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Ninth Annual Stroud Potato Day Hailed A Success

Down to Earth Stroud and Transition Stroud organisers, Amanda Godber and Jane Brown, announce another successful Potato Day on Saturday 2nd February 2019. After snow, the sun shone on the Farmer’s Market as we settled into our new home. As other stall holders well know, the cold creeps through the layers, but our volunteers gave a [...]

By |2019-02-20T18:34:49+00:00February 11th, 2019|Categories: Food, Fruit and veg, Grow your own, Stroud|Comments Off on Ninth Annual Stroud Potato Day Hailed A Success

Seed Savers – Making Good Organic Compost

Looking after the soil on your plot is fundamental to grow good crops and produce the best seeds for saving. As this season becomes fully autumnal, it is a great time to use existing compost or to prepare to make some in the future. Home made compost is a good soil conditioner for whatever soil you [...]

By |2018-11-10T12:46:11+00:00November 10th, 2018|Categories: Selsley, Uncategorized|Tags: |Comments Off on Seed Savers – Making Good Organic Compost

Art on the Plot: New Sculpture for Vale Community Hospital Allotment Scheme

Two years after the first ground was broken at the Vale Community Hospital allotment site, a sculpture has been installed to celebrate its progress. The completed piece When the community hospital in Dursley, Gloucestershire, was designed and built 10 years ago, art was commissioned as an integral part of the capital project. Part NHS [...]

By |2018-07-04T16:04:35+01:00June 29th, 2018|Categories: Allotments, Vale Hospital Allotments|Tags: , |Comments Off on Art on the Plot: New Sculpture for Vale Community Hospital Allotment Scheme

2018 Stroud Potato Day another great success!

This was the 8th Stroud Potato Day and the best so far! We raised £608.80 in total on the day from the potato sale. Congrats to the team. This year there are hardly any tubers left over... Our Stroud Community Seed Bank was also there on the day with packets of seeds locally saved. Nearly 400 [...]

By |2018-02-20T13:53:34+00:00February 20th, 2018|Categories: Food, Fruit and veg, Grow your own, Stroud, Uncategorized|Comments Off on 2018 Stroud Potato Day another great success!

Selsley Community Growing Scheme Updates

This season has seen a great deal of abundance up at Selsley allotments, with a succession of both fruit and vegetable crops being harvested every week. From courgettes, potatoes, chard and tomatoes to raspberries, apples and blackcurrants, volunteers have been able to take away full bags of fresh, healthy and organically grown produce. Best of all [...]

By |2018-05-31T17:54:45+01:00November 7th, 2017|Categories: Allotments, Grow your own, Selsley, Stroud|Tags: |Comments Off on Selsley Community Growing Scheme Updates

Vale Hospital Allotments Workshops in 2017

We've got an exciting range of workshops for our allotment holders at Vale Community Hospital coming up this autumn: Permaculture Your Plot with Helen Pitel Thursday 14th September 7-9pm at GL11 in Cam Lots of new ideas for pest control, companion planting, rotations and fertility building the permaculture way, and making the gardening easier too! Spend [...]

By |2017-08-04T13:08:31+01:00August 4th, 2017|Categories: Allotments, Grow your own, Vale Hospital Allotments|Tags: |Comments Off on Vale Hospital Allotments Workshops in 2017

Stroud Life Business Awards double award winners!

What a night! Last night at the Stroud Life Business Awards, we won not 1, but 2 awards!!! 🍾🏆🎉🌟 Amanda won Stroud District Ambassador of the Year! An award which "goes to an individual who gives up their own time to better the Stroud District." That could not be more true of Amanda or more well deserved. [...]

By |2017-06-30T09:10:51+01:00June 30th, 2017|Categories: Stroud|Tags: |Comments Off on Stroud Life Business Awards double award winners!

Could you be a fruit warden? The Fruit Exchange needs volunteers!

The Fruit Exchange is now in its third year and this year we want to do even more to help use up unwanted fruit (and vegetables and nuts) across the Stroud District and across Gloucestershire. How many of us have passed a plum, apple or pear tree laden with fruit, and then seen it fallen on [...]

By |2020-02-06T18:52:49+00:00June 27th, 2017|Categories: Food, Fruit and veg, Fruit Exchange, Volunteering|Tags: , |Comments Off on Could you be a fruit warden? The Fruit Exchange needs volunteers!

Award for our contribution to the environment from Stroud Town Council

We had a lovely evening at the Stroud Town Council annual awards last night, Wednesday 24th May, in which we won a Stroud Town award for our contribution to the environment. Amanda was very chuffed to receive the award and we are all very grateful to the council for everything they do. Congratulations to all the [...]

By |2017-05-25T12:09:39+01:00May 25th, 2017|Categories: Grow your own, Stroud|Tags: |Comments Off on Award for our contribution to the environment from Stroud Town Council

Selsley Community Growing Scheme Spring 2017

A small group of volunteers look after this community growing scheme on the side of a hill in the beautiful parish of Selsley near Stroud. We meet weekly as a group and always have a long 'to do' list which includes maintenance, clearing, preparing and planting and this spring has been busier than ever. So far [...]

By |2017-05-16T19:29:17+01:00May 16th, 2017|Categories: Allotments, Food, Fruit and veg, Gardening, Grow your own, Selsley|Tags: , |Comments Off on Selsley Community Growing Scheme Spring 2017

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