Sara's Garden Party

On Sunday Sara hosted a social event for Food4Macc members in her garden. In addition to home-made food, there was a bric-a-brac stall and a plant sale, which together raised £80 for Food4Macc.

A big "Thank You" to Sara and her family for volunteering to run this event.

New Discount for Food4Macc members

Macclesfield Community Garden Centre has agreed to offer a 10% discount to Food4Macc members from its premises inside West Park.
The garden centre is self sustaining, with all plants and products grown and sourced locally to support the local economy. In addition to providing both training and support to people with learning disabilities, the centre provides a vibrant retail operation and garden services.
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Progress Report

On our Bollin Valley site we have now cleared the first beds, by lifting the turf.

A little further down the valley there is a community orchard planted by the Bollin Valley Rangers a few years ago.

At The Rowans a wind-break Laurel hedge has been planted, and the first beds have been laid out.













Our Sainsbury's bag packing day today raised £334 and we were able to talk to lots of people interested in gardening.
Thanks to everyone who came along.

The BBC has a new vegetable growing webpage called Digin, amongst other things they are offering Free Seeds http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/digin/


Some gardening iPhone Apps (applications) have been added to our website here

Beech Hall School Site Clearance

A working party has cleared the site, and drawn up plans for our next community garden project on playing fields in the Bollin Valley belonging to Beech Hall school.

Beaumont Raised Beds are Built

Three raised beds have been created.
Wide pathways give easy access for wheelchair users.

T Shirts For Sale

We now have some good quality white cotton T shirts for sale at £11 each.

Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large.

Please call 07824 860 566 or email food4macc@googlemail.com

Beech Hall

We now have the go-ahead to begin work on the Bollin Valley Riverside site provided by Beech Hall School.
Work will start on Tuesday 16th March at 10.30 til 1pm here (there is a "P" indicating the parking and the site is shown in green).

We will start by clearing the site, and marking out the beds. If you can spare an hour please come along and join in the inauguration of this new project.

Just read the safety notes here before you come, and bring appropriate stout gloves, footwear, and some black bin liners if you have them.

So that Viginie can plan what we aim to achive that day, please give her a call to let her know that you are coming . Her number is 07833 523 532.