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May 22 - Climate Café #Plant and Share event at Privett Pavilion, Gosport - Friday 20th May 2022
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Why not come along to a FREE event at Gosport Climate Café at Privett's Pavilion for a #PlantAndShareMonth event on Friday 20th May, 10am-12pm.
If you have got a plant or seedling you'd like to share with someone, please bring it along with you.. Whether you're growing food or flowers or anything else, we're joining with local growing groups and getting together to sow, grow and share... Share your tips and pick up new ideas too! Enjoy a free Cuppa and slice of homemade cake and a chat while you're here too. This event will also help raise funds for Gosport Community Gardeners. In partnership with Incredible Edible, Gosport. Event Address: Privett's Pavilion, Privett Park, Gosport, PO12 3SX #Gardening #Gosport #Community #Plants #GrowingInGosport #OneBoroughOnePlanet |
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N.B. Spring 2022 update: Because of on-going coronavirus concerns, our regular weekly group sessions are still closed at this time - but we do have pre-arranged visits for new volunteers and/or smaller groups.
Who are Gosport Community Gardeners?
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Gosport Community Gardeners are a lively 'food growing' community group open to everyone. We pride ourselves on an all inclusive community gardening group including those with learning differences and/or mental health issues, encouraging people to grow sustainable plants, fruit and vegerables at our allotment plot in Rowner, Gosport, Hampshire.
Gardening has been proven to have both a positive effect on your overall health and well-being, as well as being therapeutic too. We grow eco-friendly produce and plants, using socialising and horticulture to boost confidence and self esteem. We are developing a community allotment plot in Rowner, Gosport. Join the team for an afternoon of fresh air, exercise and socialising. We offer the opportunity for people to benefit, through healthy outdoor activities in gardening and horticulture, including:
The Gosport Community Gardeners Aims are:
- Follow us on Facebook, where we regularly update information on here: www.facebook.com/gosportcommg When and Where? - N.B. - All groups are currrently closed due to Coronavirus restrictions at the moment, we hope to re-open to volunteers in Summer, 2022, all being well. The group usually meet on weekday afternoons, 1-3pm Gosport Community Gardeners' allotment site entrance is just off Green Crescent, Rowner, Gosport, PO13 0BE. ...Find us on Google Maps here: goo.gl/maps/ydjTg3L5P6KKwSx57 - (link will open in a new window/tab in your browser.) |
Gosport Community Gardeners regular meeting, 1pm-3pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays at our allotment in Rowner.
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Gardening & Maintenance Updates from Allotment Plot 10a...
A Fantastic up-cycled Wreath kindly donated by Sparkle Wreaths & Decor to Gosport Community Gardeners - May 2022
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We have just had this superb fantastic all Gardening-related Wreath made for us by the lovely Sam at Sparkle Wreaths & Decor - thank you so much!!
It is a completely hand made and upcycled and repurposed garden hose making the centre of the wreath and we now have it hanging in pride of place on our Allotment shed door, and we think looks really great. -- Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image. |
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Spring is on its way... New photos from our allotment mid-March 2022
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Spring is on its way... some great new photos from our plot at Gosport Community Gardeners allotment - and a big thank you to our Head Gardener, Rachel Smithers for all of these fantastic photos! 🌱 🌿 🙏
... our animal friend, Mrs Fox is back too! 😅 🦊 -- Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image. |
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Summer 2021 - July on the allotment...
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Here are some photos we want to share from our very own allotment - back from July 2021.
These photos show some lovely Summer produce... 🎋 🥒 🌞 A very special thank you to our fantastic volunteer, Rachel who not only kept the allotment in such great shape, but also took these fantastic photos! -- Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image. |
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Summer 2021 - August at the allotment...
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Just another update - this time with our rather splendidly tidy and very organised shed in the top left... 👌
Again, our thanks to Rachel for these fantastic photos and an interesting collage. Thank you also for her continued dedication to keeping the plot so nice all year round. -- Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image. |
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Wednesday September 9th 2020 - Allotment Antics...
Our lovely volunteer, Rachel re-painted the shed and our new Chair, Catt tidied the tunnel.. oh and not forgetting Mrs Fox had a biscuit or three...
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Summer 2020 - Post-lockdown Allotment update...
We're thrilled to be able to share some new photos with you all - yes, as lockdown easing over the Spring and Summer gradually took place, our volunteer Rachel has worked tireslessly to keep the allotment looking absolutely fantastic. We really can't thank her enough for all her time and effort she has put in over Spring and Summer 2020 to keep things ticking over...
We also had some beautiful vegetables growing - take a look at the photos below:
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We also had some beautiful vegetables growing - take a look at the photos below:
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Tuesday 13th August 2019 - Planting some new seeds...
Volunteer, Rachel potted some new Strawberries for next year and picked some rhubarb. We wish to thank all our great volunteers for the hard work they put in to maintaining the allotment.
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Thursday 8th August 2019 - Allotment Update
Volunteers were busy on site watering, tending to plants and other maintenance tasks on site. As always we thank all our fantastic volunteers for their continued efforts and supporting the allotment plot.
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Tuesday 6th August 2019 - Tomatoes looking great...
Tomatoes are doing brilliantly and volunteer Rachel was on site keeping busy with different things on the allotment.
As always our thanks to all of the super volunteers who help us out at any of our sessions!
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As always our thanks to all of the super volunteers who help us out at any of our sessions!
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Thursday 1st August 2019 - A riot of colour on the allotment site...
Volunteers worked hard on our very colourful allotment again - Lester did some watering, Nick and Rachel did some weeding and Lorna helped Tracy on other tasks. We want to thank our fantastic group of volunteers who give up their time and work hard on our allotment to keep it looking amazing!
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Tuesday 30th July 2019 - just a text update today...
Volunteer, Caroline ran the sesion today. She harvested some broad beans and then volunteers did some weeding - due to poor weather the session finished slightluu earlier than usual. There will be more pictures in our next update!
Thursday 25th July 2019 - Summer at the allotment
It's been a lovely Summer this year and volunteers continue to work in the very warm weather - just keep hydrated folks, in fact that goes for everyone for during these warmer summer days.
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Tuesday 23rd July 2019 - Weeding and Picking...
Volunteers were weeding and picking items from the allotment - we thank all our volunteers for their dedicated hard work.
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Thursday 18th July 2019 - Glorious Sunflowers at the allotment...
Volunteers were busy on site with weeding and watering. Nick was busy finishing the table. Also, spot the bumble bee on the close-up of the glorious sunflower photo. We want to thank all our volunteers for their continued hard work and support on our community allotment.
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Tuesday 16th July 2019 - The Allotment's first carrot...
We welcomed a new volunteer, Chelsea to the group today. Volunteers did some weeding, watering and repotting plants and we had our first carrot!
Also, check out the awesome sunflower in the photos below.
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Also, check out the awesome sunflower in the photos below.
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Thursday 11th July 2019 - A rainbow of colour at the allotment...
We just wanted to share the vibrant kaleidoscope of colours and variety of different plants at the allotment.
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Tuesday 9th July 2019 - Our vibrant allotment
Volunteers were busy weeding, re-potting the patio peppers and more watering. Our thanks as always to our volunteers working at the allotment.
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Tuesday 2nd July 2019 - Keeping busy...
The goup were busy weeding, building a prop for the ornamental gourds and keeping the plants watered this week. Many thanks to all our volunteers' continued hard work.
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Thursday 20th June 2019 - Flowers in bloom...
The flowers, plants and fruit on the allotment are thriving and looking really lovely this summer. Volunteer, Nick has been busy building a potting table, Luara was busy weeding and Rachel did some watering. As always thank you so much to all our fabulous volunteers who make the allotment what it is, you're hard work pays off in spades... (yes, that pun was very much intended.)
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Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Allotment is looking radiant...
Some more great work from our volunteers on the allotment plot.. Thank you to all our fabulous volunteers who work on the plot each week... 💚Unfortunately, due to poor weather and rain showers, Thursday's session was cancelled this week. Thank you to all our volunteers who work on the allotment.
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Saturday 8th June 2019 - Gosport Community Gardeners Plants raise funds for the group
Gosport Community Gardeners group would like to thank members, Rachel and Laura who did a plant sale at St. Mary's Church, Rowner earlier today and were able to raise a fabulous £81.61 towards funding the group.. Well done indeed!
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Tuesday 4th June 2019 - Produce picked from the allotment...
A slightly earlier finnish than usual due to the showery weather today. However, volunteers did manage to pull up some Elephant Garlic and put the Tomatoes in their place and we also pulled up some Spring Onions.. A great productive day! Our friendly neighbourhood Fox came by too... :-)
We thank our volunteers for their continued commitment and effort working on the allotment!
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We thank our volunteers for their continued commitment and effort working on the allotment!
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Thursday 30th May 2019 - A busy day with a lot of volunteers on site...
A busy day - Nick planted some beans, Tracy planted some flowers.
Lorna and Anna also helped out on the allotment with various other tasks.As always - so many thanks to all our lovely volunteers who work hard on the allotment...
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Lorna and Anna also helped out on the allotment with various other tasks.As always - so many thanks to all our lovely volunteers who work hard on the allotment...
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Monday 27th May 2019 - Our Spring Community Allotment Open Day was a blooming success...
We had a great day for the Gosport Community Gardeners' Spring Community Allotment Open Day and we were so proud of how the allotment was looking today thanks to all the volunteers' continuous hard work - it just wouldn't happen without you!
Members of the group met with the general public and showed them our community allotment plot at Rowner Allotments on Monday 27th May 2019.
We managed to raise £89 in funds towards helping us pay for shed repairs following a recent break-in at the allotments.
Members of the group met with the general public and showed them our community allotment plot at Rowner Allotments on Monday 27th May 2019.
We managed to raise £89 in funds towards helping us pay for shed repairs following a recent break-in at the allotments.
Here are some photos from our open day...
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Tuesday 28th May 2019 - Straweberries are thriving...
The strawberries on our patch are doing really well as you can see from the photos below. Volunteer, Rachel prepared the raised beds ready for planting new things in them.
As always Thank You to our fab volunteers who maintain and keep the allotment looking lovely!
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As always Thank You to our fab volunteers who maintain and keep the allotment looking lovely!
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Tuesday 21st May 2019 - Volunteers hard at work ahead of our Open Day...
Volunteers were hard at work on the allotment today, in preparation of making the allotment look at it's best ahead of our Open Day next Monday 27th May - look at these fabulous trays of plants they have done. Thank you to all our fabulous volunteers who put the hard work in...
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Thursday 16th May 2019 - A lot of varied work by the team...
Volunteers, Lorna and Nick helping with the watering and Anna, Tracy, John and Jacqui potted some plants. Rachel also planted some sunflowers.
As always - so many thanks to our lovely volunteers for all their help on the allotment! A return visit from the local fox too...
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As always - so many thanks to our lovely volunteers for all their help on the allotment! A return visit from the local fox too...
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Tuesday 14th May 2019 - A surprise visitor on the allotment...
The allotment had a surprsie visit from a fox today. Volunteers continued their hard work and gardening - As always, so many thanks to all our great volunteers who help on the allotment.
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Thursday 9th May 2019
Gosport Community Gardeners welcomed a new volunteer today who helped us out - We appreciate all the help and hard work from our volunteers - thank you so much.
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Tuesday 7th May 2019 - Mulching the soil and more...
Our volunteers have been mulching the soil which helps conserve the soil moisture levels, promotes growth of plants and also helps to reduce weed growth. Then they repotted the tomatoes
and also did some repair work on the mesh tunnel.. 🌿 🌱
Our thanks to the dedicated hard work of all the volunteers who tend to and maintain the allotment..
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and also did some repair work on the mesh tunnel.. 🌿 🌱
Our thanks to the dedicated hard work of all the volunteers who tend to and maintain the allotment..
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Thursday 2nd May 2019 - Allotment is simply thriving this Spring...
Another great day at the allotment with the volunteers helping out with the cauliflower plants, courgette plants and stwaberry plants - which will also be available at our Open Day for a small donation which would be very much appreciated. Thanks to all the hard work and dedication of our lovely Volunteers as always!
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Tuesday 30th April 2019 - A beautiful day on the allotment for some productive work...
Our volunteers, Rachel and Caroline planted some ornamental gourds today and then re-poted peas and the sweet peas.
Also see the Cherry Tomatoes, normal tomatoes, courgette peas and more we hope to have for sale at our Allotment Open Day event on Monday 27th May 2019!
As always - many thanks to our wonderful volunteers for all their continued hard work on the allotment!
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Also see the Cherry Tomatoes, normal tomatoes, courgette peas and more we hope to have for sale at our Allotment Open Day event on Monday 27th May 2019!
As always - many thanks to our wonderful volunteers for all their continued hard work on the allotment!
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Tuesday 23rd April - We have donated some courgette plants and cabbages plants.
Our thanks go to all of the volunteers who take part. Here are some photos...
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Our thanks go to all of the volunteers who take part. Here are some photos...
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Thursday 11th April - Lovely Spring weather means the allotment is positively thriving...
You could really feel the Spring weather at the allotment this afternoon and it has benfitted the allotment no end - our thanks to new volunteers, Laura and Caroline helping out today too. Thank you for the hard work and help from all of our lovely volunteers, you do a fabulous job! Here are some photos...
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You could really feel the Spring weather at the allotment this afternoon and it has benfitted the allotment no end - our thanks to new volunteers, Laura and Caroline helping out today too. Thank you for the hard work and help from all of our lovely volunteers, you do a fabulous job! Here are some photos...
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Thursday 28th March - GGG Chair and Volunteer Chris's last day on the allotment...
We say a fond farewell to volunteer and past Chair of Give Gain Grow - Chris Fernie as she does her last shift on the allotment - so many thanks for all her hard work and effort with the group over the past few years - we will miss you Chris, but we wish her well on a well-deserved retirement.
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We say a fond farewell to volunteer and past Chair of Give Gain Grow - Chris Fernie as she does her last shift on the allotment - so many thanks for all her hard work and effort with the group over the past few years - we will miss you Chris, but we wish her well on a well-deserved retirement.
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Tuesday 26th March - Spring is coming and the allotment is looking all the better for it...
We simply couldn't do it all without the help of all our volunteers - so thank you to you all for your invaluable help!
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We simply couldn't do it all without the help of all our volunteers - so thank you to you all for your invaluable help!
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Thursday 7th March - Another lovely day for some gardening at the allotment..
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Tuesday 5th March - Overcast day, but that didn't dampen our spirits!
Some photos from earlier on this afternoon - Tuesday 5th March at the allotment - an overcast day did mean we left a little early, but look at all the lovely things growing out here... As ever - thank you ever so much to all our lovely volunteers...
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Tuesday 26th February - Spring-like weather...
A beautiful spring-like day with Give Gain Grow Community Gardeners making the most of the lovely weather on the allotment...
Some members also painted the shed.
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Some members also painted the shed.
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Tuesday 19th February & Thursday 21st February: Two contrasing days...
It has been a week of contrasts on Plot 10a this week with Tuesday 19th February being a beautiful warm early spring day.
The volunteers tidied the Polytunnel, planted up some trays of veg seeds and wound the spare hose onto its new reel!
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The volunteers tidied the Polytunnel, planted up some trays of veg seeds and wound the spare hose onto its new reel!
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Thursday 21st February was grey and chilly but still some good work on the plot.
Kerry gave the front of the shed a coat of wood preserver with Paul and Lester giving a hand.
The strawberry bed in the Veg trug has been cleared out and replanted. We also planted an amazing 25 pots of small strawberry plants.
Grateful thanks to all our volunteers 💚 💚
#allotment #gardening #gosport
Kerry gave the front of the shed a coat of wood preserver with Paul and Lester giving a hand.
The strawberry bed in the Veg trug has been cleared out and replanted. We also planted an amazing 25 pots of small strawberry plants.
Grateful thanks to all our volunteers 💚 💚
#allotment #gardening #gosport
Thursday 14th February: Giving some love to the allotment... ;)
The group created a planting calendar for the year ahead. Chris, our current Chair of the group will be leaving us shortly as she prepares to explore the Mediterranean on her yacht.
The calendar, together with a plan of the plot, will act as a visual reminder of which beds have been chosen for which crops.
We planted up some “Tomatoes from Tomato” pots (which need to be covered in soil if you’re going to try this at home)
It was so good to sit in the sun with Rachel and Kerry, going through the seed packets and talking through our plans up to the end of March. -- Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image:
The calendar, together with a plan of the plot, will act as a visual reminder of which beds have been chosen for which crops.
We planted up some “Tomatoes from Tomato” pots (which need to be covered in soil if you’re going to try this at home)
It was so good to sit in the sun with Rachel and Kerry, going through the seed packets and talking through our plans up to the end of March. -- Click on any thumbnail to see a larger image:
A special thank you to Heloise (project manager for Community Support at National Grid) who arrived at the Allotment holding 3 lightweight Kent & Stowe border spades to replace those taken in the break in, a truly wonderful surprise!
Tuesday 12th February 2019: Planting vegetables today...
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Thursday 7th February 2019: Brrr.. a bit chilly on Plot 10a...
Still nice to be outside exercising and topping up our vitamin D on #TimeToTalk day, helping to remove the #Stigma of #MentalHealth GivegainGrow #ReducingIsolation #InclusiveVolunteering #GoodMentalHealth #TimeToChange
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Tuesday 5th February 2019: Great working with our new volunteers from the #inclusion team.
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Great day with #Inclusion team volunteers helping at the allotment.
More photos of the new volunteers from #Inclusion helping at the allotment.
Big improvements and changes at the Allotment site over Winter 2019 / Spring 2020...
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Exciting new construction work has begun on site with the very generous help of volunteers from the National Grid which will be a complete overhaul of the allotment, introducing some fantastic new features including a new shelter building, new polytunnels, more accessibility for disabled users with a new wheelchair-friendly pathway and easier to reach planting beds for those with physical disabilities.
Due to all of the uncertainty of the situation with the pandemic, we won't be re-opening the allotment to all volunteers until at least Spring or Summer 2022 at the earliest, all being well. Please contact us for information about this project or to join us as a volunteer, please call us on 07837 841186 or e-mail: givegaingrow@hotmail.com for more information. |
GcG Allotment site is being upgraded and will be closed over Winter 2020
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