Extraordinary News Update - (Horti)Culture Recovery
We are one of 445 organisations in the first wave of Culture Recovery grants. This was a fear of failing fund for organisations under threat. In our application we said we weren’t under threat - but that without support we could fail to develop as we needed to meet new challenges. We can now. The cash award is modest, but everything we asked for, at £21,200. The recognition of the importance of what we do is huge. Thank you to everyone helping to make this happen.
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News Update
The Garden is still closed to visitors, except for those on booked tours. However, on Wednesdays and Sundays 10.30 to 1.30 we open the gates and invite people up the driveway to the old depot area for a glimpse of the working Garden, and a taste of its produce.
In addition, bookings are open for 1.30pm tours on Sundays in October and November. Guided tours are scheduled for times when there are no, or few, volunteers working in the Garden. Group size is limited to 6. We’ll try to fit in private visits if that works best for individuals, couples and families. Please register your interest and preferred date by emailing to serpentinecommunitygarden@gmail.com. It’s a shared account, so please head your email Booking. Steve, with Alyson, is co-coordinator for Sundays.
We were accepted for registration as a charity on 20 February 2020.We are keen to attract additional trustees to join the small core of founder trustees. Please get in touch if you're interested in horticulture, environment, education - and in working with us.
If you would like to donate to support our work, you'll find a link to our gofundme page in the Links section of this site. Alternatively, contact us and we'll send a gift aid form and details of how to make a direct contribution.
Please stay in touch: through this website, through our facebook page, through twitter and through direct emails to serpentinecommunitygarden@gmail.com
View the 13 August 2020 zoom talk hosted by Transition Buxton: the past, present and possible future for Serpentine Community Garden. https://www.transitionbuxton.co.uk/mini-seminars/
The Garden is still closed to visitors, except for those on booked tours. However, on Wednesdays and Sundays 10.30 to 1.30 we open the gates and invite people up the driveway to the old depot area for a glimpse of the working Garden, and a taste of its produce.
In addition, bookings are open for 1.30pm tours on Sundays in October and November. Guided tours are scheduled for times when there are no, or few, volunteers working in the Garden. Group size is limited to 6. We’ll try to fit in private visits if that works best for individuals, couples and families. Please register your interest and preferred date by emailing to serpentinecommunitygarden@gmail.com. It’s a shared account, so please head your email Booking. Steve, with Alyson, is co-coordinator for Sundays.
We were accepted for registration as a charity on 20 February 2020.We are keen to attract additional trustees to join the small core of founder trustees. Please get in touch if you're interested in horticulture, environment, education - and in working with us.
If you would like to donate to support our work, you'll find a link to our gofundme page in the Links section of this site. Alternatively, contact us and we'll send a gift aid form and details of how to make a direct contribution.
Please stay in touch: through this website, through our facebook page, through twitter and through direct emails to serpentinecommunitygarden@gmail.com
View the 13 August 2020 zoom talk hosted by Transition Buxton: the past, present and possible future for Serpentine Community Garden. https://www.transitionbuxton.co.uk/mini-seminars/
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War and Peas, the story of a momentous year for the Farm, combining reports of the campaign against eviction (the 'War' sections) with gardening diary notes from John and Gil Boardman giving us 'Peas' - at last.
£2.99 a copy downloaded. (The Kindle App may be downloaded free to any device.) All proceeds go direct to Serpentine Community Garden Society.
Paperback edition available from Scriveners, Poole's Cavern and the Pump Room, priced at £7.99
