Category: Gardening
Help making planters at The Mill
Come and help making planters at The Mill garden. We have already created a woodland area and a linear mini orchard. The next task will be creating a vertical garden to maximise the space. On Saturday, 4th of Feb from 10am-1pm we will be making planters at the Mill with recycled scaffolding boards where we will [...]
Fruit tree planting day @ The Mill
The garden squad will be planting fruit trees in the small garden of The Mill on Saturday 3rd of December from 11am – 1pm. Everybody is welcome to join and help with the planting! As part of the vision of creating an edible and wildlife garden we are planting a redcurrant bush and an apple [...]
Apple day at the Mill
On 1 October we held a hugely successful Apple Day at the Mill as part of the BAG Garden Squad that meets at the Mill every first Saturday of the month from 11am to 1pm. Early that day we collected the apples from the beer garden of the Ferry Boat Inn Pub on Ferry Lane, [...]
Annual bulb planting day
BAG Garden squad held their annual bulb planting event on the 5th of November. Thirteen keen gardens gathered together to plant 650 bulbs, of which 300 were donated by Waltham Forest council. In previous years we have planted bulbs in Coppermill Lane, Edward Road, the playground in Coppermill Lane and in front of Stoneydown park. [...]
First harvest – Sat 3rd July
Everything’s growing well on the site – the raised beds are blooming and the first tiny squash has appeared. The mulch is keeping most things going with only sparse watering but unfortunately the lettuces were sacrificed to the heat – that’ll learn us! As Colin helpfully pointed out, watering in the middle of the day [...]
BAG Gardening event – May 15th
Following on from last months BAG gardening event, learn about the next stages, potting on, and planting out. We hope to have some raised beds ready so that some of the seedlings can be planted out in the community garden. Saturday 15th May from 11am til 1pm at the Douglas Eyre community garden, next to [...]
Seed spectacular!
Blackhorse Road area residents gathered together on Saturday (April 10th) to learn how to grow vegetables from seeds, at BAG’s new community garden site off Coppermill Lane. Thirty participants of all ages, from toddlers to pensioners, sowed pumpkins, tomatoes, beans, lettuces, herbs, and also ‘companion’ flowers like sunflowers and nasturtiums. They then had the chance [...]
Seed Sowing and Swapping: Sat 10th April
Dear local gardeners, Please come to BAG’s next gardening event – a seed sowing and swapping event. Saturday 10th April from 2.30-4.30, next to the Douglas Eyre Sports Pavilion, Coppermill Lane, E17. (Go along the side of the Pavilion and the community garden is to the right of the football pitches) Come along and: Find [...]
Forest Garden planting day
The event took place on Saturday the 5th of Dec 2009 but we had so much to plant that we had to leave the bushes and canes healing on the ground and carried out the planting the following Saturday. We got a nice selection of apple, pear and plum trees and also a variety of soft fruit bushes [...]
Maintaining our trees
Local residents rightly value the trees that line our streets, and many have expressed concern to BAG at the quality of the councils maintenance of our trees. BAG have previously contacted the council regarding the erratic pollarding of trees, bracket fungus, and the failure to replace felled trees. Below are the latest two emails from [...]
BAG Harvest event
Thanks to everyone who showed up for our community garden/harvest celebration on the Douglas Eyre playing fields. The apple press was a particular hit with the look on some of the kids faces when the juice poured forth worth putting the event on for alone. The BBQ didn’t kill anyone, and the apple bobbing was [...]
Hawkwood Nursery: Sunday workdays
Hawkwood Nursery – For Plants & People is a wonderful new 12 acre organic growing/ permaculture site on the edge of Waltham Forest. Organiclea is a small food growing cooperative based in Waltham Forest and has recently taken on the Council’s disused glasshouse to create a community plant nursery which will provide a great resource [...]
Residents get planting at BAG Workshop
Our FREE gardening workshop was a great success with residents happily planting out their veg and flowers to take away. BAG applied for a grant to encourage residents to get out and garden, and this was the first event we’ve put on with the money we received. For more information, to take part or if [...]
BAG Gardening Workshop – Free Veg & Flowers
Want to grow some food and flowers? Come to BAG’s first FREE beginners gardening workshop on Sunday the 7th of June. There will be containers for everyone to plant out with organic vegetables and flowers. Once you’ve finished, take them away and enjoy. THE WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE DOUGLAS EYRE PLAYING FIELDS, 2.30-4.30pm. [...]
Courses in food growing
Interested in food growing and wondering what to do this season? Or want to pick up specific design, growing or maintenance skills? Growers from Organiclea in Waltham Forest work with the local Community Learning and Skills Service (CLaSS) to deliver training in food growing at an adult learning centre in Chingford, E4. Coming up this [...]
BAG’ers plant a 1000 Dafs
Thanks to all those who brought along a trowel or two and helped make BAG’s bulb planting such a success. A thousand bulbs should hopefully brighten the area come spring, and there was still time to recover from all the excertion at the Coppermill. (above) A few intrepid planters
Cut household bills – Join our ECO Teams
Join one of our ECO Teams – reduce your impact on the environment and save money! • Cut household bills • Make new friends • Environmental benefits • Health benefits • Visits to eco-houses [...]
Food Glorious Food (and some booze, medicines and plants)
The Hornbeam Centre’s putting on a feast of lessons, workshops and fun activities (some for kids, others for adults or the family) Jam making, baking, wine, homebrew, herbs, pickles, apples, cakes, seeds, and more, all culminating in a great food swap. Check out all the days and details below. For more visit their swish looking [...]
Hornbeam Organic Veg boxes
The Hornbeam Organic Veg Box Scheme is ready to go! Locally run and supplying local produce every week. Sign up from July 2nd 2008. How will it work? You can pick up your box every Wednesday, from 3.30pm – 7.30pm, at the Hornbeam Centre (at 458 Hoe Street, close to the Baker’s Arms junction). The [...]
Get involved in the Food, Gardening & Environment working group!
The Food, Gardening & Environment working group sorts out such issues as allotments and getting hold of locally sourced and/or organic grub. It’s a place where residents can swap gardening tips, as well as tools. To find out more, email: foodgardeningandenvironment@blackhorseactiongroup.org.uk
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