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Dublin Community Growers would like to invite you all to our Spring Gathering and Agm on Saturday 23rd of March. See Evenbrite Venue Le Cheile Community Centre in Donnycarney, followed by a talk by Maeve Foreman Mud Island @island_mud @CommunityGrdns eventbrite.ie/e/dublin-commu… @

A farm near Gorey @ballyowenbioschool were delighted to report seeing their first Buff-tailed bumblebee of the year. It was resting on the silage and moved to a Dandelion for some much-needed nectar. Report your bumblebee sightings to @BioDataCentre #farmlandbiodiversity

#MudIsland #community #garden's annual #fundraising pub quiz in Cusacks! Come for a fun night Mon 10th March, 8 pm. @SpeedQuizzing.... Great #raffle #prizes! Get in early to bag your seat, last year we'd a whopping 27 teams taking part.....

What a day 💪we moved one of our beds, which took an army, we appreciate all our volunteers who come week after week and do trojan work, Randa brought us a pasta salad & Maria made a lentil dahl and we finished with a banana cake from Luna, we could open our own restaurant 😀

📢 Calling all schools! 📢 We're delighted to announce a new, free online course ‘Managing School Grounds for Biodiversity’ for school caretakers & groundskeepers, developed in collaboration with @Education_Ire Find out more here tinyurl.com/4ym6tj5y

Today community gardens were added to Irish law for the first time. This important step follows years of discussions & presentations. More work is needed but huge thanks to @noonan_malcolm @MarcKC_Green @stevensgreen1 & all TDs/Senators for the support. cgireland.org/community-gard…

Fascinating @LEODublinCity @Dublin_ie #localenterpriseweek

We had a lovely get-together last nite at Cork City Hall thanks to Lord Mayor @sendboyle for the invitation to celebrate the end of community gardens and allotments growing week with all the Cork city and county growers 🌱🌱🌱🌱 @corkcitycouncil @greenspacescork

Tuesday’s events for #NationalAllotmentsWeek #NationalCommunityGardensWeek #HealthySoil @DubCommGrowers @island_mud @ComGardensAust @IrishEnvNet @leitrimdevco @WHO_Europe_HCN @EurCityFarms @URBACT_IE More details here: cgireland.org/planned-events…

Lovely fresh morning here in the garden, Dillion sealed the pipes on the water tanks so they are winter ready, Keelan topped up some more beds, we found a beautiful hawk-moth caterpillar and Luna made us banana and Rye scones for lunch, big welcome to all our new volunteers

National Allotments and Community Gardens Week takes place this year from the 12th to the 19th of October! This is a week long celebration of all things community growing, and want you to get involved! cgireland.org/national-allot…

Check out what seasonal actions you can take for pollinators this autumn 🐝🪰 🦋 #farmlandbiodiversity

Join Us! Royal Canal Biodiversity Walk, 3pm Sunday, 22 Sept Organised by @Fingalcoco 's Active Mobility Unit with Blanchardstown Tidy Towns. Featuring talks on canalside flora by 2 botanists. This walk is part of @mobilityweek #royalcanal #MobilityWeek #blanchardstown #fingal

Getting our raised beds topped up and planting in some seedlings, we had a rosemary and olive sourdough to go with our salad and potatoes from the garden,and Maria pickled some of our cucumber,our lunches are always so satisfying when you know you have planted it all yourself 🌱

Once found all over Ireland, the Great Yellow Bumblebee is now restricted to the Mullet Peninsula & adjacent mainland But there's hope. @DaraStanley tells us about the extraordinary work that's taken place in recent years to save our rarest true bumblebee tinyurl.com/4j6tpu2w

Join us on Saturday 12th October for our autumn gathering! The 2024 event is taking place in @AirfieldEstate in Dublin & includes the launch of #NationalAllotmentsWeek & #NationalCommunityGardensWeek! Last year’s event sold out - reserve your spot soon! cgireland.org/autumn-gatheri…

Important call to action for when the election is called in Ireland from @CommunityGrdns

Community Gardens Ireland have launched our General Election manifesto called GROW 2030. Included in this is a call for the developing of a plan to ensure spaces for growing food in every community by 2030. cgireland.org/grow-2030-comm…

Chilly start to our day, but we weren't long warming up. Finished our raised bed covers and weeded the Raspberry bed, we picked some beautiful romaine lettuce. 🥗 The strong scent of sweet pea fills the garden,☺️ Maria made a warming pot of Kohlrabi soup after a busy morning

Great turn out yesterday for our #plantpropagation workshop! 🌱 Thanks to everyone who joined and our teacher Lorraine! #communitygarden #growyourfood