Our Annual Streetfeast is May 25th at 1pm if you would like to join us, register at changex.org/ie/streetfeast… 🥰🥰

Ok folks, tomorrow May 4th, is World Naked Gardening Day.

The only advice I can offer is to choose your jobs carefully!
Stay away from any jobs involving roses, cacti, thistles, nettles, strimmers etc.

Oh & don't forget the sunscreen!

#carefulnow #worldnakedgardeningday

2 plastic bins and a pile of old decking ffrom a skip, plus a little bit of elbow grease and imagination =
A nice, raised ornamental pond.

My piece in today’s The Irish Times on the Government’s hot school meals scheme. Embedding industrial food and packaging waste in our schools. A wasted opportunity for co-benefits around food equality, child health, food education, and local food sourcing irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…

First lemon!

Join us for a fun filled morning to celebrate national biodiversity week Wednesday 22nd May at 11am Green Spaces For Health Cork Healthy Cities Cork Food Policy Cork City Council Social&HealthEdProj. Rosemarie McDonald Community Gardens Ireland Biodiversity Ireland #nationalbiodiversityweek #toghercommunitygarden

Q: Which pollinator-friendly action would you recommend for our business site which has some land?
A: No Mow May (& lift cuttings) tinyurl.com/2d3zps9m.
Don’t forget signage/mown perimeter strip to indicate the management change. @Biodatacentre
#nomowmay #thebusinessofbees

It was lovely to celebrate #OchardBlossomDay Irish Seed Savers

Nice to see this busy Common Carder Bumblebee pollinating apple blossom, helping to ensure a good crop later in the year 🌸🐝🍎🍏

🎥 Ruth Wilson

#farmlandbiodiversity

We don't need much persuading to celebrate the humble Dandelion for #wildflowerhour

@biodatacentre records show this native wildflower was the most popular food source for bees on the island of Ireland in 2023

#DandelionChallenge #InternationalDayoftheDandelion
📷Cathal Noonan

🐝Pollinator of the week: Orange-legged Furrow Bee
🌼Plant of the week: Meadow buttercup
✅Action of the week: Get ready for No Mow May

Find out more about pollinators in April➡️ tinyurl.com/sm5yewuc

“In this community garden we nurture nature and we harvest hope.'

Wonderful to be able to celebrate the #volunteers in our GLAS @ TU Dublin community garden today:
globalactionplan.ie/blogs/glas-tu-…

Fingal Community Development Office Fingal County Council TU Dublin / OT Baile Átha Cliath TU Dublin Blanchardstown

It's nearly #NoMowMay . Time to put away the lawnmower for a whole month & let native Irish wildflowers grow

But mowing less all summer is one of the best things you can do for pollinators. So why not try #LetItBloomJune & #HelpThemFlyJuly ?

More here➡️ tinyurl.com/36u9bjxz

What’s really in your 'wildflower' seed mix?

A new study by Noeleen of University College Dublin reveals only 25% of species in 7 common wildflower seed mixes are native to Ireland.

None of the packets gave details of where the seed was sourced

More here ➡️
tinyurl.com/42xu4jzf

Here are the .ie #DigitalTownAwards2024 Digital Community Finalists ✨

WesternDevelopment.ie Proud sponsor of this category

weare.ie/ie-digital-tow…

Q: Would you recommend honeybee hives for our business site?
A: Please consider an *evidence-based action* e.g. reduced mowing & lift cuttings instead tinyurl.com/2d3zps9m
Honey bee hives = wonderful hobby but NOT a biodiversity action tinyurl.com/mr2b4vxt Biodiversity Ireland

7 week course on Thursdays from 2pm until 4pm... call Bernadette to register as limited spaces

We are super proud and excited to be part of the Common Knowledge network! They are having their launch in the garden on Friday and we have one of our member doing this workshop on Saturday at 11am. #Sustainability #EarthDay2024 #ClimateActionNow

It’s amazing what neighbours can do together. Well done to all the residents of Ballinacurra that helped out today and over the weekend to get the Baggott Estate community garden ready for planting. Can’t wait to see all the flowers and herbs we can grow here 🌱

Another amazing afternoon spent yesterday at Blessington Library for our monthly plant swap with Blessington Tidy Towns!

Over 40 people attended the event with people coming from far and wide, including residents from Lacken, Crosschapel, Kill and Dunlavin.

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Gorgeous!!