Fancy blowing your horn or strumming your strings with other people? Yes this is what we thought, so we’ve started a weekly drop in for musicians of all styles and abilities on Tuesday afternoons in the Medway. It will be run by Andy Morgan and there will be tea, coffee Read more…
School is out and so is the sunshine, what a hot one we’re having! Now that restrictions have been lifted we’re kicking off the summer holidays with our first fundraising event since the start of lockdown. We’re having it on Thursday 22nd July from 10:00 til 15:00 and will be Read more…
Our sunflower competition is back! See if you’ve got what it takes to grow a sunflower bigger than our record holder, little Edie’s in 2019 which was 357cm tall! It costs £2 to enter and in your pack you will get two Russian Giant seeds, a pot, two labels, twine Read more…
Before Christmas a few of us had a chat in the pub about getting together to try and mend local household goods to try and reduce waste. Since then we have managed to get a lovely team of skilled repairers together who are willing to Read more…
The last year has just flown by – we signed the lease on the 25th June last year, so to celebrate a whole year of being on the site and to share our story with the community, we are having a summer garden party and open day on 13th July Read more…
We’re having a book swap and plant sale! Bring good quality books for children and adults, and DVDs to swap like-for-like (bring 5 take 5 or donate for extra!). Ginny and the wildflower nursery team will also be there selling their plants. Have yourself a cuppa and stock up on Read more…
Would you like to meet new people and have a cuppa and a chat? One of the things we have wanted to do for a while is to be available to open the common room for people to come and enjoy a tea or coffee and meet new people. Now Read more…
As promised, we are running our next workshop on Sunday 19th May, 10:00am-12:00pm in the Medway block, Higher Ground, Allendale. Come and make a colourful bracelet and learn how to master a few basic macrame knots, adding your own detail with different beads. Perfect for a personal gift or for Read more…
We are having another volunteer day in May. As some of you may know, as well as developing the veg plot we are also looking after the communal part of the site for the general public to enjoy, like the public footpaths the top area planted with trees which we’re Read more…
Here it is! After having so much interest in the prospect of an apple tree grafting workshop, Honest Graft who are a community interest company from Newcastle who work with community orchards, are coming to run a fantastic workshop for our project next month. It will be on Sunday 24th Read more…