Happy Neurodiversity Celebration Week! sustainweb.org/blogs/mar24-ne…

'Community gardens are not primarily about the plants, they're about the people'... 'stronger by working together'... 'there's more than one way to grow a vegetable'
The Social Farms & Gardens NI and Community Gardens Ireland Spring webinar on food education can be watched at youtube.com/watch?v=yX_B3E…

How does my Garden Grow? Belfast 2nd annual community garden open day, Sunday 24th March 2024. Register here farmgarden.org.uk/civicrm/event/…

Belfast - our parks are NOT delivering for biodiversity.

So we've started the 'Wilder Parks' campaign to ask @Belfastcc to create more space for nature in our parks.

We dived into our park management plans and uncovered that they are not performing for #wildlife , thread:

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A Manifesto for the Alleys is developed and directed by Starling Start and Studio idir, with Social Farms & Gardens NI, Laurelbank Farm, and the residents of Belfast. We’ll be following the seasons with you, through hands-on action research, shared resources and LOTS of creative responses.

A very merry Solstice, Christmas and New Year to you from all of us at Social Farms & Gardens. We hope you get some deep rest and have a peaceful day. Looking forward to working with you in 2024.

Register for our Community Growing Forum in Derry on the 21st October.
Book your free ticket here: farmgarden.org.uk/civicrm/event/…

Visiting the wonderful Woodlands Community garden in Glasgow along with DTNI as part of the Development Trusts Association Scotland conference. Development Trusts NI #DTASis20

BBC Breakfast all over Belfast #alleyways are blooming brilliant check out just 2 of many wildfloweralley rainbowalley
Speak to Social Farms & Gardens NI if you want to see just how many and growing...

Last month I worked with Social Farms & Gardens NI Derry Strabane Cncl and Acorn Fund growing challenges and activities project with Community Foundation NI around training in butterfly 🦋 and moth identification.
Thanks to Conor for his 'Butterfly box' design #wildspaces for your allotment

We have a new Instagram page, come follow us there (:

instagram.com/socialfarmsand…

We had a lovely time meeting old friends and making new, and getting thoroughly mucky at the Stendhal Festival festival this weekend. Many thanks to the organisers, and everyone who called by to say hello and plant a seed, or help build the cob house.

If you're looking for inspiration for what to plant this month, look no further
youtu.be/H1H5gAYjUJs

✨NEW STORY: #FoodJustice with Nourish Scotland's Diana Garduño Jiménez

In this great interview, Diana explores non-hierarchical knowledge exchange, relationship building, decoloniality & the art of conversation - all key for building just food systems.

foodcitizenship.info/2023/06/28/foo…

Some of our local gardens feature in this blog written by Sustain.

sustainweb.org/blogs/jun23-pr…

Conor and Patricia attended the first IRL gathering of the Landworksers Alliance in NI this weekend. Vive!

SF&G attending the launch of the Outdoor Recreation Map Launch last week. You can compare green space accessible in each area with the multiple deprivation measures for that area.
Community gardens are not yet on the map. Do you think they should be?
outdoorrecreationni.com/news/greenspac…

Reminder for Belfast ones. Next #FoodCitizenSocial on Tuesday at 17.30 in the Sunflower (hopefully outside). Join us for chat about food, power, community and change. No agenda, no homework, just turn up. Please share💪🥬🍏❤️

Funding available for mental health activities, open to non-constituted groups. Closing date for applications is Wednesday 26 July 2023 at 3pm. publichealth.hscni.net/news/funding-p…

We'd like to voice our support for the alleygating scheme in the Holylands. When this is what local residents have asked for and organised and worked towards, their wishes should be respected.
#ReclaimtheCommons
Cllr Gary McKeown
Cllr John Gormley
Emmet McDonough-Brown 🇺🇦
Cllr Áine Groogan
Belfast City Council