Your Local Pantry, Meanwood

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Get involved in community food growing.

Caroline from Incredible Edible Meanwood invites you to the next gardening session on Thursday evening at Meanwood Community Centre on Stainbeck Ave. She writes:

Hi everyone,

Even though the weather is unseasonably cold, the garden is growing and we have some herbs and salad to pick, and other veg and fruit coming along for later in the summer.

*** No Friday gardening session this week***

Evening Gardening Session
🌱🌿 Thursday 13th June 5-8pm, Community Centre 🌱🌿

We are trying out some Thursday evening sessions, so that more people can attend.

🌱🌿 Planting out more seedlings
🌱🌿 Filling up silver planters with soil
🍎🍏 Planting new apples trees (Thanks to the wonderful Fruitworks who donated them)
🥒🫑Building our new mini greenhouse, to house our seedlings and maybe a few tomatoes

Come along and help out, pick some salad and herbs and chat about your own edible gardens.

Happy growing,

Caroline

🤞 the 🌞 is shining.

Back by popular demand - walk to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm!
Starting on Green Road, next to the Post Office, Wednesday 29th May at 2 pm.
Free entry to the farm and as usual a free hot drink.
No booking necessary - juts turn up!

Meanwood festival is back for 2024, Friday 26/7-Sunday 28/7!
Join us at the Meanwood community centre on Tuesday 28/5 19:15 for an open meeting discussing plans that are already in place and find out how you could be involved in organising and shaping the festival this year!
The email for the festival is [email protected] if you can’t attend the meeting but want to get more information, have an idea for part of the festival, or something you would like to run as part of the weekend!

You're invited!
Royal Voluntary Service is one of Britain’s largest volunteering organisations supporting people's health, happiness and wellbeing wherever we're needed most. Our volunteers provide a helping hand in the NHS, and in local communities across Great Britain.

Want to know more about volunteering?
There's something very special about the difference our volunteers make. As a Royal Voluntary Service volunteer you can help in so many ways, from bringing someone home after a hospital stay or running a refreshment trolley on your local hospital ward, to phoning someone in need of friendly conversation or helping at a neighbourhood social activity club for older people. Everything our volunteers do helps alleviate loneliness, boosts wellbeing and keeps people active and connected to their communities.

Come along and try volunteering for yourself.
With Royal Voluntary Service there really is something for everyone – whether you like driving, cooking, chatting, organising or fundraising – we’ve got a volunteer role for you and you'll be part of a great team.

We’re throwing open our doors 7th June at Meanwood Community Centre 2-4pm to welcome new volunteers during The Big Help Out weekend. Come and find out more!

If you are a charity organisation and would like to promote your volunteering opportunities please get in touch!

Everyone is welcome at the Incredible Edible Meanwood planting, building & weeding session:

🌱 Sunday 26th May
🌱 11-1pm
🌱 Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue.

There's lots to do at this time of year, and all help is much appreciated.

🌱 Plant out lots of seedlings in our new raised beds

🌱 Make some signs so people can identify the plants and how to pick them

🌱 Build the wooden little Veg library (it's all cut up and needs screwing together and painting)

🌱 Create some new beds along the borders

🌱 Pull out lots of weeds! Many hands make light work :-)

Hope to see you there,

Further dates for your diary

🌱 Weekly gardening sessions at the community centre every Friday 1-3pm
(NO session this week 24th May)

🌱 Sunday sessions: 23rd June, 28th July

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