Grow Greener with Garthdee Field Allotments Association

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October Community Sunday

Hi Everyone,
Just a reminder that Community Sunday is on 18th October. Meet at the bothy around 11am. Usual range of tasks:-
StuartPothole filling.
Tidying the woodchip and leaves bins at both the top and bottom of the site.
Paper/rubbish chase around the site – poly rubbish bags in steel container- see Gill or Norman for access.
Picking and sharing the orchard harvest – very nice fruit on the crab-apple tree.
The bonfire area will be at the top car-park – same area as last year so if you have rasp canes, prunings scrap wood etc you can deposit them at the top of the site near to the woodchip bins. Please don’t dump non combustible rubbish at the bonfire site. The bonfire is likely to be in early spring which should give time for everyone to have tidied their plot!
The Primary School plot can always do with some input – manure and leaf mould could be dug in. Don’t overdo it – a little digging by many people will get the job done over time. I suggest that we dig from one end and work backwards row by row so that we know what has been dug.
If you think of other things that need doing – just do it. It all helps.
————and if you haven’t enjoyed yourself with all that, there’s always the coffee and cake at the end!

Message posted for Stuart:

 

BBQ – What a roaster!

As they say, the sun always shines the virtuous and so it proved at today’s BBQ.  Thanks to all who came and made it such fun and to Gill for coordinating things for us.

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Its Your Neighbourhood Success

In only our second year of participation, GFAA has achieved an “outstanding” award for our site as part of the It’s Your Neighbourhood Assessment Exercise.

Awarding us a total of 89 points, Assessor Jim Henderson noted especially our successes in community participation, as well as improvements in the areas environmental responsibility and gardening.

Jim’s Full Report is available and makes interesting reading.  Thanks to all who gave of their best on their own plots and looking after our communal areas and so contributed to this achievement.

Garthdee Assessment 2015

Aberdeen in Bloom 40th Anniversary Awards

GFAA plotters enjoyed an evening of great successes in the Beach Ballroom yesterday when the individual awards to plotters and gardeners were announced.  Sandy and his wife did exceptionally well with Second Place prizes for both garden and plot.

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GFAA dominated the individual plot awards with Sandy in second place, Gill in fourth and Stuart and Alastair (Stewart) placed fifth equal.  Beyond that, a full handful or more of our plotters were presented with certificates of merit.

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Perhaps the best moment of the night, however, belonged to Gill who was named as the Best New Entrant in the competition in recognition of her fabulous fourth place in her first year in the competition and only her second year on the plot.

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The Lord Provost presented a commemorative engraved hand-trowel and framed certificate to every winner and Aberdeen City Council are to be thanked for hosting the prize-giving and buffet supper in great style.

Thanks go to Stuart too for nagging us all into entering!  Hopefully we will see even more entrants and success next year.

Fit a braw day…

Today’s Community Sunday team (thanks to one and all) did great work on the communal paths, beds and hedges before rewarding themselves with some affa fine fancy pieces.

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The next Community Sunday date will be 18 October.  Why not pop it in your diary now?  Elevenish at the Bothy to help with the tasks, half-past twelve sharp for coffee and cake.  All skill and energy levels catered for and welcomed!

September’s Community Sunday

Posted on behalf of Michael…
The weather forecast is for dry weather on Sunday, so we look forward to a little light exercise on Sunday morning at 1100 or so, with cakes and tea/coffee at around 1230.
Sunday Post!Tasks for this time of the year include:
– hedge trimming (wall by houses)
– pothole filling
– orchard harvest
– bin tidying (top car park) – all wood chips in 1 bin
– grass seed resowing
– levelling the Primary School plot.
Next month we hope to have additional bulbs to be planted to supplement those planted last year.
Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday morning,
Happy plotting!
Best Regards
Michael Hart

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