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Posted 16th September 2008
Permaculture course 11th - 12 October The Health Project will be running a permaculture course in October. Further info Poster Δ
Posted 12th May 2008
Permaculture course 31st May - 1st June The Health Project will be running a permaculture course at the end of May. Further info permaculture2008.pdf Δ
Posted 3rd March 2008
Potato Day Success The potato day was a great success. Read more about it here
Posted 3rd March 2008
Storm Damage Unfortunately the recent gales have claimed another greenhouse. Commiserations to the Waverley Care plot holders. Some damage to another greenhouse and a shed blown over. It could have been worse. Let's hope that is the end of the storms for this winter.
Posted 19th January 2008
Potato Day After the success of the potato day last earlier this year we will be holding another one at the Inch House on Sunday 24th February. Further information can be found here.
Posted 19th December 2007
Job Available The Health Project is advertising for a Community Gardening and Health Project Officer. Further information can be found here. Closing date for applications is 2nd January 2008.
Posted 19th December 2007
Cabin The cabin is now up and just needs to be painted. Thanks to everyone who helped. Posted 25th October 2007
Open Day Report The open day last month went very well. Lots of visitors had a look around the site and the activities seemed to be a success. Plenty of produce and baking was sold raising a little money for the committee and the Health Project.
Posted 25th October 2007
Open Day The Bridgend site will be open to the public on Saturday 29th September. The health project will be organizing various stalls and activities. We also hope to have a produce and baking stall with contributions from the plot holders. This will also be a "barn raising" day as we hope to construct the cabin. As many volunteers as possible please. We will hold a barbecue later in the day also for refreshments.
Posted 21st September 2007
Slabs A very successful day collecting slabs on Saturday. Thanks to everyone who helped.
We are still looking for more slabs for the chalet and the play area so if you have any then please drop them off at the site.
Posted 22nd July 2007
Work Days The work day on Saturday 9th June was a great success. A lot of work was done preparing the site for the cabin. Another work day will be held on Saturday 23rd June to finish levelling the area for the cabin. Hopefully we will aquire some slabs in early July and we should be able to construct the cabin shortly after that.
Posted 12th June 2007
AGM on 21st June The Bridgend Allotment Association AGM will be held on Thursday 21st June at 7pm. This will be followed by a social so please bring your own food and drink. Nomination forms for committee members will be available from the secretary and also in the toilet block. Please come along, it will will a great opportunity to ask any questions about the sites progress and air any concerns.
Posted 28th May 2007
Digging for Victory TV Schedule
Channel: UKTV Gardens (cable/ satellite subscriber channel)
Fri 1st June - Thurs 14th June 10pm, weekdays.
A different allotment site will feature daily.
Repeats
Each show will repeat the following day at 10am and 3pm.
If the repeat show is on a Saturday, the repeat times are 8am and 12 noon.
The weekend of the 16th / 17th June the shows will all be repeated again in a ‘catch up’ stack.
There will also be repeats around harvest time in the Autumn.
We don’t know which program Bridgend will feature in yet.
Posted 28th May 2007
Health Project featured on Beechgrove The Bridgend Allotment Project will feature on the Beechgrove Garden briefly this week at on Wed 2 May at 7.30pm on BBC1.
Posted 1st May 2007
UKTV Competition Finalists We are delighted to announce that the Bridgend Allotment site has reached the final three of the UK TV best allotment competition. After the filming and judging on Saturday 21st the site was short listed to the final 3 and the winner was chosen on Saturday 28th April. To find out if we won you can see the programs as below.
Thank you to everyone who helped out with the filming and for making the site such a success.
The Digging for Victory program will be aired on UKTV Gardens.
Fri 1st June - Thurs 14th June 10pm, weekdays.
A different allotment site will feature daily.
Repeats
Each show will repeat the following day at 10am and 3pm. If the repeat show is on a Saturday, the repeat times are 8am and 12 noon. The weekend of the 16th / 17th June the shows will all be repeated again in a ‘catch up’ stack. There will also be repeats at around harvest time in the Autumn.
Posted 29th April
Work Days & Plant Requests We will be holding two work days on Sunday 1st & Saturday 14th of April. The aim is to continue clearing and levelling the play area and to start some planting in the common areas. If you have any shrubs, small trees or fruit bushes which you would like to donate to the site please take them along on one of these days. Any donations would be great and we'll soon improve the appearance of the site as well as providing some windbreaks and increasing biodiversity.
Posted 24th March
Vandalism Unfortunately the two greenhouses to the south of the site have both suffered sustained stone throwing attacks from the public footpath. Most of the glass has been broken and there is some structural damage to the frames as well as damage to the contents.
Posted 6th March 2007
Potato Day The potato day at the Inch house went well. There was a good turn out and many visitors expressed their appreciation that they did not have to travel down to the Borders for their seed potatoes. There wasn't as much stock sold as we could have hoped but if we repeat next year I'm sure the turnout will be even better.
Posted 6th March 2007
Filming
The day of filming went very well on Wednesday. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to be interviewed. The next day of filming/judging will be on Saturday 21st April.
Posted 24th February 2007
Nice article
Another favourable mention in the media. A report in the Herald on Sunday mentions Bridgend.
Posted 20th February 2007
Work day success
The work day on Sunday went very well. Lots of people mucking in and we have shifted almost half of the bark at an estimate. We'll organise another day soon to finish the bark removal off. In the mean time please help out by moving a barrow or two of chippings whenever you have a chance.
Posted 20th February 2007
Filming
The filming date in February has been finalised as Wednesday 21st. The more plot holders and groups on site the better. We will also be working on the conversion of the play area on this day so the more hands the merrier.
The plan is to make better use of the play area enclosure. We will strip off the bark and level the area. Planted beds, seating, a barbecue area and an smaller but improved play area will be included.
On Sunday 18th February we will be having a work day to get started on this project. The first goal is to remove the bark chippings and transport them to the Dutch barn where they will improve the current floor. It would be great to have a good turn out for this day.
Also a quick reminder that the Potato Day will be held on Sunday 25th February at the Inch House, from 11am to 2pm. Lots of organic varieties will be available for sale. There will be an illustrated talk on the history of potatoes and how seed potatoes are produced. Light refreshments will be available.
Posted 7th February 2007
Best Allotment Competition
The site has been short-listed for the UKTV best allotment competition. This means that we will feature in an episode to be aired in May, and we have a chance of making the final three and winning a nice prize. Initial filming will begin in the week beginning February 19th. Judging and further filming will take place in Mid to Late April with Chris Collins who will be presenting the show.
We will keep you updated.
Posted 17th January 2007
Greenhouse Disaster
A lot of damage from the Hogmanay gales. Two greenhouses were destroyed and a shed was blown over. The shed was easily righted but it looks like the greenhouses are a total loss. Commiserations to the owners. Some pictures of the damage can be seen in the gallery.
Posted 1st January 2007
