Photos from the Kitchen Garden launch party
A blustery Saturday afternoon became a sunny one for the official opening of the ‘Yvonne Conolly Garden’, Wray Crescent’s community kitchen garden project. What happened on the day? We saw three speeches, a bake sale, a barbecue and a chance to do a little gardening. We enjoyed a hilarious sausage catching competition for dogs and…
Kitchen Garden, official launch event: June 8, 1pm
We are proud to announce the official launch party for the kitchen garden project takes place on June 8 at 1pm. The special fund-raising event will feature a yummy cake bake sale, barbecue and special surprises. We’ll explain more about the project, give everyone a chance to get together, and hear from people who support…
April 27: The first kitchen garden workshop
We are thrilled to announce that the first kitchen garden workshop will take place at 11am on April 27. During the workshop we will: Learn about crop planting and cultivation Find out which plants grow well together and which don’t Put protection in place to prevent foxes digging things up. The session will be free,…
Community Kitchen Garden Update!
After months of planning and some seriously hard work put in by our members, the Community Kitchen Garden and Tiered Wildflower and Herb beds are installed!! We moved the Earth! Well, to be fair, our fantastic community of volunteers managed to move 17 tons of earth into the plant beds in just over four hours!…
NEWS: Working party RESCHEDULED to March 30
It’s spring! We have something to do — please join us 🙂
Next meeting February 9
The next meeting of the Friends of Wray Crescent takes place on February 9. Please join us.
Wray Crescent Kitchen Garden. Funding achieved
Hello, we are proud to be able to announce that we have secured funding for the kitchen garden project in Wray Crescent from the Mayor’s Green Fund.
Please come to the Winter Meeting: December 8
We would like to invite you to the next meeting of Friends of Wray Crescent. The meeting takes place on December 8 at 12 midday. The meeting will take place at 12 Pine Grove N4. We hope everyone can make it, and plan to provide a few mince pies! Be seeing you. Meeting Agenda New…
Mulching day two: Please join us on Nov 18
We had a really successful first mulching session on November 11. A good number of us turned up to weed flowerbeds, remove leaves, and put the mulch down to feed and protect the soil. We also planted some new plants behind the benches, which will look lovely in spring. In addition, we were shown our…
Mulching: Day 1
so, it’s not too wet and we have the mulch so here’s a somewhat last minute note to let you know the mulching is going ahead! Bring gloves, shovels, spades and buckets. Starts at 11.05 (after a few moments for rememberance). see you then.