As well as tending crops, sowing and maintaining the garden, we will be prepping for our first ever plant market which is at the Tobacco Factory in Southville the following day!
Why not come along and join us and find out more about the farm, our gardens across the city and how you can get involved? Oh and do a bit of growing too……
Come along to the farm and helps with planting, prepping and sowing!
Everyone is welcome and you need not worry about having a lack of growing skills-that where we come in! Just bring your enthusiasm!!
We’ll be there from 11-3 but feel free to drop in any time between those times.
Come and join us down on the farm!!
We’ll be making beds, planting potatoes, sowing seeds and generally enjoying being in the beautiful space on the farm!
Whilst the weather is improving, the garden can be a bit boggy so do wear appropriate shoes or boots!!
Come along and learn lots about how to use willow in the garden. We will be concentrating on fedging,( willow hedges) but our workshop leader, Luke, will also talk about all the other varied and exciting things you can do with willow, from making plant supports to building structures! We’ll discuss using live willow, how to keep it under control and what a great addition it is to any garden or growing space, large or small.
If you would like to book your ticket for this great workshop, just click on the link below.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-willow-in-the-garden-tickets-44150765127
Why not book your 7-11 year olds into this great edible Forest School session at Hartcliffe City Farm?
There will be all sorts of edible activities, including some cooking if the weather behaves. what a great way to end the Easter holidays!!
If you’d like to book your child a place just email info@ediblebristolorguk.wpcomstaging.com and we’ll get back to you asap.
Bat expert Stewart Rowden will be leading a bat walk at Hartcliffe City Farm for us, telling us as we go about bats, the kind of places they like to roost and how we can support bats in urban gardens.
We’ll meet at the farm at 7pm for a hot drink and intros and the walk will commence at 7.20 sharp. Please ensure you wear warm clothes and sensible shoes as the land is wet and muddy.
To book your place just click on the link below!!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hartcliffe-city-farm-bat-walk-tickets-44098322269
We have been working hard, along with our amazing community gardeners, to begin to create a great food growing space in the gardens at Hartcliffe city Farm, and we would love to show you what we have been doing!! So on Easter Monday we will be opening the garden to all, and be available to talk about what we are doing, our plans at the farm, and how you can get involved……
Come along any time between 2 and 4 and have a look round and chat to the team. We will be giving away seeds and running a few activities for everyone to get involved with.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Throughout the first week in April we will be holding events at Hartcliffe City Farm, focusing on the ecology to be found on site. We’ll be looking at what birds are around, pond dipping, looking for bugs and earthworms and documenting what we find so we can work with those species to create a food growing plan that is supporting that wildlife as a part of our community.
We would love you to come and help us!! Everyone is welcome to come and join in with this great project which is being led by our ecology expert, Ross. Children and young people are very welcome but will need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
The activities are listed in the photo below. If you’d like to book your place on one or more of the activities drop an email to sara@ediblebristolorguk.wpcomstaging.com and we will get you on the list!!
Following the success of our first seed sowing and growing course, here is the opportunity to join the same course for those of you who asked for it to be run at the weekend!!
We will cover what to sow, when and how as well as pest and disease management and how to grow your seedlings on to be successful and productive plants.
To book your place just click on the link below!!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/success-with-seeds-tickets-43619916344
Join us for our first spring time work party at Hartcliffe City Farm. We will be working to create more beds and starting to sow and plant into the raised beds and polytunnels.
Our work party will run from 10-4 and everyone is welcome.
At the same time we will be running our great course, Success with Seeds and if you would like to join Sara Venn in that course please book using the below link!
https://www.facebook.com/events/2082666708635482