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Hello gardeners!
The temperature is getting warmer and Spring is coming. Below are our sessions for the coming growing season.
Our sessions are on Sundays at 4pm at the Nose at St Clements Church on Scarcroft Road. We provide all the equipment and occasionally snacks!
Please email Lyndall pichiciago_@hotmail.co.uk with any questions or forward this on to people you think may be interested in joining us.
17th March – Tea and cake
31st March – Onions and broad beans
14th April- Potatoes
28th April – Easter Sunday
12th May – beans and peas
26th May – squash and sweetcorn
9th June
23rd June – BBQ
7th July – Weeding and fruit picking
21st July
4th August
18th August
1st September
15th September – Picnic
29th September
13th October
27th October – Tidying the garden ready for winter!
South Bank’s weekly pay-as-you-feel cafe and food store opens this Thursday 10th January at Southlands Church Community Centre.
To find out more, and to volunteer, contact planetfoodyork@gmail.com; Rosie 07734 721187; Bev 07939 884997.
It’s great to see how many shoppers and shops are really thinking about reducing single-use plastic on Bishy Road. We hope you enjoy your local shopping this Christmas!
Bishopthorpe Road’s newest shop, zero-waste-themed The Bishy Weigh, opened this morning. https://www.facebook.com/TheBishyWeigh/
Our annual celebration of local craft-folk and makers takes place midday to 4pm, Sunday 18 November.
CHere (as a download) is the list of local pubs and households for you to plan your visits!; the list is also copied below.
And here is a map showing the households and streets – https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Aj4ChOWcAj20HXKIb7820uXqHf9JI0ms&usp=sharing.
Craft – y – Crawl Sunday 18th November 2018 12 midday – 4pm
List of participating venues for Craft-y-Crawl by street name (in alphabetical order)
Bishopthorpe Road – The Winning Post YO23 1NZ
73 Bishopthorpe Road, YO23 INX –
Cromwell Road, Bishophill, The Golden Ball, YO1 6DU
52 Millfield Road, YO23 1NQ – Jo Yeates – All sorts of handmade loveliness, including cards and gifts for Christmas and other occasions
1 Norfolk Street, YO23 1JY – Naomi ‘s Stained Glass – colourful fused glass and stained glass
79 Russell Street, YO23 1NN
Flat 1, Langton Court, Scarcroft Road, YO24 1BF – Martha Smyth – beautiful, handcrafted, unique candles and jewellery boxes. All original designs.
82 Scarcroft Road, YO24 1DD (*Open 11.30am – 5pm) – Di Hennell “My Material World” – using a variety of differing materials including textiles, wool, felt, suede, wood. Jewellery, window hangings, mono print cards, covered notebooks, Christmas decorations, cushion covers and more!
3 Scott Street, YO23 1NR
17 Victor Street, YO1 8HQ
33 Wentworth Road, YO24 1DG
35 Wentworth Road, YO24 1DG
… made from marrows from the community garden at St Clements Church.
Recipe: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7565/marrow-and-ginger-jam

Here’s our poster for the Craft-y-Crawl, hot off the press – you can also save the image to print and display in your window – thank you!

Update to timings on the day (Sunday 18 November) : time change, the event will now run from midday to 4pm.
The Winning Post pub on Bishopthorpe Road is now available if you don’t have display space at home or at a friend’s house, or if you want to join in with others displaying your range of homemade crafts and items. Contact Pie (details below) for information.
The spaces at the Golden Ball pub are now all taken.
Deadline for registering remains Sunday 14th October, 9pm. To be part of the event, email ainsliewaller@yahoo.co.uk giving your contact details and a description of your art/craft.

Photo: Pixabay.com
Alice Hildred, of White Rose Bakes and a volunteer gardener at Planet South Bank’s Community Garden at St Clements Church, is hoping to open Bishy Road’s first zero-waste shop.
You help make this happen…
Alice is doing some market research – this link https://goo.gl/forms/dlVZrrL582WjR2Bl2 are five simple tick-box questions, which take about a minute to fill in. Let Alice know your views!
No sensitive or personal data or contact details will be collected from anyone who submits a response.
And please forward this to anyone you think would be interested. Thank you!
(Alice is also a one-time baker to Sir David Attenborough – see the story here 🙂 http://www.whiterosebakes.co.uk/about-us