Chris Collins, Head of Horticulture Garden Organic, presents “Gardening Overseas, travelling to Cameroon” to: Renovate Africa’s oldest botanic garden; Landscape new garden features; Collect orchids, other plants, and symbiotic mushrooms for the garden’s collections and herbarium; Survey local rainforest. Suggested minimum donation for non-members: £2.00 We’d love you to join us!
The South Essex Seed Potato Day is in partnership with local charity, Trust Links. Over 25 varieties of seed potato, some organic, sold individually at 20p per Tuber (price unchanged) Also… Onion Sets & Veg Seeds SATURDAY 4 FEBRUARY 11am – 2pm TRUST LINKS ROCHFORD, Trust Links House, College Gardens, Rochford SS4 1YL Parking available
“Orchards in changing times, an update as to how they are diversifying” presented by Ron Bates is the subject of the SE Essex Organic Gardeners January meeting. For further information, please ring/message 07967 851521; email: caroleshorney@hotmail.com We’d love you to join us! Please feel free to forward and share the invite with anyone who may
We have a special guest, Tim Lang, on Monday 10 October: Professor Emeritus of Food Policy Centre for Food Policy City, University of London President, national charity Garden Organic 18:00-19:30, via Zoom Suggested minimum donation: £2.00 For further information and joining instructions, please ring/message 07967 851521; email caroleshorney@hotmail.com
“Growing the Goods” – all about the new Environmental Land Management Scheme trials (ELMS) post-Brexit, presented by Ian Warder, Peach and Pippin, growers of organic fruit, flowers and some vegetables. SE Essex Organic Gardeners’ next group meeting will be on Monday 18 July, 19:30 for 20:00, at Trust Links Rochford, College Gardens, Rocheway, Rochford SS4 1DQ. Ian
“Community Gardening” presented by Chris Collins, former Blue Peter gardener. Chris will also weave in current Garden Organic activities and history.
‘Unusual Veg in an Unusual Garden; the Global Growth Vegetable Garden at RHS Hyde Hall’ is the talk at the next SEEOG event. An online ‘Zoom’ presentation by Matthew Oliver, Horticulturist, Fruit & Veg RHS Garden Hyde Hall Suggested minimum donation: £2.00 For further information and joining instructions, please ring/message 07967 851521; email caroleshorney@hotmail.com We’d
The 10th South East Essex Seed Potato Day is a community partnership event with SE Essex Organic Gardeners, Southend in Transition and local charity Trust Links. Why not put it in your diary now? We have currently ordered over 40 varieties of seed potato (some organic), to be sold individually at 20p per tuber (1
Southend in Transition are using one of the allotment plots at Southend East Allotment Society site to create a community plot where local residents can come occasionally or regularly to learn new growing skills; interact with each other and nature; save some money by taking some organic produce home and then maybe start growing at
SE Essex Organic Gardeners would love you to join them at their next meeting on Monday 16 September at Growing Together Westcliff at 20:00: Discussion on ‘no-dig gardening’ facilitated by Darren Lerigo Darren started Modern Mint in 2014 as a place for him to meet clients who share his fascination with gardens, pruning and wildlife.