Food and Flowers in the ‘Secret’ garden

Thursday 7th June 10am to 12 noon
 Hall Bower Chapel Garden One Friday morning in the Easter holidays, a group of budding gardeners came to the Chapel Garden to sow seeds in the veg patch and bee friendly flowers in the borders. The garden has been lovingly maintained by Malcolm Ford and Karina Hepworth, and [...]

Plant a fruit tree in your garden for £5

  The 1,000 Trees Project is collaboration between Kirklees Streetscene Service (Parks and Landscapes) and Newsome Councilors, funded through the Area Committee. The object of the project is to plant 1000 fruit trees across the ward. These trees will bring many benefits to the area including improved landscape quality, improved diets and physical activity levels [...]

Community Garden get-together – 29th November 2011

Community Garden get-together Tuesday 29th November 1.30pm to 3.30pm  Growing Newsome and Stirley Farm have adopted the Community Garden on Occupation Road in Newsome village. This overgrown space was converted into a garden in 2009 with funding that the Community Assistance Network secured via a Grassroots grant. Growing Newsome members planted some vegetables there a couple of [...]

Garden of Delights – Sunday 26th June 2011

Garden of Delights Sunday 26th June 2011 1pm to 4pm Red House Museum Oxford Road Gomersal Cleckheaton We’re taking part in this year’s ‘Garden of Delights’ at Red House Museum. This event is a delightful way to discover and enjoy the beautiful gardens at this former woollen cloth merchant’s home, which was often visited and [...]

Growing ideas at Castle Grange

We had a thought-provoking visit to Castle Grange, which is a care home for people with dementia.

The lost gardens of Newsome

On Saturday 20th February 2010 we found a whole garden underneath some brambles, and we’ve taken the first step towards reclaiming this lost garden so that it can be used for food growing.

Help needed to clear an overgrown garden

Help needed to clear an overgrown garden on Saturday 20th February 2010.

Community Garden – Occupation Road

There’s now a Community Garden on Occupation Road (off the top of Lockwood Scar, behind Towngate), which anyone who lives nearby is welcome to use. We’ve started things off by planting some Autumn / Winter vegetables and some hardy herbs. If you see anything growing there that you’d like to eat, please feel free to [...]

Share your photos

Here is some of the produce from Ruth’s garden (and front porch) that she brought along to show visitors to our stall at Berry Brow Carnival. She labelled her box ‘Fresh today from a non-gardener’s garden’. Do you have something growing in your garden that you’re proud of? Please send us your photographs so that [...]

Tips for starting to grow in Newsome – June / July

Tips for food growing in June and July.