Winter Hanging Basket Workshop

URBAN COMMUNITY WINTER HANGING BASKET WORKSHOPS
INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY – NORTH SUMMERFIELD RESIDENTS
ASSOCIATION AND THE BLACK ENVIRONMENT NETWORK
LADYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM
Working in partnership with North Summerfield Residents Association and the Black
Environment Network, Quadron were delighted to support local residents by helping
to run two winter hanging basket workshops.
Working together with
With British Summer Time drawing to a
close
Quadron’s
Horticultural
Development Manager, Nicola Clarke,
was delighted to join forces with Chris
Blythe from the North Summerfield
Residents Association and Tahaira Aly
from the Black Environment Network
(BEN) to help to run two winter hanging
basket workshops.
The workshops were held at the Coplow
Street GEML grow site and The Ark on
Cavendish Road in Ladywood,
Birmingham. Plants and materials were
funded by BEN in order to encourage as
many local residents as possible to
participate. As BEN are committed to
encouraging communities to grow their own food, participants could choose
to make an edible basket using various herbs such as Rosemary, Sage,
Chives, Mint or a traditional winter flowering basket with Polyanthus and
Pansies. Everyone, particularly the young children, had great fun and
were thrilled with the end results. Thanks to everyone the local area will
now have plenty of colour and additional seasonal interest over the
coming winter months.
“It is great to see members of the local community taking such an
interest and growing their own food in baskets and planters and then
sharing their experiences and knowledge with others.
”
Tahaira Aly, BEN