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Garden Year – March

March 4, 2016 by mariewellings

Spring is now well and truly upon us and the TCV Health for Life Team have are well prepared for the new season; we've got potatoes chitting in egg boxes and seed trays for all of the sites, the bed have been turned and ...
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Garden Year – February

February 1, 2016 by mariewellings

After a month’s worth of digging, digging and a little more digging for most it’s  time to put down the fork and spade and begin to sow your first crops of the year. There are still plenty of jobs to do around the garden ...
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Pruning and Tree Care Event – QE

January 19, 2016 by mariewellings

It was a brisk January morning when a team of volunteers descended on the QE Orchards for a tree care and pruning day this weekend. People from all over the city came along to take care of the juvenile trees that were planted ...
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Garden Year – Janurary

January 8, 2016 by mariewellings

The Growing Year – January January has got to be one of the most hated months of the year; ten pounds of weight heavier and a few more than that in cash lighter. It’s generally cold and grey and the glow of the summer sun ...
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Garden jobs in January

January 4, 2016 by mariewellings

Finish digging your growing space. Clean pots and containers so they are free from pests and disease, dig compost or well-rotted manure in to your soil; and expose insect eggs to any frost. Finish harvesting any brassicas or ...
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Horticultural Show & Food Festival 2015

August 14, 2015 by mariewellings

We're delighted to announce that we have a second horticultural show combined with a food festival at Winterbourne Gardens, University of Birmingham this year. Sunday 13 September will see TCV and the Health for Life ...
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Schools Horticultural Show

July 17, 2015 by mariewellings

Recently, the delivery of the Health for Life programme to cohort two schools’ came to an end. So as we rewarded schools on completion of their academic year in 2014, we thought it only appropriate to repeat the ...
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Life as a Project Officer

March 2, 2015 by mariewellings

On a dull, grey morning in February I pulled up at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital site for my first day out as a Project Officer on the Health for Life in the community programme. I was excited but also nervous - as I am a food ...
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Jobs to do in February

January 20, 2015 by mariewellings

As the end of Winter draws closer, the days are getting longer, bulbs are emerging and there are plenty of jobs to get your green space ship shape and ready for the spring. Here is the list for you budding gardeners this ...
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Fat cakes!

January 14, 2015 by mariewellings

Today we produced freshly made fatcakes at Swanshurst Girls' School on the Health for Life programme. Some of the girls found the task quite "gooey" at first but then soon got the hang of it. With a little help from our ...
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