Forthcoming dates for your diary!
Commonwork Summer Open Day on Sunday July 15 2012. Open to all, no need to book.
From 11am-5pm enjoy a feast of activities, organic and local food and live music. Commonwork organic farm, Bore Placehistoric house and gardens open for tours and enjoyment. Entry fee payable on the day which includes all activities.
The next bookable Workshop Days at Commonwork, are on Saturday October 13th 2012 and Saturday December 8th 2012. Book in advance, 10.30am-3pm, suitable for all ages. The booking fee includes lunch and refreshments and all workshop activities.
Further details of all events to follow.
Free funded places are available for these events– please contact us nearer the time.
GrowCookEat Events:
GrowCookEat Cooking and Gardening Workshops 2012
Book a day on Commonwork’s GrowCookEat
programme at Bore Place in association with the
Soil Association’s Farm School.
All workshops cost £50, including lunch.
Concessionary places available... please ask for details.
Frugal Feasts
24 April 2012 10am-4pm
with Julia Bracewell and Mary Oxley, Commonwork education team
Turn nutritious, affordable ingredients into
tasty meals using global menus for inspiration.
The Bore Place Great Bake
12 June 2012 10am-4pm
with Jo Sheach, Commonwork education team
Bake delicious treats, then enjoy the tastes
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Backyard Bees
19 May 2012 10am-4pm
with John Shepherd, Smallholder and Commonwork tutor
Find out how to set up a hive, have happy bees
and how to collect the honey.
Backyard Chickens
26 May 2012 10am-4pm
with John Shepherd, Smallholder and Commonwork tutor
Find out what it takes to keep chickens,
including food, housing and health.
Introduction to Permaculture 13 September 2012 10am-4pm
with Jennie Beaufoy, horticulturalist and permaculture trainer
Discover permaculture principles, learn
methods and techniques, and find out
how to turn soil into a food store.
Catering for a Crowd
27 November 2012 10am-4pm
with Andrew Johnson, Commonwork’s chef
Practical tips and ideas to help make
catering for a crowd less daunting.
For further information or to book a place,
please contact Becky Baldock 01732 463255 x 201
or beckyb@commonwork.org Bore Place, Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, TN8 7AR
Download GrowCookEat flyer
| Organic Gardening Workshops
Join in one or more of these workshops to find out more about growing vegetables.
• Start your own organic vegetable plot
• Compost and sustainable soil care
• Practical propagation for beginners
• Organic pest and disease control
Some comments about the Garden Workshops that have already run include:
“Very enjoyable, informative and inspiring! Thank you!”
“The location and facilities are excellent – both for talks and practical demonstrations”
“Very good. Well presented and clearly structured”
“Has given me lots of enthusiasm!”
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• Organic pest and disease control
1 Jun 2012 10am-1pm
Organic gardening is about the positive steps you can take to create
a flourishing garden. We will look at how adhering to certain principles
and techniques will minimise pests and disease problems in your garden.
Topics covered include encouraging natural predators, good soil care,
barriers, traps and raising baby plants.
• Seed saving for vegetable growers
28th September 2012 10am-1pm
Come and learn how to save seed in your vegetable plot. We will be focusing on why seed should be saved and the different strategies needed for different vegetables. The workshop will include a garden tour and practical seed cleaning demonstrations.
• Start your own organic vegetable plot
30th November 2012 10am-1pm
An introduction to getting the best from your vegetable plot. We will cover choosing vegetables, how to look after your soil (including low maintence and 'no dig' methods) and how to extend the cropping season. Includes a tour of our vegetable gardens to see organic methods and techniques in practice.
BeckyB@commonwork.org for information about 2013 courses.
These workshops are led by Pippa Green, horticulturalist and
Commonwork tutor. They are accessible for beginners as well
as gardeners who would like to learn more about growing food.
Sessions are £10, with concessionary places available.
Please contact Becky Baldock on 01732 463255 ext 201 or email info@commonwork.org for further information or to book a place.
All workshops will be held at Commonwork, Bore Place,
Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7AR.
Download the workshop flyer
Monthly Seminars on Mental Distress
Running at Commonwork, Bore Place this year, a new series of monthly seminars on mental distress start on Thursday March 22. The Development and Meaning of Mental Illness in the Social World will be run by Paula Conway, Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Manager of the Grow2Grow programme at Bore Place.
Each session runs from 5 - 6.30pm and is suitable for all professionals working with adults and young people with emotional, behavioural and / or mental health difficulties.
Download full programme details and contact Paula Conway for further information 01732 463255 paulac@commonwork.org
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Walk our 2.5 mile field trail - or the mini-trail which is close to the stream and gardens and accessible to wheelchair users.
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Coppicing and woodland conservation supply the raw materials for our Green Wood Workshop courses – a completely sustainable system of wood working. Make a chair - weave a basket - learn how to pleach, stake and bind a hedge. You can learn the joy of working with rather than against the wood.
Download the 2012-13 course leaflet here
Tailor-made green woodwork courses can be arranged for groups. To arrange a course to suit your requirements contact Underwoodsman John Waller 01892 740303 (eves)
07788 748618
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Practical conservation volunteers
For details of more opportunities to help with practical conservation work click here for details.
