Friends of Birchfields Park FOREST GARDEN PROJECT
Work Sessions Jul - Oct 2010

at the Forest Garden in NW corner of Park alongside Dickenson Road

There will be maintenance sessions starting at 4:30pm on the 2nd Thursday and starting at 1:00pm on the last Sunday of each month: (25th Jly, 12th & 29th Aug, 9th & 26 Sep, 14th & 31st Oct) lasting for up to 3 hours. We will have a refreshment break during each session - please bring your own refreshments for this.

Everyone welcome!

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Manchester Permaculture Network's April event is to take place at Birchfields Park Forest Garden.

Last year an experimental planting was undertaken in the south west corener of the forest garden, using mypex, to test its effectiveness at weed control, in the establishment of the forest garden's gound cover layers. On the evening of Weds 28th, we will be returning to the forest garden, to see how things have progressed.

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Ladies and gents, for your pleasure, Julie Spellman’s eagerly awaited film about the Birchfield’s Park Forest Garden Summer Solstice event, which took place on June 21st.

The event was organised by Adele Myers, with support from Jane Morris, on behalf of Manchester Permaculture Network. With zero pounds in her budget, Adele did an amazing job, pulling in community herbalists, artists, and practitioners, to deliver a community event that was at once inspiring, informative, and practical.

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FOREST GARDEN PROJECT

Work Sessions June-Aug 2009

at the Forest Garden in NW corner of Park alongside Dickenson Road

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