Sheffield Seedy Sunday – 10th February

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Bring your self-sown seeds along to swap with like-minded enthusiasts and find out about organic growing projects happening in your city. If you don’t have any seeds to swap then don’t worry as there will be a great selection available on the day. 

You will also be able to pick up tips on growing and information on local community food projects. Hot drinks and cake will also be provided.

At Heeley City Farm, Richards Rd from 12-4pm on Sunday 10th February

For more information please email [email protected] or ring Daniele on 07535653842. 

Our Community Grower will be at Walkley library on 9th Feb

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Walkley Library’s Greatest Hits

At Walkley Library on Saturday 9th February from 9:30am to 12:30am

All the library groups will be there and more…

Grow Sheffield’s Community Grower James Adams will be running the following activties which you can get involved in;

• seed sowing in newspaper pots – perfect for little ones!
• and building a raised bed planter outside the library (fingers crossed for dry weather!).

Can’t get to the library in the week? Here’s your chance to get involved and celebrate all that the library can do!

Speak and Grow Co-ordinator training

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Speak and Grow Co-ordinator training starts on Friday 1st February, with follow-up sessions on the 8^th and the 15^th.

It’s completely free, and a great opportunity to take part in an exciting new way of engaging with your local community.

Here’s some more details:  http://timebuilders.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/speak-and-grow-co-ordinator-training/

Come along,  we’re looking forward to meeting you!

Bethan + the Speak and Grow team

Contact: [email protected]

Free food growing courses for beginners

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Grow Sheffield will be running FREE food growing courses for beginners to be held at Common Ground Community Garden, on the land between Empire Road and Machon Bank. 

The sessions will be held in St Peters Hall, for the second half of the session we will be in the garden so please wear warm waterproof clothes and suitable footwear.  Hot drinks provided.
The sessions are part of the Common Ground Community Saturday gardening sessions.
Dates of sessions;
Planning your veg plot: 12th January from 10am to 12pm

Composting at home: 26th January  from 10am to 12pm

Seed sowing for beginners: 9th Feb from 10am to 12pm
Contact Ruth Hepworth for details: [email protected]

Organic Gardening – How to grow your own fruit and veg Jan-March 2013

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A ten  week, class-room based course where we can look at the theory of organic gardening, soil management, ecology, sustainability and growing food naturally. Suitable for beginners or experienced growers.

Over the 10 weeks we shall be looking at:-

• Understanding timing and the seasons. When to sow and harvest
• Organic materials and fertilisers. What to use and when.
• Composting. Soils and site planning.
• Crops and how they grow.
• Plant propagation – seeds and cuttings .
• Growing systems Healthy plants , pests and diseases
• Perennials , fruit and pruning
• Seeds, harvesting and storage.

Location: Hollinsend Methodist Church, corner of Hollinsend Rd and Mansfield Rd, S12 2 EF.

Times: Monday’s 7 – 8.45pm from Jan 14th until March 18th 2013

Cost: FREE

To book your place or ask for more information –

Email [email protected] or telephone 0798 214 7296

Launch of the pop up cafe and gardening club in Beighton

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We will be holding a launch event on Friday 9 November at 1pm and there will be a free cup of tea for everyone! Thereafter the cafe will run every Friday afternoon between 1-3pm (term-time) at the Beighton TARA at 1 Rose Avenue, Beighton, South East  Sheffield. ase do come along.

Grow Sheffield, Westfield Sports College and Beighton TARA have teamed to organise a pop up cafe and gardening club on a Friday afternoon. The café will provide an opportunity for pensioners to meet up, learn and share a wide variety of food growing skills and have a cuppa served from local young people from Westfield Sports College.

The student volunteers will gain experience in running a café enterprise as well as making personal connections with older people in their community. Grow Sheffield’s experienced Community Grower will be able to show the attendees how to grow from a small pot or bucket so that everyone feels that this is something they can do – regardless of where they live or whether they have access to a garden.  The group will also have a chance to taste some of the foods in a way perhaps they haven’t before, for example,  courgette chocolate cake!

This project has been funded by Sheffield City Council’s Reducing Isolation and Lonliness Fund.

Contact [email protected] for more info.

Apple pressing and cider-making Friday 2nd December

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We are happy to announce that Abundance will be running their first cider-making workshop of the year. We’ll be having home-brew champion Brian Trevelyan round for a look at the best ways to produce Britain’s favourite tipple.