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#SustFest22 – Our Events in May

Community Garden Open Day and Wildlife Trail

Image credit: Kate Swindells

Community Garden Open Day Sunday 15 May- all welcome!

For this year’s #SustFest22 we are inviting you to our Community Garden Open day from 10.30am to 12.30pm on Sunday 15 May! There will be plenty to do and see – adults and children welcome!

Eat cake. Enjoy our refreshments, meet the volunteers, and see the progress of the garden. Get involved if you want – help plant our green beans, squash and courgettes – or just watch! Seedlings and seeds for you to take away and grow food at home.

Please bring along any spare seeds or seedlings you have at home – someone else may be able to plant them!

  • Let the kids help plant up the Sunflower tunnel in the children’s area! Check in to the Bug Hotel – see how we are attracting bugs and insects into the garden.

Sopwell Wildlife Trail 15 May – 31 May

Walk the Sopwell Wildlife Trail – explore the wildlife locally – with our special map to help guide you around. Kids will love this! More info at the Community Garden Open Day.

Prospect Road Stall 22nd May

Prospect Road Wilderhood Watch and Grow Community – Sopwell have a stall on 22nd May 2-4pm outside No. 46 Prospect Road with seedlings and information on how to support wildlife in your street!

See all the St Albans Sustainability Festival events here 15 May to 31 May 2022

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Springtime! Food Garden Online Question Time

Food Garden Question Time Event: 7pm Thursday 28 April

Thank you to everyone who attended this event (and to Amanda, Sabrina and Nadia). Some fantastic questions and answers around garden wildlife and food growing!

We are excited to present another popular Food Garden Question Time event!

Join our panel of local food growers and wildlife enthusiasts- Amanda Yorwerth, Sabrina Henry and Nadia Bishara – to talk all things #growyourown and #wildlife- this spring. Send in any questions you have.

Introduced by Kate Swindells, founder member of Grow Community-Sopwell

  • What is the best fruit or veg to plant out now?
  • Tips on planting out seeds and seedlings
  • What wildlife to look out for in the garden