How you can help us!

Help offered 

 

Watering a neighbour’s tubs or pots when they away
Helping a neighbour with their garden on an ongoing basis
Clearing and weeding communal areas as part of a one-off work party
Planting up communal tubs or troughs
Watering communal tubs or troughs
Sharing gardening knowledge with beginners and giving practical help
Spare greenhouse space to share with a neighbour
I can shop for someone at the garden centre, or offer them a lift when I visit
I have/will have some spare plants to share
I can help with fundraising ideas/events
Other:
Other:

Help needed

I would appreciate help with watering pots or tubs when I am away
I need help with looking after my front garden or window boxes on an ongoing basis
I can’t to get to a garden centre and would appreciate a lift, or someone to shop for me
I am new to gardening and would love some advice and practical help
I am interested in using spare greenhouse space
If anyone has any unwanted plants I could give them a good home
Other:
Other:

GROWING WELL NEWSLETTER

Issue 1 – January 2012

First meeting a great success!

13 residents were joined by Debi from Bury Bridal Rooms at the meeting on 19^th January and real progress was made with setting up the group.  Ian (No 29) came up with the name for the group: “Growing Well”.  Rachel (No 40) has created our new logo and Twitter account and Rosy (No 29) is organising a Facebook page.

An informal committee was elected consisting of: Lynda (No 30) – Chair; Annie (No 34) – Secretary; Mark (No 27) – Treasurer; Rosy (No 29) – Archivist; and Rachel (No 40) – Publicity.

How to get involved

Now that the group is up and running it’s time to find out who would like to get involved in practical ways, and which residents could use a little help with all things green fingered.

Please let us know by using the form on the back of this newsletter.

Window boxes

Many of us in the street don’t have front gardens but if you would like to “get growing” as part of Growing Well, it can be in all sorts of ways – maybe just a pot on your doorstep or perhaps a window box.  We have been talking to “Wood ‘n’ Things” – a social enterprise based in Bury who have agreed to make wooden window boxes at a great price if we order more than five.  As a guide, a 2ft box made of tanalised (treated against rotting) wood would be £35.  They can be made to any dimensions so if you are interested in getting a no obligation quote for your requirements please fill in the form on the back of this newsletter.  That said please note that your choice of window box and where you buy it from is entirely up to you!

Fundraising

If we are given permission to include the rear of Cornhill Walk in our efforts, perhaps by way of installing troughs and tidying up the bushes already there, we will need a small fund.  Money could also be used to buy a window box and plants for the Samaritans office or spruce up the Marie Curie car park.  All ideas for fundraising are welcome, and if you wish to make a personal contribution, you can do this anonymously via Mark (No 27).

Next meeting

Lynda has kindly offered to host the next planning meeting on Thursday 2^nd February.  Everyone is welcome but please let Annie know in advance so that we can make sure we all fit in!

Annie: annie.page@btinternet.com  01284 767529

Welcome to our blog...

Back in 2011 a few of us got together to walk around the gardens of Well Street.

With this years Bury In Bloom just around the corner, we decided to create a committee.

Our first meeting was held at Ounce House last week, and our notes are to follow on the next post.  We decided on the name 'Growing Well' as we wanted to mention the street name within the groups name.

We hope you enjoy reading about our progress.

Growing Well.