Incredible Edible Huddersfield

We had a very successful Seed and Seedling Exchange/Give-away on Saturday 21st March, in the spring sunshine outside the Holmfirth Country Market. We gave away over 200 seedlings and packets of seeds, and held a raffle for gardening books and growing kits. Jo, Sarah, Norah and Sue send a big thank you to all the people who turned up to talk to us and take away ideas and plants for their own vegetable gardens; we are sorry if you did not get to talk to us individually due to the large interest in our stall but please do get in touch either through this website or through our forum to share your knowledge and help make Incredible Edible a success!

Thank you also to the Holmfirth Country Market who made us so welcome, especially Bob and Ann; and to Green Apple Organics and Poundworld in Huddersfield for donating plants and seeds.

We wish everyone good gardening this spring.

Kirklees Social Forestry Officer, Julian Faulkner, and Hilary Dodson of the Northern Fruit Group will be holding two courses in March on the art of grafting old Engish apple varieties onto root stock. Each course starts at 10am, lasts for half a day, and is free although places must be booked by contacting Julian on 014840234083 or by email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Dewsbury Road Allotments, off Dewsbury Road, Fartown, Huddersfield on 3rd and 21st March 2009

To encourage more people to grow their own fruit, Julian is hoping to develop a Community Orchard scheme, whereby community groups will undertake to create orchards in currently unised pockets of land. Any groups intereseted in taking part in the project, or who can identify suitable areas of land, should contact Julian.

Holme Valley Echo 16 - 30 January 2009