The Good Neighbours garden in May Things are really beginning to move in the CGN garden and it was a hive of activity last Friday 15th May. Here are some photos and links to a short video about the garden in May This enhanced photo of the garden was taken a few weeks earlier inContinue reading The Good Neighbours garden in May
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
Making Mosaics (video)
Making Mosaic stepping stones for the Good Neighbours Garden Nicola Winters lead a craft session at Chorlton Good Neighbours to make some mosaics on paving stones, to be used in the Good Neighbours garden. Members of the gardening group and an art group that uses the church hall too. all participated in making mosaics toContinue reading Making Mosaics (video)
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)
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
Making the greenhouse accessible
The Good Neighbours greenhouse is now finished, but because we have a raised base it made it inaccessible for wheelchair users. However, John has fixed this problem by using an angle grinder to cut out a section of the base and made it easy to remove the section of the base and construct a wayContinue reading Making the greenhouse accessible
Finishing off the Greenhouse
On Friday April 5th 2013 we finally finished installing the greenhouse. The doors were fitted eventually (after taking them on and off three times and starting from scratch) and a pathway of paving flags was installed which would be wide enough for wheelchair users. It was a beautiful day and even though we were exhaustedContinue reading Finishing off the Greenhouse
Greenhouse nearing completion
Unlike the freezing, snowy morning we had on Wednesday, Good Friday turned out to be gloriously sunny, We made good progress on the Chorlton Good Neighbours Greenhouse and have nearly finished putting in the glass. We were just missing a few overlap clips which B&Q provided too few of. Hopefully we will finish off nextContinue reading Greenhouse nearing completion
Installing the greenhouse windows
When will this weather improve? Between March 21-23 we managed to make progress on installing the four windows in the roof of the greenhouse. Freezing weather meant we could only make a bit of progress each day before our fingers froze, but on Friday 22nd we cheered ourselves up by burning some wood in theContinue reading Installing the greenhouse windows
Assembling the Good Neighbours Greenhouse
On a cold damp Friday morning in March (08-03-13) the Chorlton Good Neighbours gardening group made a start on assembling the newly purchased B&Q 10′ x 8′ greenhouse John, our resident DIY supremo had already made a wooden template for the base, so today was about levelling the ground, digging a trench, ramming the earthContinue reading Assembling the Good Neighbours Greenhouse
