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Bee theme for gardening at The Nose this Sunday

Our fortnightly session at the community garden (The Nose), by St Clements Church on Scarcroft Road – Sunday 8 May, 2 – 3 pm. Our theme this time is bee-ing welcoimng, so we’ll be attending to our bee-friendly border, planting … Continue reading

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Gardening gets going again in 2016 at The Nose

Next session Sunday 24 April, 2.30pm. You might have already noticed the changes made after we got together on Sunday , working off Sunday lunch and getting the beds into shape for spring. Come down, meet like-minded gardening folk, and burn off … Continue reading

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Create your own pollinator site!

Training by Buglife, at St Nicks Environment Centre or Rawcliffe Bar. Sessions tomorrow and Saturday, 14 and 16 January. To book a space, contact: harry.woolner@buglife.org.uk, phone: 07464 828 626.

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Spaces still available – growing salads in small containers

FREE activity for pre-school children and their parents or carers. Tuesday 1 July, 10am to 12 noon. St Clement’s Church, Scarcroft Road – enter through the community garden on Nunthorpe Road. Plant vegetable seeds and seedlings in one of our small … Continue reading

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Growing salads in small containers

FREE activity for pre-school children and their parents or carers. Tuesday 1 July, 10am to 12 noon. St Clement’s Church, Scarcroft Road – enter through the community garden on Nunthorpe Road. Plant vegetable seeds and seedlings in one of our small … Continue reading

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Summertime gardening

The community garden at St Clements Church, known as the The Nose for its triangular shape, was assessed yesterday for renewal of the Green Flag award – fingers crossed! Everyone is welcome to discover the joys of fruit and vegetable planting and harvesting at … Continue reading

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Open Garden at The Nose, 21 – 22 September

The Nose is always open: you’re welcome to look around, pull up a weed or two, and of course help yourself to a fair share of what’s available for picking. Radishes available at the moment!, in our new Salad Bed. … Continue reading

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“Help yourself” – but somebody did!

We say ‘Help yourself’ to the produce growing on The Nose – that triangular patch of ground outside St Clements Church, now a community garden maintained by Planet South Bank with the support of the church and the help of … Continue reading

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New season, new bed!

Lots of hard work, mostly by Giles, has created this new bed, on the south side of the ornamental cherries. This area was over-planted and crowded, with about a dozen shrubs, as well as the trees which are still there, … Continue reading

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Nose news Spring 2012

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