Last week saw the combination of all the hard work from The Springfield Project volunteers and families rewarded by being given a Level 3: Developing at the RHS award ceremonies at The Tower Ballroom, Edgbaston. We felt this was a great start to a community allotment food growing site that started from scratch in March this year.
Lisa Nicholls and me at the award ceremony!
The RHS judges comments were "The involvement of so
many young people and toddlers is a joy to see" and went on the comment
that "The foresight of the group in taking photographic evidence of the
birth of this allotment, including mishaps... makes their portfolio an
invaluable teaching aid".
Next on the to do list is a visit to the Hall Green scout
group who received "Outstanding" to pick up tips on how to improve
the site. We will also build on the
inspiration we received from our visit to Masefield Gardens part of Northfield
EcoCentre.
And of course we have our winter projects to turn into
reality, what to do with the pig trough?
How to get all weather shelter on site and encourage more people in the
local area to take up the vacant plots at the Knowle Road site. All challenging in their own ways!
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