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CAN YOU DIG IT

The Garden has always been a place to grow food, but it’s so much more than that. A melting pot of people getting together for fresh air, exercise, a laugh and a social – and to share a meal at lunchtime. You can even find people lifting the occasional spade! Unfortunately, this virus has put a stop to all that, and events are moving so fast it’s almost impossible to keep up. For now, a few of us are digging… Read More »CAN YOU DIG IT
Nettles growing

NETTLE-MANIA

I used to get free tickets to festivals to go and talk about Nettles – a wonder plant that never gets the rave press it deserves because it doesn’t come from the Amazon. It is also from the same family as marijuana – although it won’t make you boring if you eat lots of it. With food scarcity, and fresh fruit and veg becoming harder to find and expensive, now is the best time to go out and harvest as… Read More »NETTLE-MANIA

Covid-19 update

After careful consideration of this rapidly changing and unusual situation, I have just agreed with Warren that it would be best to close the Forest Garden to volunteers, schools and visitors for now until further notice. Clearly this has not been an easy decision, and it’s not what we were hoping for. The Trustees are working hard behind the scenes to make sure we can carry on as a charity for as long as possible, and we will update you… Read More »Covid-19 update

Covid-19

Moulsecoomb Forest Garden will remain open on Tuesdays and Fridays between 10am and 3pm until advised otherwise. If this changes we will put messages on social media,, please see @mfgwp on Twitter and Facebook. Here is the link to the Government’s advice – it’s important to keep up to date with the latest guidance. The most important thing is to keep people safe and well, so we have put in place a few additional measures. If you are feeling unwell,… Read More »Covid-19
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AN UNEQUAL PARTNERSHIP

A recent article ‘Understanding the hidden costs of grant making’ really got to the heart of the charitable sector problem. Its shocking revelations concluded that it often costs more to apply for a grant than the money you receive! That is of course if you are successful; with most applications it seems you’ve got more chance of winning the lottery than being given the cash.   So much work goes into even small grant applications; reading the guidelines, understanding the… Read More »AN UNEQUAL PARTNERSHIP
forest garden open day 2019

GETTING READY FOR OUR OPEN DAY

Everyone is welcome to our open day this Friday. The event is free thanks to sponsorship from Homity Trust and Brighton & Hove Food Partnership but please be generous on the gate. We are fed up of looking behind the sofa for pennies.  We have lots of raffle prizes. Who doesn’t want cream tea at The Grand, a trip on the i360, a remote controlled car, duvet covers and much more. How about making a small monthly standing order ?… Read More »GETTING READY FOR OUR OPEN DAY
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MOULSECOOMB PRIMARY : AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SCHOOL

The other week a woman who ran a puppet show atMoulsecoomb Primary said the schoolhada ‘big heart.’ The show was about children’s mental health andone of the activities was getting children to write a list of things that help them with their well-being. At most other schools pupils said – X-box, toys, theme parks etc – but she noticed at Moulsecoomb it was ‘playing with my brother’ ‘going outside with my friends’ ‘time with my family.’ She got that the… Read More »MOULSECOOMB PRIMARY : AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SCHOOL
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PLANT SALE THIS SATURDAY

We’ve been on a seed sowing, potting up frenzy over the past few months with our volunteers and pupils at Moulsecoomb Primary School along with some of the people that run Friday Friends and keep the Bevy community pub garden looking stunning. We’ve now got plants coming out of our ears and this Saturday 4th May is our annual plant sale 10am till 2pm. Profits will be split between the Forest Garden and keeping the Bevy garden looking good. We… Read More »PLANT SALE THIS SATURDAY
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RUNNING ON THIN AIR

Over 30 people came to the forest garden last Friday – a melting pot that included people with learning difficulties, students and a youngster in care who we are working with to achieve an Open College Network qualification. The winter sun shone, people worked hard, had a laugh and tucked into a home made pie cooked over the fire. It was perfect, and this happens week after week (just not always in the sunshine). You can see from our annual… Read More »RUNNING ON THIN AIR

LOOKING BACK 2018

Another year at the garden where we went from a very wet winter to a boiling hot summer. While we can never predict the weather, onething that is constant is the number of visitors that come and see what we get up too. This year one very welcome development was that more and more potential funders have been coming up – Sussex Community Foundation, Fonthill Foundation, Ernest Kleinwort, Big Lottery, Homity Trust and Peoples Postcode Lotteryalong with companies who are… Read More »LOOKING BACK 2018