'Love Your Garden' Event
'Love Your Garden' Event : Thursday 26th April 2018 Pottering in the garden is a great antidote to the stresses of life while connecting with nature is good for mental wellbeing.
Whether you enjoy gardening or just appreciate the efforts of others why not come along to the Health, Safety and Wellbeing ‘Love your Garden’ event on Thursday 26 April 2018, 11:00 to 14:00 in the Richmond Small Hall. There’s lots to see and hear including:
- A plant swap (all types welcome – indoor, outdoor, young plants, seed packets, plant books, etc.)
- Match The Veg competition with a chance to win National Garden Gift vouchers (can be used at most garden centres)
- ‘Show Gardens’ photographic display of staff members gardens, allotments, ponds, plants etc. (there’s still time to email your photograph to include in the display)
- Top Tips board – come and add your top gardening tips
- Our Hedgehog Survey
- Plus more information and puzzles on all things garden related
We’ll also have some lunchtime talks – just come along to listen to whatever interests you, although seating may be limited!
12:00 – 12:20 Planting seed potatoes (claim your free seed potato and instructions after the talk – limited supplies, first come first served), talk by Shaun Gagie
12:20 – 12:45 The How And Why of Home Compost, by John ‘Compost’ Cossham. John is well known in sustainability fields and is passionate about composting and reducing waste
12:45 – 13:00 Plant Q&A. Problem plant….? Bring your questions along and our colleague Shaun Gagie will do his upmost to answer them, sharing his hidden talents more usually heard on BBC Radio Manchester!
13:00 - Campus allotments tour
National Gardening Week is 30 April to 6 May 2018, so let’s get ahead of the game with our own Gardening Event – hope to see you there!