Events
All events are at The People’s Community Garden, Maidenhall Allotments, Halifax Road, Ipswich IP2 8RE (where to find us), unless otherwise stated.
Booking is essential for workshops and classes: Please call Susannah Robirosa on 01473 261112 or write to her c/o ICVS, 1 Cornhill, Ipswich. IP1 1DD.
Garden HOE 2 - Horticultural Outdoor Exercise
Thursdays starting 22nd April 2010 for six weeks, 10.30am - 12 noon
Following on from the success of last year's HOE sessions, Lindsay Bennett for more outdoor exercise in The People's Community Garden.
Week 1 |
Nutrition -Understanding food labels |
Week 2 |
Balance of nutrition |
Week 3 |
Walk your way to good health |
Week 4 |
Postural awareness |
Week 5 |
How to lose body fat and increase lean muscle |
Week 6 |
Flexibility & Stress Management |
If you're able to help us advertise this event by printing off a poster and displaying it, that would be much appreciated.
FREE Spring Gardening Course
Fridays 23 April to 14 May, 10am to 12.30pm
Informal, friendly classes aimed at young parents and others who would like to learn how to garden and grow their own vegetables. Topics will include plot preparation, seed sowing, potting on and planting out.
Herbaculture: Growing and using herbs
Saturday 19 June, 10am - 3.30pm
HERB GROWING, MEDICINE MAKING, HERB SPIRAL, HERBAL FAMILY FIRST AID
Herbaculture with medicinal herbalist and community gardener Dan Wheals. Growing herbs and their applications and uses, including medicinal properties and uses in cooking. Make your own teas with herbs freshly picked from the garden. Suitable for all.
Cost: £3 (£5 for 19 June and 18 Sept), payable on the day. Benefits claimants and children free. Please bring a packed lunch and wear warm clothes and sturdy boots suitable for outdoor work. We do have steel toe-capped Wellies and gloves to lend.
Please call Dan on 077 177 993 47 for further information or if you have problems accessing the site.
Art in the Garden
Saturday 26 June, 11am - 3.30pm
Environmental artist Bee Farrell will be leading drop-in workshops creating giant Archimboldo-style heads out of seasonal flowers and produce, while Charlotte Stewart will be doing prints and pictures with vegetable inspiration. Work may be selected for an exhibition on the theme of Hybrids at St Mary’s at the Quay, hosted by KeyArts, which will be mounted that evening before the launch party at 5pm.
Artists are invited to spend the day at the Community Garden and create their own work for this exhibition.
Performance poet Dean Parkin will be leading a poetry walk around the allotments at 1.15pm.
This event is free.
An Introduction to Botanical Art: 2-day Course
Thursday 1 July and Friday 2 July, 11am - 3pm (bring a packed lunch)
Professional artist Sara Harrington is running a two-day botanical art workshop for beginners as part of the Ip-art festival.
Cost:
£5 per day
Existing volunteers £3
Free if on benefits or receiving state pension
Grand Vegetable Games and Community Garden Open Day
Saturday 24 July, 11.30am - 4pm
The Vegetable Games 2010 is a fantastic new initiative led by the People's Community Garden, based on the time-honoured produce show - but with some fun competitions too!
The Vegetable Games 2010 aims to get everyone growing - not only the biggest and the best, but the weirdest and most wonderful. It wants to get everyone doing more exercise - not in the fastest spring or the highest jump - but by Beating the Root or in the Cucumber Relay. It wants everyone to be creative and fun - by drawing meals and making vegetables.
Full details, including registration form >>
Herbaculture: Growing and using herbs
Saturday 18 September, 10am - 3.30pm
HERB GROWING, MEDICINE MAKING, HERB SPIRAL, HERBAL FAMILY FIRST AID
Herbaculture with medicinal herbalist and community gardener Dan Wheals. Growing herbs and their applications and uses, including medicinal properties and uses in cooking. Make your own teas with herbs freshly picked from the garden. Suitable for all.
Cost: £3, payable on the day. Benefits claimants and children free. Please bring a packed lunch and wear warm clothes and sturdy boots suitable for outdoor work. We do have steel toe-capped Wellies and gloves to lend.
Please call Dan on 077 177 993 47 for further information or if you have problems accessing the site.
Pick Your Own Veg
Every Friday, 10am - 12 noon (or other times by arrangement)
Come and pick seasonal fresh produce from your local community garden.
How it works: Buy a cotton Membership Bag for £2. Come to the garden to pick fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers in return for a donation to our project to help us keep on growing...
For more information contact Susannah.
If you're able to help us advertise this event by printing off a poster and displaying it, that would be much appreciated.
Plotholders’ Question Time
Every Friday, 10.30am
An informal session with Ric Staines - all welcome (no need to book).
Meet at the cabin ready with your questions.
We also have a small reference library.