We had a wonderful weekend at the Saltaire Festival as part of the Open Gardens trail. It was lovely to meet so many people interested in the Sunday School Garden in Caroline Street car park. Thanks to everyone who generously donated to our home-made cake stall or filled in a survey. It was lovely to get feedback on what we’ve been doing, what people would like to see, and how they might get involved.
Here’s a flavour of the comments we received:
“Keep up the good work!”
“Thank you for improving this location, it’s fab!”
“Brilliant idea”
“We really enjoy walking past the garden and talking to our children about the vegetables”
“Big respect for what you’re doing!”
Everyone we met agreed that they’d like to see more community growing spaces in Saltaire. We’re currently well on the way to developing projects for further sites, so that more of us can get involved and help make our neighbourhood even better. We’ll post more updates on this soon as we can.
We also heard that it’s difficult for some people to escape work in time for our regular Wednesday 6pm session. Starting in November, we’ll be adding an extra session on the first Sunday of the month at 11am, so that more folks can join us. Just turn up and muck in. The perfect way to work up an appetite for your Sunday roast!
Veg On The Edge 