ALL ABOUT THE GREEN

GREEN SPACES

FOR PEOPLE AND PLACES

WANTED!

Community and company interest, sponsorship and funding, and partnership working. Please contact us to get involved, thank you!

All About the Green - Contact Us

HAVE A GO!

Horticulture experiences and opportunities are available. Contact us to book a session with our All About the Green Team.

PHASE 1 HABITAT SURVEYS

To be conducted, early 2025, by IW College students on sites planned for biodiversity improvement!

PLOT 15! YOUNG PERSON AND TRAINEE GARDENER ALLOTMENT PROJECT

HAVE A GO! The following practical sessions are currently available: planting, shed building from recycled materials, establishing a wildlife pond, composting, water catchment, greenhouse building from recycled materials, soft fruit winter pruning - blackcurrants, gooseberries etc. Contact us to book a practical experience or training session at Plot 15! with our All About The Green Team. All gardening donations are very welcome - we're currently looking for plants, bird boxes, soil sampling kits and a portable power station. Our last session of the year is Thursday 19/12/2024!

See below for donations to date. Thank you!

"BEHIND THE SCENES" EDUCATIONAL VISIT TO OSBOURNE HOUSE GARDENS THURSDAY 12/12/2024

Huge thanks to English Heritage - Head Gardener Toby Beasley and his colleagues Leah and Phil - for taking the time to show us and our trainee gardeners what it is to be a horticulturalist at the former royal residence Osbourne House. Such an interesting experience which gave us all a sense of being and value. And the gardens and estate are absolutely fabulous - well worth a visit! Thank you! The Plant Shop at Osbourne House

Have a Go!

Hort support.

Horticulture and land based experiences and opportunities for everyone. It is All About The Green!

Contact us to book one of our many, varied All About The Green sessions and gain knowledge and skills working alongside our All About The Green Team.

Provision and delivery tailored by Hort Support to suit indiviuals and groups. Please contact us for more information, to discuss particulars and to make a booking.

Please note all experiences and opportunities are offered with regard for the site, site owners and managers, site plans and development, environmental considerations, plants and the weather!

ISLE OF WORMS CIC theworm.farm

Rosa and Simon, inventors of...
The Worm Farm - Minhocasa!

Regenerative agriculture education venue - The Worm Farm. IW Young Farmers are to attend the inaugaral open day Saturday 08/02/2025! Contact Rosa and Simon to book a visit.

Oak Tree Farm, Shalfleet open to land based and animal care work placement student applications. Contact Rosa and Simon for more information. There are llamas!

Permission kindly granted by Rosa and Simon to All About The Green to use The Worm Farm / Oak Tree Farm, Shalfleet as an operating site for the delivery of horticulture and land based experiences and opportunities. Thank you!

NATURAL ENTERPRISE naturalenterprise.co.uk

Community Tree Nursery - Connie's Way, Shide.

IW College Phase One Habitat Survey to be undertaken at the field at Connie's Way, Shide early 2025.

Permission kindly granted by Natural Enterprise to All About The Green to use the field at Connie's Way, Shide, as an operating site for the delivery of horticulture and land based experiences and opportunities. Thank you.

The field will remain rough pasture sheep grazing, the sheep appear when the time and conditions are right for grazing!

THE NEW VIEW (IW) LTD

Green Space and Garden
Design and Landscaping

thenewview.co.uk

BEE photo contributed by Tina Goode. Thank you!

THE PLANT SHOP LTD

Green Space and Garden
Maintenance and services

theplantshop.co.uk

Plot 15! Donations gratefully received - huge thanks to:

IW Compost - 1 x ton sack of compost and 1 x ton sack of woodchip.
Avril O'Rorke - a 5 bar gate!
Ian Bradbury - BRADBURY SHEDS - loads of timber off-cuts and a big gate.
Nikki Smythe - Raspberry canes.
Sara Hendy - Parsely and mint in lovely pots.
John and Jan Dwight - corrugated iron and a porta potty!
June Helps - gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackcurrants and tayberries.
Peter Coleman, Gill Coxhead and Mark Outlaw (The Happy Gardener) - gooseberries, strawberries, blackcurrants and lots and lots of flowering edible or otherwise useful plants.
Alison Butcher - chives, mint and an asparagus. Yay!
Lorraine Kenyon - strawberries, jerusalum artichokes and so many seeds - peas, leeks, carrots, sunflowers. Lorraine has also donated to the peace garden at St. Mildred's.
Ruth Redman - strawberries, pineapple lily, pulmonium, lots of other unexpected plants and an unknown plant - is it a kiwi? we hope so!
Avril O'Rorke, Martin and Coralyn Henson and Jayne Merritt - gooseberries, raspberries and a fig tree (it will be pot planted!)