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Moulsecoomb Forest Garden
News Archive
* We will be running a pick and cook day on Friday 18th June 2010. To book a place CLICK HERE
* One of our long term volunteers and management committee member Kate Morrison, is running the Sussex Beacon half marathon in February 2010 raising money for the forest garden. If you would like to sponsor her go to www.everyclick.com/katemorrison
* We have a childrens event happening at the forest garden on Saturday 8th May. More info here.
* Read MJ Hibbetts blog about his benefit gig in the woods during the Brighton Fringe Festival.
* As part of the Brighton Big Butterfly Count, wildlife expert and former
TV presenter David Bellamy stopped off at the project for some lunch
(including some pizza from our new clay oven). He was given a tour of
the place by some of the pupils who do work experience with us through
Falmer High School and the Youth Inclusion Project. He said
about us “Fantastic – a perfect place to learn in.” View
the photos here.
* Last August we won the UK’s best community allotments as voted
by the Kitchen
Garden Magazine in conjunction with the National
Allotment Gardens Trust. Read the article here (5Mb
pdf). To watch the news item on BBC South News click here and
then follow the link. The read the article in the Argus here (5Mb
pdf)
* On Route, the local bus magazine, wrote about Warren's work at Moulsecoomb
Primary school. Read
it here (3Mb pdf).
* OPEN DAY Saturday 13th June 11am-4pm.
Tours on the hour, every hour. Environmental art from Clowd 9. Food and refreshments from the World Food Project and Due South. StoryBeard Storytelling 12noon and 3pm. Author and ecologist Dave Bangs will be doing two woodland walks 11am and 2pm. Spaces limited please book for this. FREE (This event has been sponsored by Due South www.duesouth.co.uk)
STOP-PRESS There will be plant swap happening at the open day 11am - 2pm - bring plants and seedlings to swap.
* SCHOOL OPEN DAY We are opening the project for school teachers and their classes to visit on Friday 12th June 2009.
Come and learn about our work with Falmer High School, the Alternative Centre for Education, Patcham House and Moulsecoomb Primary. Find out about learning outside the classroom and the possibilites for environmental improvements of your school grounds. Come and see our Saxon roundhouse, turf sofa, wildlife ponds and organic gardens. Spend a penny in our compost loo. Visit the surrounding woodland that will be part of the South Downs National Park. Author and ecologist Dave Bangs will also be doing two woodland walks 11am and 2pm. (Spaces limited so please book for this).
There will be tours of the project on the hour every hour (9am-4pm) – please book a slot if you would like your class to come along. If you are a primary school teacher and would like to do a scavenger hunt during your visit please let us know.
Food and refreshments throughout the day – some cooked in our outdoor clay oven.
* Brighton Festival Fringe have generously put on a fundraising event for us to help us pay for a new wood-burning stove. ‘My Exciting Life In ROCK’ with MJ Hibbett (www.myexcitinglifeinrock.com) Songs and stories of internet hits ('Hey Hey 16K'), Radio One, disasters, nudity, lessons of ROCK and more. It’s happening on 16 May at the forest garden. Come early from 6pm for tours and pizza! Tickets info
* We received money to build steps into the woodland that
is directly behind the project, here are 2 articles about the project
- article 1 - article
2.
* We had a quck chat with The
Guardian Newspaper who along with 1,300 other people came to Brighton’s Seedy
Sunday community seed swap in February.
* To listen to an interview with some of the people that use the project click
here to listen to an mp3 interview (6Mb). Right click and choose "save
link as..."
* Four brief video snapshots of a typical Autumn
day at the Project click here
* We have been helping improve Moulsecoomb Primary’s award winning
school grounds over the last few years. They are having an open day on Sunday
18th May 1-5pm with tours on the hour, food, bug hunts, face painting, bouncy
castle and lots more – and it’s free. More info here - www.moulsecoomb.brighton-hove.sch.uk Primary
Teachers magazine recently wrote about the school. View it here.
Food from the project went towards their harvest festival. Click here to
read the report from The Argus.
* 3 short film clips from our open day in May - over 300 people came over
the weekend. Click the links to play the films or right-click and select
"Save as..." to save them to your computer. Clip
1 (2.8Meg) - Clip 2 (2.9Meg)
- Clip 3 (2.9Meg) These clips
and various photos on the site are by Sonia
Abbondanza
* We have become a registered charity (No. 1120073) which means any donation
from you will go even further. Click here for
details on how to support our projects.
* Those nice people at BHOGG
(Brighton and Hove Organic Garden Group) raised £277 for us
at their open
day.
* Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins recently returned to his old school
to open a new polytunnel. Read
the report from The Argus here.
* Forest Garden volunteer Natasha Clarke wins award thanks to her hard
work at the project. See University of Brighton article here.
* Some dirty weekender students came down one cold February day and helped
us put in steps to the shed. Read the BBC coverage and watch the video here.
* Read all about us at www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__7404.aspx
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