Gardening Project supporting local communities 🌼🌺🌸
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🤩🎥 Amazing drone footage of the Wildlife Gardens in Broughton Astley from Feb 2022, prior to the transformation works.
🌺🦋Such a tranquil place now to rest, reflect and take in the nature, wildlife and blossoming flowers.
Video credit CopleyX
youtu.be/eGGkP7zUh8Q
🤩🎥 Check out this YouTube link to the amazing drone footage capturing the Community Allotments in Broughton Astley.
Taken in Feb 2022 prior to works starting.
Looking forward to seeing the progress in the weeks and months to come
youtu.be/Kg1Lv0piL2k
👨👩👧👦 Lovely family day learning, exploring & having fun
🍓Dug & raked out the twitch making way for planting strawberries & fruit
🥬Fresh kale & broccoli picked & cooked within hours
🐸 Frogs & frogspawn in the Wildlife Garden pond area
👩🏼🌾 Looking forward to the next event
🍓🫐 Strawberries and fruit plants have been planted this weekend with many thanks to local residents for your donations x
💦 They have since been watered in & will get netting to keep them protected too
💚 Sending love & thanks to all that have donated plants & seeds over the past couple of weeks for our Broughton Astley Community Allotments
🌱🍅🥦🥕💐 We have a mixture of herbs, vegetables, fruit, salad and flowers to get us started & we can’t wait to get planting 👩🏼🌾
Thanks to all our volunteers that helped on the Broughton Astley Community Allotments on 02/04/22
We were blessed with good weather & ground conditions so we could get it turned over ready for future planting 🌱
Really appreciate the hard effort by all - it’s looking great 😁👏🏼
📅 Next Broughton Astley Community Allotment Event will be on Saturday, 02nd April 2022 from 12:45pm.
🧑🏻🌾 The focus for the day will be digging & rotavating ready for planting.
🧤Please bring your own gloves
Please help!! 🙏
We really need plants/seeds that we can get planted over the next couple of weeks at the Broughton Astley Community Allotments.
If you can help, or know anyone that can help please get in touch x
Mud Kitchen *wanted*
for Broughton Astley Community Allotments if anyone has an unused one they could kindly donate?
📰 Thank you so much to Broughton Astley Volunteer Group for this great piece about the Community Allotments in your recent newsletter.
Click on the link below to see the full booklet with some great local stories:
issuu.com/broughtonastleyvol…
👩👧👦A local family visited Broughton Astley Community Allotments to discuss our project supporting HE families
🥬 They picked kale to take home & try which the kids enjoyed 😁👍
🤩Mckenzy completed this amazing piece for me to share on the page with all the info she researched 👏🏼
📚Do you HOME EDUCATE or know anyone that does?
👩👧👦I have a family looking to start a local group or meet with likeminded families in Broughton Astley
❤️Please get in touch for further info
@HarboroughDC @bapc1896
Looking for groups in the Broughton Astley area that could benefit from having a space on the Community Allotment?
* Baby/Toddler
* Childminder/Home School
* SEN
* Brownies/Scouts etc
* Youth Work
* Older People
* Physical, Emotional, Mental Health & Well-being
* Support Groups
😁❤️A big THANK YOU to @Barrus_UK for their kind donation of a @WSGardenTools Spade & Fork for us to use on our community projects
As we run solely by volunteers and donations these tools will be of great use and benefit to the @SowsAndGrows team to help our community 👨🏾🌾🧑🏻🌾👩🏼🌾
🌳🌿🍃Great afternoon helping to plant 600 hedge whips in Broughton Astley today - great day & great team giving back to the local environment & community.
Special thanks to @HarboroughWood1, @LeicsCountyHall, @HarboroughDC @TheTreeCouncil @bapc1896 for this opportunity 👏🏼👏🏼 – at Broughton Astley, England
🤩This superstar was an inspiration to us all - didn’t stop working the whole time using his mind & muscles throughout the day to get his jobs done with a big smile on his face for everything he did
🪱🐌🪨 Worms, snails & stones all collected & safely stored until end of the day
🐸 we safely moved one of our animal friends from the Community Allotment today to a nearby pond. Thanks for your help Sophiya 😁👏🏼
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🕵️♂️Congratulations to our 2 amazing winners on the scavenger hunt today!!
👧🏼👦🏻Jess & Edward managed to tick off most of their lists by exploring in the nature garden & working on the allotment too.
😁👏🏼🌟 Great work little ones
😊Such a rewarding time spent at the Broughton Astley Community Allotment today
☀️The sun was shinining, the kids were laughing & a great time was had by all
👏🏼Outstanding efforts & really looking forward to the next event
❤️Thanks again to all involved
It’s #VolunteersWeek & I would love to take the opportunity to thank all those that have supported us to date ❤️
With a new project on the horizon I’m now asking - Could you help? I am looking for volunteers to help with @SowsAndGrows. Could you offer your time or experience?
