Our South Bank matures with each passing season and is beginning to look just great this Spring.
Thanks go to Michael on Plot 88, our plotters and volunteers for all their efforts and to Aberdeen City Council for their kind donation of spring bulbs over several years.
Calum Hislop from the River Dee Trust has been in contact to flag up this up-coming community opportunity.
The River Dee Trust as part of its river bank improvements is planning a significant tree planting event on the 27th April on the land behind Sainsburys.
I am getting in touch to ask if you or any of your membership would like to get involved.
The event is being organised as a community event with support from the River Dee Trust. The Scottish Woodland Trust, and the AWPR fund. Sainsburys are also offering to support the event with hot drinks and snacks.
I will forward promotional material as it is produced but thought it a good idea to flag the event up to in advance.
This appeal arrived from Esther at Macmillan Cancer Charity this week. I hope all plotters will look to see if they can help.
Hi Stuart
I hope you are well and things will soon be picking up for all the allotment holders as the lighter nights are upon us
Our Volunteers and participants will be planning this year’s growing and planting for the allotment and intend to be there this Saturday morning after what has been a very long winter. The Garthdee Fields allotments are an ideal environment and the folks who attend had lovely produce they cultivated last year.
This is to give you their wish list in case any mutual sharing of supplies is possible . This year they want to plant early potatoes, peppers , tomatoes, any other fruit and vegetables from seeds and plants. Also Growmore, wooden stakes and any old garden or hand tools no longer needed would be most helpful. We would be really appreciative of any excess or donated items and I’m sure the gardeners will be around more often from now on.
Thank you so much for all your support,
Warm regards
EstherEsther Milne
Macmillan Support Assistant
Despite the weather, our allotment holders and volunteers were all smiles this week when Robertson Construction delivered surplus pallets and timber from their Caledon Court site on the corner of Garthdee and Auchinyell roads. Better still, they have promised more in the future.
The handover was made by Kelly Simms who is Group Community Development Coordinator for the Company. A few days earlier, Kelly, on behalf of Robertson Group, had presented us with over 40 large Easter eggs which were given to Kaimhill Primary School for the children who visit the allotments as part of their curriculum during the summer term.
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We greatly appreciate such gestures from businesses like Robertson Group supporting the local community so it’s a big thank-you to them from all at GFAA.
Plans for the use of the materials are being finalised and will be announced soon.
Today was wonderful and it was great to see so many plotters on site in warm sunshine, but what a long winter we have had. Which made seeing these little guys all the more welcome.
I am sure everyone notices them as they enter the site, and I have been aware of them over several years now, but I wonder if anyone knows anything about how they come to be there? They are in such an exposed site, so close to the road, it is hard to believe they self-sowed there.
For that matter, can anyone help name them?
In recent years ACC has donated many thousands of other bulbs and it’s great to see them thriving around the site.
It was a pleasure to welcome Elaine and her group of First Year RGU Occupational Therapy students on their visit with us today.
The purpose of the visit was to explore together ways in which the students could create outdoor and gardening experiences to benefit their clients. In the first instance, these activities will centre on the Polytunnel and the raised beds.
Unfortunately, the weather did not exactly play ball, but the enthusiasm of the students more than made up for the cold and wet conditions.
Thanks also go to our volunteers, Gordon and Mike, who braved the weather to lend their support throughout the day. We are very lucky to have them on board.
We look forward to many more RGU student visits and new, joint projects with faculty members in the future. It’s a great pleasure to see our involvement with RGU bear fruit and become even more productive.
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