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Rosamund Community Garden Update February 2023
a garden for the community in Guildford, Longdown Road, GU4 8PP
Dear All
Spring is springing, and the snowdrops and bulbs are up. At last, the ground has thawed and we’re able to work in the garden again.
This month is important for finishing off any winter jobs and preparing the garden for planting.
Ann sowing broadbeans sweet peas and onions in the greenhouse. Very exciting.
📅FEBRUARY EVENTS 2023
☀️Big Job Sunday - Coppicing the Willow Sunday 19th February from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
We usually run a "Big Job Sunday" once a month to get a big job done 😲. This month we are coppicing the willow. Please drop in and join us! We'll put on a brew or two of Rosemary tea to keep us warm ☕
🧰Cobbing the Hub with Helen, Clare, and Mike. Thursday pms (tbc)
Weather dependent. All welcome.
🌱Willow Weaving Workshop with Lisa, Saturday 25th February from 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
Fully booked
🍎Pruning Apple Trees with Charlotte, Saturday 25th Feb 10.00 am - 12.00 pm (drop-in and informal for garden members only)
If any of our members would like to join Charlotte and learn basic pruning techniques (and to help get the trees pruned before the sap rises) please let us know via our WhatsApp group chat or email.
🌾Seed Swap at ZERO Guildford, Saturday 25th Feb 11.00 am - 2.00 pm, 14 Friary Street, GU1 4EH
Turn up and swap - Info
📅MARCH EVENT (save the date)
🌍Community Garden Hedge Planting Day in Bramley GU5 0LR with ZERO/GEF/Rosamund, Wednesday 15th March 9.30 am to 1.00 pm
🕐FEBRUARY JOBS AT THE GARDEN
Edging and weeding the front beds
Clearing grass around the fruit-trees and mulching (manure/woodchip)
Mulching in the fruit-cage with manure
Pollarding the willow by the new loo (we’ll cut half this year and leave half for the pollen)
Sharpening tools
The plan going forward is to plant more perennial and drought-tolerant plants to conserve water. Lisa has taken on the project of water conservation at the garden and is busy planning how we can do this by making better use of guttering and water butt systems.
Kate has offered to organise the compost heaps and is currently studying soil microbiology, so this will be a great bonus for the garden. 😊
🌳GARDEN VOLUNTEER GROUP SESSIONS
We are trying to build some regular groups on Tuesday and Sunday pm (2.00 pm - 4.00 pm) and Friday am (10.00 am - 12.00 pm) so if you want to come and garden together, just come along.
Joanna is at the garden on Tuesdays at lunchtime, so another possibility.
If you are in our WhatsApp group, please also use this to check if people are in the garden for a session.
📰BLOGS & UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITY
🎵Wassail Wassail!
Enjoy these pics from our January Wassail!
🐝What’s Happening With the Bees at the Bottom of the Garden? by Peter Smith
🌎Regenerative Gardening by Annelize Kidd
🐄Rosamund Loves Belties by Helen Harris
🔚AND FINALLY
Perhaps you have something you'd like to contribute for our March edition if so please get in touch.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
**5 Reasons To Volunteer at Rosamund Community Garden**
for volunteering enquiries please email: Clare at [email protected]
Membership Info
The Rosamund Community Garden (RCG) is sharing a membership system with Guildford Environmental Forum (GEF) and we are delighted to offer a 1-year option to join both RCG and GEF for £15 for the next year or pay £10 just to join RCG for the year to 31st March 2023 - email Adrian, GEF Membership Officer at [email protected]
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