Sunflower
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Food Fight
Food Fight! Present:
Growing Food Building Communities
A Presentation & Discussion on Community Gardens
A presentation by Miriam Turley ( Eglantine Community Garden , Belfast ), & Seoidin O'Sullivan (The South Circular Road Food Garden Project, Dublin ).
Wednesday 20th May
Seomra Spraoi
Dinner Served 7-8pm
Presentation kicks off at 8pm
Food Fight!:
Food Fight! is a monthly food/politics info night & cafe at Seomra Spraoi. Take some generous lashings of sustainable food, whizz it up with flavoursome talks, films & presentations and you're in for a tasty treat. It's for anyone passionate about food & changing the world...
The South Circular Road Food Garden Project: Dublin
The South Circular Road Food Garden Project began in April 2007 when a collective from the recently evicted Dolphins Barn Garden (2005-2006) decided to continue the project on a new site. They have a derelict site, once a car park on loan from ST Salvage Company that they have converted into a community food garden. Seoidin will talk about the history of the project and bring people up to date on community and educational initiatives that they are currently involved in."
http://southcirculargarden.blogspot.com/
The Eglantine Community Garden (The Anarchist Plot): Belfast
The Eglantine Community Garden has achieved lots of things in its 5 year lifetime. It has provided a community space for people who would have been strangers to become neighbours. It has been a training ground for community organisers and community gardeners. It's a wildlife space, and things can get pretty wild on friday nights. Islamophobes have been seen out gathering up rubbish with the objects of their fear. We met a 97 year old local resident and started a local history project.
Where does the food come in? To be honest, it hasn't featured highly to date. The idea of community food production has attracted a lot of people to the site, but the production is not what you might call intensive. But from this month 8 people have their own plots, and are learning to grow with the help of gardening workshops. And some of us are starting to look a bit more closely at food production methods. Working on and using the site has embedded it in people's hearts, and protected it for the future. In the future perhaps it will significantly contribute to the diet of the local population.
http://eglantine-community-garden.blogspot.com/
Seomra Spraoi is Dublin 's autonomous social centre.
Cafe every Wednesday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm with food at recession friendly suggested donations we believe healthy food is a right not a privilege.
10 Belvedere Court
Off Gardiner Street
Map & more info at
www.seomraspraoi.org
Growing Food Building Communities
A Presentation & Discussion on Community Gardens
A presentation by Miriam Turley ( Eglantine Community Garden , Belfast ), & Seoidin O'Sullivan (The South Circular Road Food Garden Project, Dublin ).
Wednesday 20th May
Seomra Spraoi
Dinner Served 7-8pm
Presentation kicks off at 8pm
Food Fight!:
Food Fight! is a monthly food/politics info night & cafe at Seomra Spraoi. Take some generous lashings of sustainable food, whizz it up with flavoursome talks, films & presentations and you're in for a tasty treat. It's for anyone passionate about food & changing the world...
The South Circular Road Food Garden Project: Dublin
The South Circular Road Food Garden Project began in April 2007 when a collective from the recently evicted Dolphins Barn Garden (2005-2006) decided to continue the project on a new site. They have a derelict site, once a car park on loan from ST Salvage Company that they have converted into a community food garden. Seoidin will talk about the history of the project and bring people up to date on community and educational initiatives that they are currently involved in."
http://southcirculargarden.blogspot.com/
The Eglantine Community Garden (The Anarchist Plot): Belfast
The Eglantine Community Garden has achieved lots of things in its 5 year lifetime. It has provided a community space for people who would have been strangers to become neighbours. It has been a training ground for community organisers and community gardeners. It's a wildlife space, and things can get pretty wild on friday nights. Islamophobes have been seen out gathering up rubbish with the objects of their fear. We met a 97 year old local resident and started a local history project.
Where does the food come in? To be honest, it hasn't featured highly to date. The idea of community food production has attracted a lot of people to the site, but the production is not what you might call intensive. But from this month 8 people have their own plots, and are learning to grow with the help of gardening workshops. And some of us are starting to look a bit more closely at food production methods. Working on and using the site has embedded it in people's hearts, and protected it for the future. In the future perhaps it will significantly contribute to the diet of the local population.
http://eglantine-community-garden.blogspot.com/
Seomra Spraoi is Dublin 's autonomous social centre.
Cafe every Wednesday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm with food at recession friendly suggested donations we believe healthy food is a right not a privilege.
10 Belvedere Court
Off Gardiner Street
Map & more info at
www.seomraspraoi.org
Friday, May 15, 2009
Potential new site in Sundrive area
Hi all,
I have had a request if any of our community would be interest in delvloping a site in the Sundrive area near sundrive shopping area.I enclose some photo`s of the site.This site is owned by the DCC and the contract is John Houlihan senior community officer in the Crumlin area.His contract numbers are (O) 01 2225507 (M) 086 8150174 he is based in the Crumlin village office of DCC.
This site will offer somebody a challenging opportunity to getting this site off the ground so to speak.I am at the moment just too busy on other projects.You can mention my name when talking to John Houlihan.
Regards
Willie Brennan
Monday, April 13, 2009
sat 11 April 09
We are getting our community garden ready for the coming growing season,as we have had our seed sharing event we are just waiting to have our seeds come back from all our committed gardeners.As when we get our seedlings up and growing they will be planted in the garden so all can see the fruits of their labour.
Doing some garden chores.
Close up of one of our compost bins in a very healthy state.
Very nice compost made from all green waste.
Some of our visitor's from Islandbridge helping with watering.
Getting a helping hand.
Doing some garden chores.
Close up of one of our compost bins in a very healthy state.
Very nice compost made from all green waste.
Some of our visitor's from Islandbridge helping with watering.
Getting a helping hand.Friday, March 27, 2009
Griffith Barracks School's Plot
On Wednesday, Griffith Barracks Multi Denominational school's green council (http://www.griffithbarracks.ie/green-council) walked down to the community garden with a wheel barrow of compost. They had a tour of the garden and added the compost that they had made to the plot that we have given them. They each planted peas that we had saved from last year. We are looking forward to having them participate in the project.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Its that time of the year
Ah the start of a new growing season. 
Our new community compost bin area. 
New area for our fruit shrubs.
New tent like small green house.
Planting starts anew with Onions & Scallots.
Time to get the seeds and start growing in "09"Starting to plant our Onions and Scallots in our bed 1 as the new growing year starts in March 09 .
Regards
Willie
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Spring 09
Planting of Fruit tree.
Clearing an area for planting fruit shrubs.
First signs of new fresh Rhubarb.
New compost area.
Area cleared and fruit shrubs planted,manure mixed into soil and mulch.Hi from Sth.Circular road,
Have planted some fruit shrubs in an new area of the garden and did some general tidying up after the Winter.Created a new compost area and to allow the old site to decompose over the summer period.Hope we get a good summer after last years wet and windy summer.
Regards
Willie B.
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