Transition Town Wellington has provided an update on the various community gardening sites around the town along with a preview of plans for the rest of May.
The dates of the month’s community gardening sessions – open to everyone irrespective of experience – are included after the latest update.
Fox’s Field
April saw the last of the planting of fruit bushes at the start of the month and the start of the herbaceous perennial planting at the end of the month, along with lots of the usual weeding and mulching!
In May we will continue mulching and creating new paths as well as keeping weeds at bay.
Longacre
This site just gets better every year. Do go and visit when you can.
Our focus at this time of year is minimal grass cutting, working just on smaller areas and paths, and to ensure all the soft fruit is growing well and accessible for when it ripens in June/July.
Linden Meadow
We continue our monthly scything session to care for the new trees and meadow in this beautiful site.
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The wildflowers here have lots of promise to be their best ever this year!
We’ve now completed the gardening tasks apart from keeping the paths cut until around early August.
Swains Lane Nature Reserve
The grass under the trees here is no longer scythed by Simon Ratsey, so we need to train a new team to scythe the grass on this site! So this is an invitation anyone who lives nearby to get involved and come along to a special beginners class led by Somerset Scythe School’s Andi Rickard on Friday, May 15th. The grass is at its best to cut at this time of year, so we can enjoy the apple crunch sound as we swing our blades.
Community gardening during May
Tuesday, 5th, 9am-12noon – Fox’s Field
Friday, 8th, 9am-12noon at – Fox’s Field
Tuesday, 12th, 9am-12noon – Longacre
Friday, 15th, 10am-1pm – Scything session at Swain’s Lane (see above)
Tuesday, 19th, 9am-12noon – Fox’s Field
Thursday, 28th, 9am-12noon – Scything and watering at Linden Meadow
Saturday, 30th, 9am-12noon – Fox’s Field
Other events which are either part of TTW’s wide-ranging environmental projects or associated/aligned with them are as follows:
Water Guardians
Thursday, May 13th, 9.30am.
Location: Braziers Coffee shop, Tonedale Mill, TA21 0AW
The water guardians are a group of volunteers who each undertake citizen science to monitor a specific stretch of our local waterway: to find out more visit https://ttw.org.uk/groups/water/#scientists.
We’d love more people to get involved so if you’re interested, please come along to a meeting, which are help on the first Thursday of every other month.
For more information or if you’d like to get involved but can’t make this time, contact Sue on tel 07896 031236 or email suerickard234@gmail.com
Film screening + Q&A
Tuesday, May 5th, 7.30pm
Jo in the Water: The Fight to Save Our Rivers, Lakes and Seas
Location: Wellesley Cinema, Wellington
Jo in the Water follows a passionate sea swimmer turned reluctant activist, Exmouth-based Jo Bateman, as she takes on one of the UK’s biggest water companies in a David-and-Goliath battle to protect our waters from devastating sewage pollution.
Jo in the Water is a feature-length documentary made by award-winning filmmakers. It is not just about water pollution; it is about connection—to nature, to our own sense of place, and to our responsibility for the world around us.
Find out more about the film and book tickets here: https://www.jointhewater.com/
More information here https://www.aroundwellington.co.uk/special-screening-of-film-on-pollution-battle/#more-94985
Climate Cafe Wellington
Thursday, May 14th, 7pm to 9pm.
Location: Wellington Meeting House, High Street, Wellington TA21 8RA
For more information, contact climatecafe@posteo.uk
CCW will meet monthly on the second Thursday of the month
Wellington Community Food Cropshare
Please support this great new initiative by buying a veg box from this hyper local nature based CSA farm. They will be providing 26 weeks of harvest with the first harvest expected on Wednesday, June 10th.
You can sign up by visiting the online shop, link below.
Collection weekly from the farm or Ruxstons on a Wednesday afternoon or an extra £2.50/week delivered.
To be able to cover their growing costs prior to the first harvest they are asking for a deposit of six weeks followed by five monthly payments in July – November. Weekly cost: Small – £12, Medium – £15.75, Large – £19.50.
If you have any questions regarding this years Cropshare please email: info@wellingtoncommunityfood.org.uk.
For more info visit; Shop local food | Wellington Community Food – Somerset
Wellington Community Food Volunteer Sessions
Location: Wellington Community Farm (adjacent to the sports centre. Past the Basins allotment gate). What3words ///:cucumber.announced.riders
We grow veg and sell it to our members via the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model.
Our mission is to bring healthy, affordable, delicious food to people whilst improving our environment through agroecological farming.
Our volunteering sessions are friendly and open to all. Improve your physical and mental wellbeing, connect with your community and make new friends, and learn to grow nature-friendly and seasonal food.
Regular sessions on Tuesdays 1pm to 4pm, Wednesdays 10am to 1pm, with monthly Saturday sessions and summer evening sessions.
You can join the WhatsApp or email group by contacting info@wellingtoncommunityfood.org.uk
Website: www.wellingtoncommunityfood.org.uk
