Thank you to each and every one of you who came to the launch meeting of GIY Blanchardstown last Wednesday; we were delighted to have such a turn out.
A special thank you to Michael Kelly for his presentation and to him and David for coming up from Waterford especially for the launch; also to David Skelly for providing technical support.
We were delighted to find so many people with an interest in gardening and growing vegetables and look forward to getting to know all of you.
Going forward Ger will be contacting all those who showed interest in becoming involved in the steering group. Following which we will release details of the next meeting and of events coming up in the near future.
There are many events in the pipe line such as GIY week at the end of February and Green Fingal Week in March, which is being organised by Fingal County council. As more details are released about these and other events we will pass them on to you.
If anyone is currently looking for an allotment in the Dublin 15 area here are two contacts, and some information, that might be useful:
· The Fingal Parks Department will be officially launching the new allotments in Blanchardstown on Wednesday 10th and in Turvey on Saturday 13th. Anyone interested in these allotments should contact Fingal Coco: info@fingalcoco.ie or 01 8905000.
And...
· Beechpark allotments in Clonsilla have extra allotment plots coming available. They have very generously offered a 10% discount to anyone looking to get an allotment with them that mention GIY Blanchardstown...in the next 2 weeks only. Contact is Ray: beechparkallotments@gmail.com
Don’t forget to plant you garlic and not to plant it too deep!
From Ger and Rebecca.
