Sat, 17 Jun
|Belfast
Grow Your Own Ideas
If you live, work or commute around the Holylands area, we have something exciting coming up this June just in time for the summer! Join us and get involved in a brand new community growing and designing project - Grow Your Own Way.
Time & Location
17 Jun 2023, 10:00 – 10:05
Belfast, 1A Lawrence St, Belfast BT7 1LE, UK
About the event
The workshops:
Saturday 10th June (10am - 12pm) meet outside Aleksandar's Bakery, Holylands
#1 - Grow your own plants - exploring what you can grow in an urban environment, you’ll get hands-on experience planting and learn from a local growing expert.
- What foods would you most like to grow?
- How much time can you spend on a garden?
- What could you make from the plants you grow?
Saturday 17th June (10am - 12pm) meet outside Lawrence Street Workshops
#2 - Grow your own ideas - exploring the creative side of horticulture, you’ll get creative with a local creative practitioner.
- How could we be creative with our indoor or outdoor spaces?
- How can we grow produce in small yards or grow even without any outdoor space?
- How could we make our growing methods sustainable as well as low maintenance?
Saturday 24th June (10am - 12pm) meet outside Blick Shared Studios
#3 - Grow your own designs - exploring how we could design our own mini-garden that add to our homes and communities, making your own designs with a local design expert.
- What could a mini-garden visually look like?
- What locally sourced materials could we use to create the gardens?
Workshops will take place in and around South Belfast on the mornings of Saturday the 10th, 17th and 24th of June.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
For more information please contact - venturefolk@gmail.com