On the evening of 29th August 2012 representatives of community gardens from across Greater Manchester came together for a training session on how to run a community garden open day.
On Saturday 15th September the UK’s largest Edible Gardens event will offer a glimpse of urban food growing in Greater Manchester, with sixteen gardens opening their gates to the public.
Many of the participating community food gardens will be putting on activities such as garden tours, talks, games and barbecues, as well as selling garden produce and home made food.
In preparation for the event Kindling held a two hour 'How to Run a Community Garden Open Day' with fourteen people representing ten gardens from areas as diverse as Prestwich, Blackley, Openshaw, Stretford, Bolton, Oldham & Moss Side.
The evening was a mix of introducing the Big Dig concept, activities that could be run on the day, the essentials like health & safety and child protection as well as promotion for the individual garden events.
To join the National Edible Garden Open Day please visit: http://www.bigdig.org.uk/