Meet on the second Wednesday of each month at The Community Centre in Lancing, West Sussex at 7.30pm. At most meetings there is a guest speaker, with slides, often there are plants for sale, and a raffle. Tea, coffee and stronger drinks are available from the bar. We also have a table show each month of plants bought in by members.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Garden House Pop-up Shop - Just come along to The Garden House any Friday afternoon from 3pm to 6pm – we’ll be selling seasonal fruits and vegetables, a great selection of plants, seeds, preserves, eggs (from our own chickens!), mosaic gifts and other garden paraphernalia. We also have a large range of garden books and magazines in our cosy Garden Room – you are welcome to browse and enjoy a relaxing cup of tea and some delicious homemade cake – and of course ask all your gardening questions! 5 Warleigh Road, Brighton (access via side gate and passage)
A Sussex Howl 7 January 2012: join the Brighton Mummers for a wassail (or Howl as its known in Sussex) to bless the apple trees for a bountiful season next year. The event will start at the community orchard behing Sure Start in Hollingdean, with a walk over to the orchard at Stanmer Park. Find out more
SEEDY SUNDAY - 5th Feb 2012 - put it in your diary now!
GROW AND TELL COURSES - WEALD ALLOTMENTS - 2 hour workshops combining horticulture and literature: learn to grow food and to write about growing things, £3.00 per person – all money goes to Weald Allotment Gardeners (WAG) for upkeep of Weald Site. Meet at 11:00 at Weald Avenue Allotment Gate, BN3 7JN (workshop space available in bad weather). Each session includes time to explore a little of the allotment site and finishes at the WAG shop so people can buy seeds and supplies if they wish. While the site is largely wheelchair accessible, those with limited mobility are advised to arrange a site visit first, to ensure they are comfortable with the location. Prior booking is essential as each session is limited to eight people. Please email growandtell@hotmail.com to reserve a place on a session.
Planning for Spring - 15 January 2012, 2011, 11:00–13:00 Looking at the plot and seeing how it can be improved!
NEW!!! BHOGG Workshops - Monthly practical sessions with prize winning organic gardener, Ruth Urbanowicz, followed by a general allotment work afternoon undertaking seasonal tasks. All welcome, no experience necessary. THESE SESSIONS ARE FREE TO BHOGG MEMBERS, OTHERS £5 OR 2 HOURS LABOUR ON THE ALLOTMENTS ON THE DAY. Please wear suitable clothing and bring your own lunch if you want to. Tea and coffee provided. Please contact Ruth in advance so she has some idea of numbers: 01273 681120 or email ruthurbanowicz@live.co.uk. Venue: BHOGG Allotments, plots 238/239, Weald Allotments, Hove. Entrance is by the main gate at the top of Weald Avenue. Directions to the Weald Site. If gates locked on the day, please ring 07854 797362. NB These workshops will also be held at Plot 132, Roedale Valley Allotment Site by Hollingbury Golf Course. Ring Ruth for more info. (The dates for these are in brackets.)
“Fruit trees and bushes – pruning and feeding” Sunday February 19th, 12 noon – 2pm Weald (& Sunday February 12th, 11am – 1pm at Roedale). Getting to grips with winter tasks
“Marching Into Spring” Sunday March 18th, 12 noon – 2pm Weald (& Sunday March 4th 11am – 1pm at Roedale) Crop rotation, bed prep, green manures, sowing indoors, planting onion sets and early spuds, perennial veg
“Sow Here We Go” Sunday April 15th, 12 noon – 3pm Weald (& Sunday April 1st 10am – 1pm at Roedale) Sowing outdoors, tender veg indoors, pricking out, hardening off.
“We May Plant” Sunday May 13th, 1.30 – 4pm Weald (& Sunday April 29th 10.30am – 1pm at Roedale) Tender veg, protection, thinning, catch crops, successional planting, interplanting
“Protect and Serve” Sunday June 10th, 12 noon – 2pm Weald (& Sunday May 27th 11am – 1pm at Roedale) How to organically defeat weeds, pests, diseases and disorders
“Dig That Dirt” Sunday July 8th, 12 noon – 2pm Weald (& Sunday June 24th 11am – 1pm at Roedale) What is our soil and how do we care for it.
“How to be Organic” Sunday August 5th, 12 noon – 2pm Weald (& Sunday July 22nd 11am – 1pm at Roedale) A review of principles and techniques
“Harvesting and Storing Crops” Sunday September 16th, 12 noon – 2pm Weald (& Sunday September 2nd 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
“Seed Collecting and Storing" Sunday October 14th, 12 noon – 2pm Weald (& Sunday September 30th 11am – 1pm at Roedale)
HARVEST TRAINING COURSES – SEE BELOW Call 01273 413700 or email harvest@bhfood.org.uk with any queries. There are subsidised prices for people who can provide proof of benefits - email Harvest to check for each course. Check out the Harvest website events page for more information.
Wild fermenting - A new date will be announced soon. In the meantime please register your interest by emailing harvest@bhfood.org.uk.
Planning your plot - 18 February, 10am-2pm: : This is a short indoor course to help you get to grips will all the things you need to consider to create a productive and easy to manage veg plot.
The Science of bees - 23 February, 6:30-8:30pm: a talk where you'll learn more about the lives of bees and what's going on in Sussex to save them.
Successful Composting - 10 March, 10am-2pm: earn a variety of composting methods, the benefits of composting, what makes good compost and what doesn’t at this practical workshop.
BRIGHTON PERMACULTURE COURSES AND EVENTS SEE BELOW – for full details and bookings please visit Brighton Permaculture courses and events page As the scrumping season winds down, we're pleased to report that, thanks to the help of our volunteers, over 2500 kilos of fruit have been picked. This includes apples, pears, cherry plums, damsons and even a few kilos of grapes. Some of the fruit was sold on Apple Day, but most was juiced at Stanmer and sold directly from the juicer. Thanks so much to everyone who's helped make this project such a success!
Introduction to Permaculture Are you trying to figure out what permaculture actually is and how it could be useful for you? This course is designed to help you do just that. You will engage with the definitions and the history, and from there explore the ethics, processes, tools and techniques and practical examples of permaculture, and at the end of the course you will do a permaculture design. The perfect foundation for the rest of our courses. See more here.
28-29 January 2012
Pruning Old Fruit Trees Course 1: 14-15 January 2012, Course 2: 17-18 January 2012, Find out more
Practical Permaculture Gardening 31 March - 1 April 2012 Find out more
Mushroom Cultivation, 5 - 6 May 2012 Find out more
Community Orchard Training , Course 1: 19 May 2012, Course 2: 22 May 2012 Find out more
Forest Gardening, 30 June - 1 July 2012 Find out more
Fruit Tree Grafting, 4 August 2012 Find out more
Scything , 11-12 August 2012 Find out more
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Last update 30/12/11