Nott'm, St Ann's Allotments Open Day/Plant Swap/Workshops etc., Sun, 15th May

[irridium]

http://www.staa-allotments.org.uk/events/open.htm (open the PDF for more details)

got lots of activities for adults and kids, tours of the Community Orchard, plots

I shall be there (plot no. 217, tho' coz it's still new to us, it's a bit of a jungle still, but you're more than welcome to have a nose ;))

Bren

[irridium]

[saddad]

Possible... we have a family wedding the week after so we have to do all the pre-shopping.
Your September day clashes with our opening too..  :o

[pumkinlover]

Work ???

[saddad]

Probably won't make it but hope you have a great day...  :)

[pumkinlover]

Please post reminders when you have another day, I would like to get to see the site. :)

[shirlton]

Hope you have a good day

[irridium]

oh thanks for your kind words, peeps.. i've checked the forecast and it's gonna be dry all day! ;D whoop, whoop ;D just attending the Plant Swap to see if anyone's got anything that I like. Got a couple of Gardener's Delight to swap (tho' most ppl grow that, don't they!!!)
The rest of the day will be spent preparing more beds for the beans (to be planted today), sweetcorn, courgette, and tomatoes/chilli/peppers to go out in a couple of weeks - and that's going to be a full day job!

[pumkinlover]

How did it go?  :)

[irridium]

well, re. the Plant Swap, it wasn't as good as other swaps I've been to (about 30 plants there, unlabelled!). It took us a good half hour walking all over the site trying to find it (it wasn't signed properly). The Plant Sale at Ecoworks were far more interesting (lots of interesting varieties), but I had no intention of spending a penny there! Also, the weather got a bit showery as well... ::)

Usually, if the weather's good, there's usually a good turn-out with the public, with lots of kids enjoying themselves,learning lots of nature activities, but as I was only there for the Plant Swap, I had to get back to my lotti to do a lot of digging/turning-over..