Tag: The Old Green Community Garden Stanmer Street Hollingdean

Fruit Tree pruning lesson with Jenni at The Old Green Community Garden

17th Jan 2024
Fruit Tree pruning lesson with Jenni at The Old Green Community Garden, Tree Guardian volunteers, January 2024

Growing Hollingdean Volunteers free activity in January 2024

Jenni from the Permaculture Trust Partnership shared her knowledge how to prune the fruit trees with a small group of Tree Guardians. It was a very cold and dry Saturday morning on the 13th January. Lots of laughter and banter was had to help remember to all the techniques.

Polly supported pruning decisions and discussions around pruning practice as well as ladder safety use. We pruned two pear trees on The Old Green Community Garden, tidied, picked up litter and removed animal poo from the area. Some people say January is a month of no gardening!

Fruit Tree pruning lesson with Jenni at The Old Green Community Garden, Growing Hollingdean volunteers, January 2024
Fruit Tree pruning lesson with Jenni at The Old Green Community Garden, Growing Hollingdean volunteers, January 2024
Fruit Tree pruning lesson with Jenni at The Old Green Community Garden, Growing Hollingdean volunteers, January 2024
Fruit Tree pruning lesson with Jenni at The Old Green Community Garden, Growing Hollingdean volunteers, January 2024

Come and join us for our next tree guardian volunteer session. Email us through our contact page here to let us know your coming.

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Thank you to September's Volunteers at The Old Green, The Old Green on Stanmer Street, Hollingdean from 10:30am - 12:30pm

Thank you to September’s Volunteers at The Old Green Community Garden

23rd Sep 2023

Join us next time Sunday 5th November 2023, 10:30am – 12:30pm

A massive thank you to Polly and Sarahjane from Growing Hollingdean, and to our other volunteers, for coming along to the Old Green Community Garden‘s September work day, 2023. After having to cancel our August session, the garden was looking at tad neglected in the morning, but everyone chipped in to battle the bindweed, prune the plants, and tend to the trees, and by lunchtime, everyone’s hard work had paid off and it was looking spectacular.

Thanks to Michelle for bringing along the refreshments – we were more than happy to make sure the chocolate biscuits were all eaten rather than being left to melt in the sun! 

Thank you to September's Volunteers at The Old Green, The Old Green on Stanmer Street, Hollingdean from 10:30am - 12:30pm
A cup of tea is very refreshing in the heat!

Our next work day is on Sunday 5th November, so if you fancy a little spot of gardening in the morning before some fireworks in the evening, please come and join us at The Old Green on Stanmer Street, Hollingdean from 10:30am – 12:30pm. 

For all the latest news on Growing Hollingdean free events and volunteering please sign up here or in the box below. Thank you to all the Growing Hollingdean volunteers who made this possible.