Dig Holes for GROW - Round 2!
Wil help put up a polytunnel to grow food for community
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Dig Holes for GROW - Round 2!
Wil help put up a polytunnel to grow food for community
Getting there
For this session we're going to meet at the task, so you'll need to make your own way there. We encourage you to walk, run, or cycle to do so!
About this session
Digging holes is HARD! So we're going again to try and put a few more holes in the ground next weekend. Join us if you can
GROW in Totteridge have asked for our help to dig 32 holes, 60cm deep by 50cm wide, to help support their new polytunnel. It's a nice, quantifiable workout for a Saturday morning.
We'll join a small group of volunteers and the farm manager, Chris at GROW - here's a map link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Kmo6SPgVmuLzhY7f6
No equipment needed - they can even provide wellies if the weather's a bit soggy. But bring your own trainers/boots if you want.
You can stay for 90 minutes, but longer if you're enjoying yourself!
It's a great place to visit as well! If anyone wants to walk or run along the Dollis Valley Greenwalk, let us know in the comments here, Grow is very near to the path by Barnet Table Tennis Centre.
About GROW
From their website:
At GROW, we see the farm as a living system—where healthy soil, thriving plants, and local people all play a part in shaping a fairer, more connected food future.
We cultivate vegetables, herbs, flowers, fungi, and fruits for schools, the community, and education. We care for the land with a focus on biodiversity and natural balance. Our chickens and bees support natural fertilization and pollination, and provide valuable learning opportunities. Each year, we welcome hundreds of people through volunteering, programmes, and events.
By supplying local schools and embedding social justice in our food system through a solidarity pricing model, we make nutritious and sustainable food accessible to everyone, not just the privileged.
We are dedicated to creating a resilient, equitable, and accessible farm, open to all.
This task supports
GROW is an educational movement transforming our relationship with food, the land and each other.
Based at our host farm, The Totteridge Academy in Barnet, GROW is a life skills education programme that engages young people with nature, teaches them about nutrition and wellbeing, and provides a sustainable source of food for schools and the local community.
See moreWhat to look out for
Make sure you've read our general guidelines for safety for taking part in a GoodGym session.
This is a GoodGym community mission. When we're doing a community mission we make our own way to the task, so you can choose to walk, run, or cycle. Thinking of cycling - check out our FAQs
This session is organised by your Taskforce, a group of experienced GoodGym members in your area. They are not responsible for your safety. You should feel confident to participate in the session as it is described and you do so at your own risk.
Led by George Ttoouli (he/him)
Poet, climber, gardener, environmental campaigner, teacher, editor - not necessarily - but usually - in that order.
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