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Ecoversity
Over the last year both staff and students have contacted Ecoversity to express an interest in growing food on campus. We have listened, and are pleased to announce the launch of a new 'Growing Spaces' Project. Staff and students are invited to come together to develop a food growing space on campus. Gardening experience is not necessary - all that's required is an interest, enthusiasm and a desire to make the most of Nature's Gym!
Go on, get involved and Grow Your Own Grub!
Interested?
Come along to any of the meetings (detail below).
This project is in association with Ecoversity, the Local Action Group, Estates & Facilities and the Student Union. Thanks are extended to all involved for their continued commitment.
Update: 21 April 2010.
A glorious gardening gathering is coming up with seed planting, bed building and plant swopping. Miranda is coming over to help out and meet up with us too. We’ll do some planning for this year and walk away with plants for our home window ledges.
Plus there’s some exciting news about a grant and extra support from the NUS so we can make some more wishes for the site. All will be revealed on Wednesday 28th April (next week) at the Veg out Patch, come along from 2pm, bring any seeds, plants and tools you have and join the fun!
All enquiries, please be in touch with Ros Coulton
Update Archive:
Update: 29 June 2009.
The next meeting will take place on Monday 29th June, 5pm at the Treehouse Cafe, Great Horton Road.
Please keep 2 July 2009 between 3pm-7pm free for a growing group special event which will be part of the Ecoversity Local Action 'Nonference'.
Update: 30 March 2009.
There will be a site-mapping session on Thursday 2 April 2009, 6pm. Mapping is a great skill to have so if you would like to learn how to do this come along. Contact Ros for further details.
Update: 24 March 2009.
The first design meeting takes place:
25th March from 2.00pm until 5.00pm depending how long people want to stay.
We will meet in the Students' Union meeting room 1 (MR1,UBU Lounge, on the glass fronted corridor opposite the Courtyard bar) at 2.00 pm.
Schedule:
2.00 pm meet: MR1 for a welcome and introduction to the design process
2.30: site visit: Observation and base mapping the area
3.00 pm: PASE surveys explained
3.15pm - 4.00pm/5.00 pm: MR1 to get creative with our own designs
You will need to bring:
Outdoor clothes and shoes (waterproof if it's raining)
Lots of creative growing ideas and positivity
Ideas for what you would ideally like to have in your garden space
(plants, animals, structures and events)
Something to write notes on and with
Your diary
Please bring if you can:
Coloured pencils and some paper
A ruler
A compass
Any knowledge of permaculture design and /or organic gardening will be
really helpful but not essential
Any people missed off this email list!
Update: 05 March 2009:
Thanks to all who attended the first meeting - further information and feedback from that meeting will be forwarded to members of the group shortly.
For those of you who couldn't make it but are interested, it's not too late! - let us know by emailing the Project Coordinator (details below).
Introductory Meeting:
Description: Open Meeting - all interested parties are invited to attend this initial information session.
Date: Wednesday 11 February 2009
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location: F24, Ecoversity Meeting Room
Project Co-ordinator:
Sheri-Leigh Miles: 01274 236913 or via email at s.miles@bradford.ac.uk
Project Design Leader:
Ros Coulton: 01274 233260 or via email at r.j.c.coulton1@bradford.ac.uk
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