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SCE Events, July, August & September 2009.
Friday 3 rd July “Hay & Honey” at Abington Lodge [ 10.00-4.00 and 5.30 – 8.00]
SCE's Why-on-Hay Festival! You'll need a hat against the sun and we'll get you stuck in to the joys of (and needs for) hay-making. The joys include iced apple-juice from SCE's 2008 orchards. The joy continues with ‘honey for tea'. But you have to help us ‘spin' it too. Another skill learnt! Ask all you like about our BEEKEEPING. If You'd like to help us with them too?
Wednesday 8th July Leaf Cycles Food-box share-out Abington Lodge 12.00 – 2pm.
SCE's pals at Leaf-Cycles provide organic veggie boxes – and deliver them by bicycle-trailer too. And here's where the boxes start coming to Abington Lodge. You live close? You could get your box from here – or share a box with other folk. Or just help us. Ta.
Tuesday 21 st July Save the Bumblebees Twice at Wilsons ' Orchard and/or Abington Meadows 2.00 – 4.00 and 5.30 – 7.30
Bumblebees are friendly great buzzy things and very useful pollinators too. It's a shame that some of them are diminishing or going extinct. Can we help them? Yes. How? Come and find out and enjoy a gentle walk as well.
Friday 24 th July Hay-making Wild Picnic at Abington Lodge 10.00am – 4.00pm and then 6.30 – 8.30pm
The second Why-on-Hay Festival (see 3 rd July) This time followed by a sit in the meadow to appreciate the results and enjoy good food and company. Some of the food and drink we'll gather there and then from the wild, some will come from our gardens and our juicer and some you'll bring along to share – Yes? – and perhaps a favourite poem too?
Saturday 15 th August Umbrella Fair at The Racecourse [ time TBA ]
Once more we'll be at this well known and free-to-enter community event that brings people together through music, performing arts, food and the environment. So please do visit our stall to say hello, ask your asks and generally join us.
Wednesday 26 th August New Field Open Drop-in at Glebeland Fields 10.00 -4.00
This is our newest venture into organic growing. We have taken over an area of land for community growing..so would you like to actively participate in growing for yourselves and others. If so come along and see if you want to be involved.
Friday 4 th September Bats and Chips in Wilsons ' Orchard 7.30 onwards
If you go down in the woods tonight, you may get surprised at what's there. We'll look for creatures that tend to shun the day - and this should include bats. And, even if not, chips round the Rocket Stove should be good.
Friday 18 th -19 th Sept National Moth Night in Wilsons' Orchard 8.00 till late
Now that there's a Biodiversity Action Plan for traditional orchards, the National Moth Recording Scheme has asked that National Moth Night monitors orchards in particular. Just how we'll findout from the visiting expert .
Saturday Sept 19 th RHS Midland Fruit Group Day (RMFG) at Abington Lodge [11.00–2.00] and Wilsons' Orchard [2.30 – 4.30]
SCE hosts this meeting for RMFG, which includes their a.g.m. + interesting apple-talks, a picnic to follow, then a conducted tour of Wilsons' Orchard.
RMFG invites our members to join in. So do!
What no WILSONS ' APPLE DAY ?An annual event not to be missed
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE
Unless otherwise stated.
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available for July to Sept as a pdf download
SCE's organic, permaculture gardens/allotments and wildlife sites throughout Northampton and beyond, need your help.
The Apple Cause needs help from jam, chutney & juice-makers, poster designers, party-organisers and anyone who knows of orchards. Could this be YOU or someone you know?
REGULAR WORK DAYS : All are Welcome.
When
Site
Area
Map Directions
Monday: - times vary please phone
Secret Garden
Kingsthorpe
Mondays 10-3.00
Glebeland Fields
Kingsheath
Tuesday 10-4.00
Wilsons' Orchard
Billing Rd East
Thursday 10-3.00
Meadow View
Kingsthorpe
Thursday 10-4.00
Hunthe Garden
Abington
Friday 10-4.00
Abington Lodge
Abington
Some Saturdays - please phone to check
Boughton Lane Pocket
Moulton Park
Can't manage weekdays? Ask us about evenings/weekends
For further details about the events and membership (download our membership form) or contact Peter Nalder on 01604 630719 or Susan Walmsley on 01933 275257 email sce@talktalk.net
For further details about the events and membership contact
Susan Walmsley on 01933 275257 Email : sce@talktalk.net
Peter Nalder on 01604 630719 Email : nalder.peter@talktalk.net
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