Get Growing Garden Trail Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 June 2012

Bramble Farm Sims Hill Shared Harvest

Metford Road Community Orchard Thornbury Harvest Co-op

Visit over 30 community gardens, allotments & orchards around to fi nd out more about growing your own fruit & veg Part of Bristol's BIG Green Week 6 Community Farm 10 GREENS Community Market Garden Denny Lane, Chew Magna BS40 8SZ ( HHEAG) 11.30am–2.30pm Saturday Molesworth Allotments, Molesworth Drive Over 30 sites are open at various times The Community Farm is a social enterprise (between house nos 79 and 81), Get Growing Withywood BS13 9BJ over the weekend, showcasing a diverse established in April 2011. Owned by its 500 members, it holds education & volunteering days, runs training 10am–3pm Saturday range of growing projects. Each group and grows organic veg on 22 acres. Running a box GREENS grow fresh fruit and vegetables with the Garden Trail has a different way of organising the scheme with nearly 400 customers, the farm aims to help of volunteers at a community allotment site. reconnect people with where their food comes from The produce is used in nutrition and cooking courses, Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 June 2012 work, cultivating the land, and sharing through producing tasty organic veg. ACTIVITIES: See and is sold to course participants and other local the harvest – come and fi nd out what one of our volunteer days in action and meet some of people at low cost through our Food For All food the people involved! www.thecommunityfarm.co.uk co-op. ACTIVITIES: Tours of the market garden & Bristol’s secret vegetable growers open would fi t best for you. orchard (including the compost loo). Sale of plants their garden gates and community plots 7 Ecohome Create and produce. BBQ and cream teas will be on sale, Smeaton Road BS1 6XN and some free food tasters using fresh produce will for the 2nd Get Growing Garden Trail. 10am–4pm Saturday be available to try. 3 Come and see what lies behind the Buried Treasure as part of ELM Small is beautiful – visit the Ecohome garden at (Edible Landscapes Movement) 11 Here we grow garden walls and get inspired to get Create, a small organic plot cared for by volunteers. The Polytunnel, The Park Opportunity Centre, Discover fruit, vegetables, fl owers and plants in a Based at Five-ways Bungalow, growing too. Daventry Road, Knowle BS4 1DQ unique urban space overlooking the River Avon. 2 Ridingleaze, Lawrence Weston BS11 0QF 10am–3pm Saturday ACTIVITIES: Join herbalist Max Drake on a herbal walk part of Public Health Directorate, NHS Bristol food growers producing veg in urban along the riverbank at 2pm – learn how to identify 10am–1pm Saturday spaces and local gardens, using digital media to the array of herbs and discover their therapeutic The garden is a project by the community, for the support collaboration and to share the story with properties. (£5, pay on day, to book: 0117 927 6527 community. ACTIVITIES: Come and help us build 1 Arup urban growing group the local community. Produce is sold back to the email [email protected]). our herb garden within our community garden at community and local cafés through a local veg box Five-ways Bungalow. We are in our fi rst year, and The park at the crossing of Portwall Lane and 8 Pippen Street outside Chatterton House BS1 6JZ scheme. ACTIVITIES: Seedlings and vegetables for Feed Bristol looking to develop the space. no experience needed, 2–4pm Saturday (The plot is by its nature open sale. Talk to volunteers about urban growing and Park Road on the corner everyone welcome. 24 hours but it will be manned at this time) how to use digital media to drive food production with Stoke Lane, Stapleton BS16 1HB and procurement. 12 Horfield Organic Community Orchard The Portwall urban veg plot was started in April 2011 10am–4pm Saturday & Sunday We support groups and individuals to grow organically Walk down lane beside 22 Kings Drive BS7 8JP on an under-used area of council park by a keen 4 Clifton Chilli Club at Easter Garden bunch of local offi ce workers. We have three large in a nature-friendly way on small and fi eld scale plots, 10am–5pm Saturday beds and tend them during our lunchtime with the aim Easter Garden Community Project, whilst promoting wildlife conservation. Disabled A pioneering, member-managed orchard, inspiring of socialising, learning something about veg growing Wesley Place, Clifton BS8 2YE access. ACTIVITIES: Explore how nature helps us grow; fruit growing as a way to grow community, wellbeing, and hopefully inspiring others to get stuck in! 10am–5pm Saturday workshops on veg growing from balconies to bountiful and local sustainable food. ACTIVITIES: Tours of 100 A social club for people with a love of chilli peppers. fi elds; sample delights from our ‘grow-your-own’ different varieties of fruiting trees – many grown in 2 Bramble Farm Community Smallholding We grow a wide variety of chillies (and many other therapeutic café; and discover our ‘Hide and Seek’ ways to suit small spaces. Seasonal ‘wild-cooking’ From Redcatch Road, enter Crescent varieties of fruit and vegetables) in several growing badger den. Visit www.feedbristol.org.uk for minibus show & taste. Homemade cakes, refreshments, and we are midpoint around the crescent. Walk locations in the area. ACTIVITIES: Chilli tasting, chilli details and much much more... produce and plants for sale. Ask members fruit and food growing questions. through the privet hedges on to Northern Slopes sauce and jam tasting, Raffl e. 9 Park and turn right. Signs will lead the way! Community Orchard Sat Nav postcode BS4 1AW 5 College Garden On the large allotment site off Thingwall Park, 13 Lawrence Weston Community Farm 11am–5pm Saturday & Sunday The Artspace College, Marksbury Road BS3 5JJ Fishponds, Plot 180. Entrance via the gates where Saltmarsh Drive BS11 0NJ we’ll post information re plot site and access. We are a community group growing vegetables 12–4pm Saturday & 12–2pm Sunday 10am–4.30pm Saturday & Sunday and raising animals for produce to feed our families A temporary community garden at the old South 2–4pm Saturday & Sunday Volunteers look after gardens and raised beds, fl ower high quality, high welfare, locally produced, fresh Bristol Technical College. ACTIVITIES: On Saturday Transport: No 48 & 49 buses from centre. and vegetable growing. Throughout the year we run food. ACTIVITIES: Meet the farm animals. Chantelle’s we’ll be open 12–4pm – this is our gardening day so Bath/Bristol cycle path (exit Alcove Road) a variety of formal and informal courses, activities Pet’s Corner. Seed sowing in newspaper pots. Plant come and join in. There’ll be food and refreshments This small orchard is in a lovely spot on an allotment and events. Volunteers help with all aspects of the and produce sales. Children’s activities. BBQ and available. On Sunday we’ll be open from 12–2pm site, next to 70 acres of green space in Eastville running of the farm including looking after the animals, refreshments, cake sale and pizzas from our for tours around the garden. At 2pm we will lead a Park – so feel free to bring a picnic if the weather is gardening, woodland work, orchard, wildlife garden, home built pizza oven. Members on hand bicycle ride to our satellite project, The Growroom good. ACTIVITIES: We will talk about the history of the administration and others. to give urban smallholding advice. on Redcliffe Bridge and a Tomato Picnic. orchard, the varieties of apple trees and encourage www.lwfarm.org.uk · 0117 938 1128 people to help us do some weeding. Get Growing GardenGet Growing Trail

14 Metford Road Community Orchard Metford Road Allotments, Metford Road, Redland BS6 7LA 2–5pm Saturday We grow fruit trees, soft fruit, herbs, chutney plants, and a few nuts on a south-facing slope with a grapevine at the top, stream at the bottom, and numerous small ponds. We use permaculture principles. The site is natural and wildlife-friendly. Please wear sensible shoes as the slope is steep and uneven, and can be very slippery. ACTIVITIES: Guided walkabouts, and tea and biscuits/cake (donations invited). Produce and plant sales.

15 Redland Green Allotment Association & Community Orchard Redland Green Farm, Redland BS6 7HF 2–5pm Saturday An allotment association growing fruit and vegetables on individual plots and in deep beds in our community orchard. Clothing advice as for Metford Road (above). ACTIVITIES: Refreshments and advice.

16 Sims Hill Shared Harvest Stoke Lane, Frenchay – Go along farm track on the right, immediately after bridge over the motorway 11am–3pm Saturday We are hoping to partner with our sister project Feed Bristol to offer a minibus service up to the plots which are both located in the fertile Frenchay area of former market gardens. ACTIVITIES: This year we will be having our summer community celebration event on the site so look for lots of good homemade food and drink, children’s activities, and farm tours featuring our homegrown veg plots, potentially brand new polytunnels, and several acres of woodland.

17 City Farm Watercress Road, St Werburghs BS2 9YJ Saturday – Farm open 8.30am–5pm, but member of staff on site 11am–1pm ACTIVITIES: From 11am–1pm a member of the horticultural unit will be on site to talk about the work we do at the farm and do a group seasonal activity at 12pm. There will be a half-hour tour of the local community garden nearby to show the work we do there at 1pm. 25 Thornbury Community Orchard 18 Stoke Lane Community Garden Opposite the Anchor pub, Stoke Lane, Westbury on Trym BS9 3RW Gloucester Road, Thornbury BS35 1JH 29 Tynings Field Community Group 1–4pm Saturday 10am–3pm Sunday Woodwell Road, BS11 9UG The project aims to create a shared green space that Thornbury Community Orchard is a small from 10am Sunday is maintained and enjoyed by the local community, walled area between the stream and the footpath to We are a small community group growing veg for and will provide a habitat for wildlife, especially birds the east of Gloucester Road, Thornbury, opposite ourselves and the wider community. We started the and insects; improve the natural environment for local The Anchor pub. The orchard contains several apple project last July and have been busy clearing the land residents and visitors to the area; be a productive and plum trees. It belongs to and planting an orchard with new trees. We are one sustainable growing space for community projects; Council, and has been managed since 2007 by of the oldest fi elds in Shirehampton, mentioned in and create a peaceful space for local people of all the Grow Your Own Food group of Sustainable the Doomsday book, and set near Horseshoe bend ages and disabilities to enjoy. ACTIVITIES: plant sales, Thornbury. ACTIVITIES: Tours of the orchard, stalls. site of scientifi c interest. We are also on the Severn hints and tips on garden design, refreshments www.sustainablethornbury.org/Projects/GYOF/ Way footpath. ACTIVITIES: We will be there working Orchard.html on the open day, refreshments to all visitors. We will 19 Sustainable BS3 Patchwork group be feeding our chickens (sponsor a chicken for £6 Myrtle Street Orchard, Bedminster BS3 1JG 26 Thornbury Filnore Allotments a year), and recruiting members. Selection of local 2–4pm Sunday (the orchard is always open for Thornbury Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, produce available. Thornbury BS35 3JB relaxing/picnicking, at 2–4pm members of the group 30 will be on-hand to explain what they do) 10am–3pm Sunday Upper Horfield Community Garden Club The Patchwork Community Garden group tidy New organic allotments were created last year near Behind Eden Church, Eden Grove, Horfi eld BS7 0PQ up neglected patches of land in Bedminster and 22 The Golden Hill Community Garden Filnore Woods at the back of the Thornbury Leisure Southville, with the aim of making our neighbourhood Centre car park – now called Filnore Allotments. Some 10am–5pm Saturday more attractive to residents and wildlife. Since 2003 Entrance through the allotment gates at the plots are still being cleared, while some had crops last Upper Horfi eld Community Garden Club was formed we have identifi ed and worked on six patches and bottom of Monk Road BS7 8NE year. See a newly acquired container for members when residents converted a disused basketball court recently established a small community orchard. 10am–3pm Saturday to securely store gardening tools and materials into a community growing space with polytunnels, We’ll be running tours of our beautiful and and where refreshments will be available. There are raised beds, community beds, a wild area and fruit 20 Sustainable Westbury-on-Trym wheelchair accessible site. We have two productive still allotments available. ACTIVITIES: Tours of the garden. Our aim is to produce affordable vegetables 47 Abbey Road, Westbury-on-Trym BS9 3QN polytunnels, an edible forest, raised beds, a compost allotments, refreshments. www.sustainablethornbury. and plants at prices local people and visitors can 12–5pm Saturday loo with disabled access, and newly renovated org/Projects/Allotments/Allotments.html afford. ACTIVITIES: Herbs, vegetables and fl owers will pond. ACTIVITIES: Visitors are welcome to get their be offered for sale. Drinks and cakes will also Helping local residents produce 2,000 plants, hands dirty, weeding and planting seeds, or just relax 27 Thornbury Harvest Co-op be available. www.uhcgc.wordpress.com tomatoes, beans, squash and pumpkins, for with a cup of tea and some cake and have a chat distribution in Westbury-on-Trym. The aim is to show Sheiling School, Park Road, Thornbury BS35 1HP about plants or hear about our work with community 31 Windmill Hill City Farm those people who would not normally grow any of 10am–3pm Sunday groups. Philip Street, Bedminster BS3 4EA their own food that it is possible. ACTIVITIES: Tomato, A community-supported agriculture scheme growing 10am–5pm Saturday & Sunday bean, squash and pumpkin plants will be available 23 The Severn Project fruit and vegetables for local people, a bit like having (at cost price) for planting outside and in greenhouses. an allotment without all the hard work. Our produce is Experience farming in the heart of the city. There are Advice on how to grow them will be available. Durley Lane, Keynsham BS31 2AJ biodynamic, which roughly means organic plus more! educational and recreational facilities and activities for 10am–12.30pm Saturday Member benefi ts include a weekly share of the local people including a range of farmyard animals, 21 Talbot Road Allotment Association What we want to do: Show people what we are produce and having a say in how the scheme is run. community gardens, picnic area, café serving home- Talbot Allotments site, entrance at the bottom growing and how. Veg, specialised salad, cut and ACTIVITIES: (tbc) Tours of our veg fi eld, information made food and an adventure playground. ACTIVITIES: of Talbot Road, Knowle/ come again, cut fl owers, native hedging, composting, about biodynamics and a chance to get your hands Café, refreshments. Come and see the community 10.30am–12.30pm Saturday conservation. dirty by volunteering. www.thornburycsa.org.uk allotments and walk around the farm. A large site with chalet gardens, beginner plots and 24 The Walled Garden 28 Transition Easton Gardeners Group 32 Zion Community Art Space ordinary allotments. We run a shop selling garden sundries, seed potatoes, onion sets and seeds, and 60 Barton Hill Road BS5 0AW In park next to Easton Community Centre, Road, Bedminster Down BS13 7JW we also run social events such as bonfi re nights and 11am–3pm Saturday Kilburn Street BS5 6AW 10am–2pm Saturday summer barbeques. The allotment holders are a A former vicarage garden, transformed into 2–5pm Sunday Join us in our fi rst full growing season in our new mixture of people who have had their allotments for a neighbourhood growing project. Designed Transition Easton Gardeners Group is run by local garden! With the help of the local community, this years and also beginners with young families. There on permaculture principles with polytunnels, a Easton volunteers. We have seed sowing stalls bramble patch has been turned in to a relaxing and are quite a few chickens on the site. The views from roundhouse and outdoor kitchen, it is working with and hands-on workshops throughout the area to productive garden. Come and see what we’ve done the top of the hill are wonderful and the whole place local groups and coordinating growing on other local encourage local residents to Get Growing their own and make bug homes for benefi cial insects, have tea is warm, sunny and peaceful with lots of wildlife such inner city sites. ACTIVITIES: Volunteers will give tours plants and food. ACTIVITIES: Workshop in the park and cake or marvel on how a broken church organ as slowworms, foxes, birds including the occasional and explain how we work with other sites in this part next to the community centre – come and visit us to can make amazing raised beds! ACTIVITIES: Plants for green woodpecker, pheasant and sparrowhawk. of the inner city. see how you can get involved. sale and refreshments available. The Get Growing Garden Trail has been put together by the Bristol Food Network with the support of the Bristol Food Get Growing Policy Council. Garden Trail The Bristol Food Network connects people working on Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 June 2012 diverse food-related issues – from getting more people growing, to developing healthy- eating projects; from tackling Join us for Bristol’s biggest celebration of urban growing. food waste, to making Bristol more self-suffi cient. For more The diverse activities on offer include ‘meet the animals’, information, or to sign-up for Bristol’s local food update farm tours, grow-your-own workshops and chilli tasting, e-newsletter, go to: plus there will be plenty of opportunities to get your www.bristolfoodnetwork.org hands dirty with seed-sowing and planting sessions.

Bristol Good Food is a simple message developed by the Food Policy Council to encourage residents and organisations in the city to support its work. Good food is vital to the quality of people’s lives in the city. As well as being tasty, healthy and affordable, the food we eat should be good for nature, good for workers, good for local businesses and good for animal welfare. Join in by helping to promote Bristol Good Food. www.bristolfoodpolicycouncil.org

Windmill Hill Sustainable Westbury-on-Trym

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