Category Archives: gardening

Create your own pollinator site!

Posted on 13/01/2016 by John Gray

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

Posted on 24/06/2014 by John Gray

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

Posted on 13/06/2014 by John Gray

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Summertime gardening

Posted on 23/05/2014 by John Gray

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

Posted on 20/09/2013 by John Gray

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!

Posted on 19/07/2013 by John Gray

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!

Posted on 01/03/2013 by cathmortimer

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

Posted on 04/05/2012 by cathmortimer

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Kids sowing for the Nose

Posted on 29/04/2012 by cathmortimer

The Brownie pack from Southlands planted peas and beans in pots at a session before Easter, and then brought the resulting seedlings to plant up at the Nose, at a second session. At the St Clement’s Church’s Good Friday workshops, … Continue reading →

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Plant swap on May 5th