Get Growing Trail 2013 Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June
February 28th, 2013 | Posted by in Community groups | Events | Get involved | Grow local - (0 Comments)
Bristol’s secret fruit & veg growers open their garden gates and community plots for the 3rd annual Get Growing Garden Trail. Come and see what lies behind the garden walls and get inspired to get growing too.
27 sites are open at various times over the weekend, showcasing a diverse range of growing projects. Each group taking part has a different way of organising the work, cultivating the land, and sharing the harvest – come and find out what would fit best for you.
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Festival of Ideas: “Cooking as a Political Act” 31st May
May 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Buy local | Eat local | Events - (0 Comments)
Michael Pollan
Cooking as a Political Act
Fri 31 May 2013, 19.45-20.45
At-Bristol
Many people now spend a lot more time watching other people cook on TV than doing it themselves. But the outsourcing of this work to corporations has had disastrous effects on our health, our family life, and even on our agriculture. To reverse the trend in his own life, Pollan apprenticed himself to a series of gifted chefs, pitmasters, bakers, brewers, cheesemakers and picklers. Using his own kitchen adventures Read more [...]
Get involved in the Tobacco Factory production of A Do-Gooder
May 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Get involved - (0 Comments)
Tobacco Factory Theatre
GET INVOLVED!
A local, national and global story
Just Jones & are bringing their award-winning production A Do-Gooder to the Tobacco Factory Theatre later this year.
Dr Stockmann and her brother, the Mayor, set up a Co-operative Health Spa to regenerate their childhood home. Exploring themes of environmental sustainability, ethical trading and local identity, the show asks the audience to decide what's important now - our local people or our planet?
We’re looking Read more [...]
Next Bristol Community Buildings Federation event 4th June
May 14th, 2013 | Posted by in Community groups | Events - (0 Comments)
The next Community Buildings Network meeting on June 4th at the Park Centre, Knowle West will be focusing on Food and Community Buildings, including all the inspirational work going on in community centres around Bristol related to growing food, bulk buying, cooking food, and using good food to add conviviality to local services and community events. The Community Buildings Network is organised jointly by the Community Buildings Federation and Bristol City Council and is a free networking event for Read more [...]
Ongoing events at the Trinity Community Garden
May 1st, 2013 | Posted by in Community groups | Education | Events | Get involved - (0 Comments)
Women and Children's day drop in 11-5, Wednesdays at the Trinity Community Garden!
To all you lovely ladies and mothers out there, please come along to our free, all day drop in session at Trinity Community Garden every Wednesday from 11-5.
There will be opportunities to drink herbal teas and talk about their benefits, grow food, cook healthy meals in our outdoor kitchen, eat lunch together, bake cookies and most importantly relax!
Trinity Community Garden is based in the grounds of the Read more [...]
Foodies Festival: The UK’s largest celebration of food & drink
April 19th, 2013 | Posted by in Events - (0 Comments)
Foodies Festival: The UK’s largest celebration of food & drink.
"The UK's largest celebration of food and drink returns in 2013 with eight festivals across the UK.
Brighton Hove Lawns: May 4, 5 & 6
Tatton Park, Cheshire: May 17, 18 & 19
Hampton Court Palace: May 25, 26 & 27
London Clapham Common: June 7, 8 & 9
Bristol Harbourside: July 12, 13 &14
Edinburgh Inverleith Park: August 9, 10 & 11
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Rocket Gardens’ School Spring Garden Competition
April 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Education - (0 Comments)
From the Rocket Gardens website:
We've got 30 Schools Spring Rocket Gardens to give away, each worth £49. That’s one lucky School every day this April.
Enter our competition below to be in with a chance to win a Rocket Garden for your local school.
Our Schools Gardens are a great way to get children growing their own at school throughout the seasons.
To be eligible to enter just provide your local school’s name and address and a teacher’s contact name and email address. (We need Read more [...]
Hazel and birch bean poles for sale 27th April at St. Werburghs City Farm Spring Fair
April 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Buy local | Community groups | Events | Grow local - (0 Comments)
From Keith Cowling of the Ashley Vale Allotment Association:
We have a large number of hazel and also birch beanpoles for sale, as well as pea sticks and other assorted plant supports and coppice products.
The majority of our beanpoles are 8 feet long, but we can provide longer or shorter ones by arrangement and also have a certain number with forked tops. We charge £5 for bundles of 10 beanpoles all cut to 8 feet. And can arrange delivery for 10 bundles or more at a discount.
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From Nicola Brownlie, Blaise Castle Estate Ranger:
We have recently coppiced the Hazel Brook and we have a large quantity of poles in our yard. We are looking to sell them for 75p -£1.00 a pole depending on length.
Please contact me on 0117 3532266 or on 07734272214 if you are interested.
Nicola Brownlie
Blaise Castle Estate Ranger
Blaise Castle Estate
Kingsweston Road
Bristol
BS10 7QS
Secret Garden Food Festival
April 1st, 2013 | Posted by in Education | Events | Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
20 April 2013 | 10.30am-4.30pm | FREE
Milestones Trust is leading the way in improving nutrition and food quality in care homes, and to celebrate this, Expressions will incorporate a one-day food festival on Saturday 20 April, featuring Square Food Foundation Founder Barny Haughton and celebrity chef ‘BBQ Ben’, Ben Bartlett.
Come to the Paintworks and enjoy:
The art of BBQ with celebrity chef Ben Bartlett, aka BBQ Ben, author of The BBQ Manual, published by Haynes
Cookery Read more [...]
Knowle West's growing
