IEPAD Projects
Fancy a spot of fruit & veg growing? We’d love you to join us - no previous experience needed! If you see a project you think you’d like, check with the contact given below.
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September 2010 -Bury Council has given us the use of quite a large area where glass houses once stood. It consists of a long south-facing wall with terraced ground in front which we have cleared to use as a fruit garden. Work goes on there most Saturdays from 10am. Lifts are available - just ask!Every Saturday morning throughout most of the year - but always best to check first.Contact George on 0161 798 8762 or 07837 614405 -
October 2010 -With support from Bury Council we have made three raised beds in the triangle of grass near the flagpole opposite the children's playground where we grow a mixture of veg, fruit and herbs. Work goes on there fortnightly on Saturday or Sunday mornings from 10am - 12 noon, spring to autumn, with some extra sessions when needed.
Next session will be Sunday 19th May.Contact Joan 079066012064 or Ann 0161 773 3813 -
May 2011 -The pub and Holts Brewery have let us make use of the end of the large beer garden behind the pub. We now have six raised vegetable beds and further planting on the banking at the bottom of the garden.Work goes on there from 12 noon - 2pm on the 3rd Sunday of the month spring to autumn.The first session of 2013 will be on Sunday February 17th.Contact Phil on 07794 929693 -
May 2011 -The Forestry Commission has given us the use of a large area where the old water treatment beds have been cleaned and filled with good quality soil. IEPAD is clearing it and splitting it into small plots - 'Not-a-lot-ments' - for the use of the local community. Contact us If you would like to help with the project or take over a small plot for yourself. Plot holders also get together some Sundays to do some general tidying up and path clearing.Contact Tony at [email protected] or on 0774 070 4310 -
September 2011 -We have had permission from the council to develop a community forest garden in the small wooded area between the playground on Gardner Road and the allotments. There is a Facebook Group which you can join and where you'll find much more information.Volunteer work days take place once or twice a month on Sundays, 1-4pm - see Facebook for details.Make contact via the Facebook Group
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November 2011 -IEPAD has joined forces with the existing gardening club at the school on Whittaker Lane. We’ve taken responsibility for creating new beds in the front garden, with the emphasis on visually attractive edible plants and flowers to encourage insects.
Contact Debra on 0161 773 6963 -
March 2012 -Firefighters are working with IEPAD to create a raised fruit and veg bed in the Fire Station garden on Bury New Road, M45 7SY.
Contact Mark on 0161 280 6488 -
March 2012 -With the help of a Bury Council Community Fund grant, Incredible Edible launched this project to brighten up Bury New Road and Whittaker Lane with planters or hanging baskets full of mainly edible plants. Several shops on these streets now have planters showing their own logo along with the IEPAD logo. The first of some larger fixed planters have been placed near St Mary's Church on Church Lane and at the entrance to Heaton Park Metrolink station.Shops can order planters for £20. Volunteers are welcome to help with planting up or providing spare herb plants.Contact George on 0161 798 8762 or 07837 614405 -
August 2010 - August 2011IEPAD was invited to help by the Parent Teachers Association. An area of land had been fenced off at the back of the school for use as a fruit and vegetable garden. IEPAD and the PTA worked together over the summer in 2010 to clear the whole area and create a raised bed that the children could use for growing food. With IEPAD involvement a new parents' Gardening Group was set up to complete the project in July 2011 and the school is now taking the project forward.
