Our open day was a warm reflection of the time and effort spent by our members to prepare for the day. The grass was cut, plants tall and strong, the garden looked fantastic, the gazebo and microphone were set up, music began playing as people arrived. Our usual African […]
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Katherine Lanham a geography student at Oxford University asked the Kushinga Garden to get involved with her research project over the summer. The idea for the project stemmed from her interest in the City of Sanctuary movement in Birmingham. Supporting refugees and asylum seekers is something she has always felt […]
We are busy getting ourselves ready for an August open day. Thinking about the music, the food, whose talking or doing garden tours. Knocking on doors, talking to people and flyering the local area. Visiting project drop in’s and encouraging people to come and join us. Heres the flyer, come […]
How have you found the garden this year? It has been brilliant in 2015, the group has really taken off, lots of people, the site developed and is looking very nice, much more productive than in previous years. We have heard about the popular sweetcorn, whats been best about this […]
Best thing this year, was finding out how to plant maize. Maize is a good vegetable, I enjoy eating it, it has a natural taste, what we grow is better than the market, its very hard, not like the soft market one. It doesn’t taste of chemicals, we use manure […]
We are gardening Saturdays 1-4, every week, and some extra workdays organised and promoted on Saturdays. See our latest flyer for what, when and where info…gardening flyer 2016