Tony shows us his garlic tidying the garden up, ready for planting
Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden
Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden The Chorlton Good Neighbours garden group has met outdoors, come rain or shine, in our garden throughout the year. Today (Dec 11th 2015) we met for the last time before our Christmas Break. As usual, told us his 7 ‘joke of the days’ he has savedContinue reading Last session of the year at Good Neighbours Garden
Good Neighbours Garden Spring & Summer 2015
Some photos from the Good Neighbours garden in Spring and Summer 2015 Bill in the garden in Spring Paul’s kitten – one of the ones abandoned outside Morrisons Paul Some early season planting Enjoying some of Tony’s jokes. He brings in the weekly collection to entertain us Planting a hanging basket more seed sowing tidyingContinue reading Good Neighbours Garden Spring & Summer 2015
March 2015 photos of Good Neighbours activities
March 2015 photos of Good Neighbours activities taken by Chris Foster photography
Making mosaics for the Good Neighbours Garden
In January 2015 we had two mosaic making workshops led by Nicola Winter. This time we branched out into making spherical mosaics on concrete mould made by Nicola. They were on the end of metal rods so that we could ‘plant’ the finished Alium style mosaics in the Chorlton Good Neighbours garden Joyce and DorothyContinue reading Making mosaics for the Good Neighbours Garden
Bill Howe’s poem (video)
“Manchester’s Traffic on a Warm Summer’s night” Bill Howe comes along regularly to the Chorlton Good Neighbours gardening group held each Friday morning in the garden we have created at the back of St Ninian’s church. This Friday Bill read to us a recent poem he had written called “Manchester’s Traffic on a Warm Summer’sContinue reading Bill Howe’s poem (video)
Good Neighbours Open Day
Good Neighbours Open Day, May 31st 2014 Wilbraham St Ninian’s Church and Chorlton Good Neighbours held an open day on May 31st. . The Good Neighbours Garden was open and looking good. Paul was looking very fine in his outfit for the dancing that was taking place in the Church Hall later Meanwhile Tony wasContinue reading Good Neighbours Open Day
Making Mosaics week 2 (video)
Making Mosaics week 2 This week (15-05-14) we finished off the mosaics which we are going to use as stepping stones in the Good Neighbours Garden We cleaned off some of the adhesive that had dried on to the tiles and gouged out the gaps between the tiles so that the grout would work properly.Continue reading Making Mosaics week 2 (video)
Garden Update 4th April 14
Garden Update 4th April 14 We welcomed Paul back to the gardening group at Chorlton Good Neighbours, after he had been out of action for several months. We filled some bags with earth and put in some of the chitted potatoes and continued with the weeding of the Church garden at the fron In theContinue reading Garden Update 4th April 14
Spring is on its way in the CGN garden
Spring is on its way in the CGN garden We spent the usual Friday morning, working (with plenty of stops for tea & coffee) in the Good Neighbours garden. Weather was the best of the year so far and we got plenty done. Lots of new seeds put into seed trays to germinate inContinue reading Spring is on its way in the CGN garden
Planting some onions in the CGN Garden plot (video)
Planting Onions on the Good Neighbours plot Spring is happening but on this Friday in March (14-03-14) the weather was a bit chilly, especially as the previous Wednesday had been very warm. We used our time productively to put a new hard tyre wheel on the wheelbarrow (why they usually have pneumatic tyres, that always punctureContinue reading Planting some onions in the CGN Garden plot (video)
CGN Greenhouse – repairs after the gale
Repairs after the gale This Friday (19-02-14) we had John’s assistance in beginning to repair the greenhouse after the damage caused by the recent gale. Altogether 9 windows were blown out and 3 of them smashed. So the reinforced glass stood up pretty well and the pieces of glass weren’t dangerous shards but like theContinue reading CGN Greenhouse – repairs after the gale
Garden Club surveys the storm damage
Storm Damage The great storm of 13th Feb 2014 will certainly be remembered in Manchester. With winds of over 70 mph buildings were damaged and trees were blown down all over the place. When we came for the Good Neighbours gardening group meeting on Friday 4th Feb we found that the greenhouse has been damagedContinue reading Garden Club surveys the storm damage
Spring Clean in the Good Neighbours Garden
Jan 24th was t our second meeting of the new year. It was a cold morning but we got ourselves organised and started clearing up properly in preparation for Spring which is not that far away Here Bernard is spraying the greenhouse with a Jeyes fluid mixture to clean and sterilise it afterContinue reading Spring Clean in the Good Neighbours Garden
Final Garden Session of the Year
Final Garden Club Session of the Year Friday Dec 20th was our last garden session of this year. It was a cold morning but we kept warm with some mulled wine, fruit punch and warm mince pies. We tidied things up, put the gazebo away and talked about what we do in the coming year.Continue reading Final Garden Session of the Year
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