News and event dates

Notices

Payment for individual plot holders for 2009-2010 is due now! £15 for each plot (10m x 5m).

Please give your money to Jenny Piercy.

If you haven't used your plot this year and you don't pay your fees, we will re-alocate it to someone on the waiting list.

Working party days - first Sunday in every month at 2pm. Please bring your own tools, gloves etc. Families of all ages welcome (as are cakes, coffee, milk etc!)

6 September

4 October

The key focus this year is on building the community orchard area. We need to mow paths, prune existing trees, plant soft fruit and water the new fruit trees we planted in March.

Please start growing/taking cuttings of pond plants, soft fruit plants, fruit trees. These are for the new soft-fruit and community orchard which is already underway.

If you find bits of metal etc, please place in a neat pile by the 'pagoda'. There are lots of bits of rubbish in the undergrowth that need to be removed so that children can play safely in the wooded areas.

We have built three community composting bins to the left of the gate. This will be for anyone to use, not just allotment holders. Please put green waste only into these (no twigs, hedge clippings or food waste please).

Key dates

Everyone is invited to take part in our schedule of family activities and volunteering events. Just turn up, but wear suitable clothing and bring your own equipment please. Families with children of all ages are most welcome. No experience is necessary.

Saturday 5 September: Kemble Village Produce Show, in conjunction with the WI

Sunday 6th September - 2.00 - 4.00pm

Work session in the orchard to make a strawberry bed and build a vine trellis. This is the right time of year to transplant strawberry plants and runners, ready for a good crop next summer. If you have any spare plants available, please bring them!

Sunday 20th September 2.00 - 4.00pm

Apple and other fruit harvesting and juice pressing. The apple trees are laden with fruit, and we hope to crush some to make fresh apple juice. Please bring your own containers if you want to take any away with you.

Sunday 4th October 2.00 - 4.00pm

Work session to clear the glade and thin out woodland area. This will encourage more wild flowers in the spring.

Saturday 31st October

Family activities/workshop 2.00 - 4.00pm to make vegetable sculptures. Please book in advance for the vegetable sculpture workshop (so that we know how many vegetables to get!) by calling Sara 770646

- AND bonfire and BBQ for all 6.00 - 8.00pm (Bring own food for the BBQ and something to share).

This page was last modified on Monday, August 24, 2009 02:05:16 PM

News

Orchard

After a fantastic work day in March, much of the ground has been cleared, the ant hills have been carefuly moved and the ground made a little more level so that it is easier to walk on.

Malmesbury Garden centre have given us three trees, and Fred and Jenny Piercy have given two pear trees as well, so we are off to a strong start.

Ponds

The picket fencing around the ponds is almost finished. We now have frogs and spawn. Please do not distrub them as we want the frogs as part of our organic pest control.

Kemble Community Gardens