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COMMUNITY PERMACULTURE GARDEN
Who could believe that the garden that was opened up during Devon Artworks and was head high in nettles, docks etc. is the same garden as now. Thanks to a steady bank of volunteers the garden is cleared of nettles (though starting to re-emerge now); has a vegetable patch (thanks to the pigs for digging this for us!) which is in the process of being fenced against the rabbits; has had some pernicious shrubs cut back, the ivy removed from the wall; a large tree house is being constructed in the willow tree; has a temporary shelter, fire pit & seating area and as I write this the first daffodil is in flower!
We had wanted to develop the use of the garden from the
day we started
organicARTS, inspired largely by Jackie Chadwick who lived in the
farmhouse and is a permaculture practitioner. We had a couple of
Permaculture courses at the farm but no-one emerged with the energy to
lead the project. This recent spring into action was prompted by the
interest of the ‘Helping Hands’ group at Exeter CVS
and the
offer by Dea Annison to run another Introduction to Permaculture course
for us (thanks to her & Alastair for this). We still have
no-one to
lead this project but an open gardening group who meet once a month to
take any big decisions. We are most fortunate to have relatively easily accessible and useable clay in the ground so we have identified an area for a pottery on the farm and Lucy Rockliffe (who is a potter) is taking a lead on this project. All we need now is some funding and we can get it up and running. If you know of any pottery equipment that is spare (including a small kiln and a wheel) or if you’re able to help with a bit of renovation on the building, please let us know. We’ve also identified a part of the garden to be a creative area & at some time in the future will have a clay oven there. Contact info@organicarts.org.uk if you would like to join the project and here to talk about the permaculture garden http://organicartspermaculture.blogspot.com |
Find out loads more about permaculture at www.permaculture.org.uk |