Harvest update
What’s on
What to cook and grow now
Project support
Harvest update
Demo garden update: the building work at the garden is now done: raised beds constructed, fence erected, and now planting has begun! Come along and see for yourself or check out the demo garden blog for updates.
Spring sale: Spring has sprung and we’re celebrating with a sale on Harvest training courses! Get £5 off the regular price when you book. Just enter discount code JSDSCA in the booking form online. Info about all our courses is online; some upcoming Harvest courses include:
24 April and 15 May: Growing on a New Plot
14 May: Growing in a Small Space
19 May and 2 June: Container Gardening
Let’s get composting!: As part of the Food Partnership’s new food waste campaign we are looking at how we can support people to come together on a local level to organise composting schemes. This could be in a street, on an allotment site or at a school or workplace.
There is legislation that you need to be aware of if you want to compost on a community level and strict rules about what can and can’t be transported for compost. However these aren’t insurmountable and this event is for anyone who is interested in seeing what is possible.
We are holding an event to discuss these issues on Monday 26 April from 6:00 - 8:30pm at Community Base (refreshments from 6:00, speakers from 6:30). See attached flier for more info.
The event is free but please book your place by emailing liz@bhfood.org.uk or calling 01273 431700. Hope to see you there!
Get growing this spring!: Do you have a garden but no time to grow veg? Want to grow veg but don’t have any space? Sign up to Grow Your Neighbour’s Own, Brighton & Hove’s garden matchmaking scheme! You can register your garden or your willingness to tend someone else’s garden. Find out more...
What’s on: Plenty of food-focused fun coming up, including:
- Brighton University Local Food Festival: 30 April, 11:00 – 4:00, Moulsecoomb Campus, Cockcroft Hall and Quad. A celebration of local food including a tour of Moulsecoomb Forest Garden, local produce, seed planting and much more. Have a look at the list of stalls...
- Fringe City: 1 May, 1-5pm, New Road Brighton. Lots of Fringe fun, with the Food Partnership running demonstrations on cooking with leftovers and reducing food waste.
- Gardeners Question Time: 13 May, 7:30pm, The Old Market, Hove. Get your gardening questions and queries answered by a panel of horticultural experts. More info and how to book...
- Big Sussex Market: 15-16 May, New Road, Brighton. A two-day Sussex food extravaganza.
- Roedale Valley Allotment open day & plant sale: 22 May, 10:00 – 2:00, Lower Roedale Valley Allotments (off Lynchett Close, Hollingdean). Cakes, games, plants and more!
- Brighton Spring Food Fair: 22-23 May, Hove Lawns. Come plant a seedling in a recycled newspaper pot with the Harvest team; lots of local food too!
April growing & eating tips: We’re still in the ‘hungry gap’ but with lovely things like purple sprouting broccoli and rhubarb coming into season, there is light at the end of the tunnel! Check out our recipe index for some inspiration for Spring cooking.
Lots to do in the garden, whatever your garden consists of! It’s finally been starting to warm up, so time to get planting beetroot, chard, spinach and early carrots outdoors. Read more April gardening tips…
Funding & project support
Harvest advice for community & school growing projects: Spring has finally arrived and the growing season is well and truly open! Not sure you’re making the most of your growing space? Could your project benefit from a bit of expertise growing advice? Here at Harvest we have a team of gardening mentors to provide up to 6 hours of advice to projects on things like planning, planting and soil fertility. If you’d like to apply for support for your project, please complete & return the application form by 14 May. Find out more about the mentoring programme...
Big Yellow funding for community groups: Big Yellow, our local sustainable bus service, has just launched a new fund to support community projects. Projects are invited to complete an application form then three projects are put to the public vote each month. Email warint(at)hotmail.co.uk to request application pack.
Enjoy the sunshine!
The Harvest Team
To find out more and keep in touch with Harvest, you can find us at www.harvest-bh.org.uk or become a fan of Harvest on Facebook.
Harvest is a city-wide project, delivered by a wide range of partners and led by Brighton & Hove Food Partnership and Food Matters. The Food Partnership is a membership organisation, and membership is free to anyone who lives or works in Brighton & Hove. For benefits of membership and to join go to: www.bhfood.org.uk
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