n at the nursery in the morning.
MEET at 12 noon at Spark Cafe in Springfield Park. MAP. Tour goes via Spring Hill, Millfields, Hackney Downs and Daubeney orchards, arriving at the Tree Nursery about 2pm.
BRING FOOD TO SHARE for social at Tree Nursery 3-7pm.
TMs plant and care for trees in Hackney. All our events are free and open to everyone.
We grow trees at the community nursery for planting out into Hackney Parks. We thereby reduce carbon by minimising tarnsport and reduce transmission of disease by limited movement. We also connect people to their parks by growing on trees local people have grown from seed.
EVERYONE WELCOME.…
Planting a native hedge and native black poplars. All grown at the community tree nursery.
Refreshments from EcoActive.
Meet 10am by the canal on Daubeney Green (aka Clapton Park).
Downs and help plant out below the Community Orchard. Or just turn up to the Downs and join in the fun. Help build a giant Willow Ball. Tasters of Russet apple juice and Dalston Cola from the Russet Cafe. Bring your own picnic, gloves and tools if you can.
Event organised by Penny Sadubin with support of Hackney Parks dept.…
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Vegetable Bed: Aphids and ladybirds; aphids eat sap, ants protect them to eat sap too, ladybirds eat aphids. Different parts and edible parts. Herb Garden;Taste and smell.
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be a citizen scientist and find out what lives underground
play the Orchard Tree ID game and more.
Fun for all the family and an opportunity to make new friends in your area while protecting your local environment.
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e to transform your garden or urban space into an abundant, edible garden, that is full of food, friendly to wildlife, looks good, and needs little maintenance. Topics/Solutions Covered on this CourseFood Production* Edible Gardens, Forest Gardens & Edible Landscapes* Edible Mushroom Growing* Edible Hedges* Fruit trees/bushes – varieties* Home Orchards & Community Orchards* Vegetable Gardens, Container Gardens, Covered Growing* Vertical growing Water Systems* Ponds & Greywater* Self-watering containers/sub-irrigated planters* Rainwater & Irrigation Animal Systems* Backyard Chickens & Ducks* Freerange and Rotational Systems* Beneficial Insect Plantings Soils & Fertility* No-dig* Composting Systems & Wormeries* Natural Fertilising & Feeding* Mulching & Weed Management* Biochar* Ecological Lawncare Concepts Covered on this Course* Designing* Creating & augmenting micro climates* Permaculture principles* Vertical growing* Mapping & surveying* The Soil Food Web* Composting* Mulching* Pruning Who is this course for?* Homeowners* Allotment holders* Gardeners* Community Groups* Building Managers* Landscape & Maintenance Gardeners* School teachers* Schools workers Niels Corfield is a designer, educator and consultant, working to create sustainable/regenerative landscapes and farms in the UK and Europe. He is someone with a diverse skill-set who can tie together disparate projects into a coherent whole using cutting edge- and best practice systems. He is passionate about tree-based, ecological systems that are low maintenance and productive.He has extensive experience with designing, establishing and managing diverse agroforestry systems, forest gardens and ecological orchards.He is a skilled orchardist, propagator and nurseryman. Since 2007 he has been teaching certified Permaculture Design Courses, as well as a range of specialist training and education, from design through to practical skills. He has created a suite of professional education resources to carry-out multi-stakeholder/participatory design workshops (Designing for Real). He is the director of Edible Cities, a successful urban design consultancy, education and nursery business. Creating productive and ecological low maintenance edible landscapes since 2008. He counts amonst his clients: the Ecology Building Society and various councils and is currently working on a 500 home development in inner city Leeds. He has been trained by Darren Doherty (RegenAg Design), Kirk Gadzia (Holistic Management), Starhawk and Penny Livingstone-Stark (Permaculture Design).…
o ensure a tree grows into a good form without weak forks, crossing branches or other problems.
Meet at the old Bowling Green south of the centre circle MAP
or find us at the orchard on the Downs.…
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WATERING
The Tree Musketeers' network of volunteers save hundreds of trees in Hackney from drought damage
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busy evening planned - a talk and Q&A from the Orchard Project (with accompanying apple press!), a film about the origin of the apple and a talk about Rainforest Saver's work to preserve and protect rain-forests.
We'll be rounding everything off with live music from Warty Hubbard!
Food will be available to buy at the bar and please feel free to bring along any home-made jams, chutneys and apple products to share!
Doors from 6:45 til late. A donation is asked for on the door.…
Added by Nick Turner at 19:07 on September 28, 2014