Hello and thank you
for reading Hillside Herbs First blog post, we will be posting weekly
updates about the project and will keep you up to date with what we
have been up to, any events and what we have for sale!
This
March at Hillside Herbs, we had a two week visit from a team of
Princes Trust team building course goers, this group was the 234th.
Our first Princes Trust team we ever had was the 25th. Thanks to the
Princes Trust's help we are still going now ten years later! We
embrace all volunteers and all the help is greatly appreciated. If
you enjoy gardening then we would love to see you down on site
helping us out! The Princes Trust group did so much and really
co-operated with us and we can't thank them enough for all of their
enthusiasm.
They
came to us to do their community project for their course on our
site, behind a council house in Jasmine Road. They helped us out with
weeding out un-used large vegetable beds so we can now get growing
more veg, they re-planted flowers and strawberries, weeded out the
front garden and helped us save our woodchip which we keep on the car
park. They raised money by gathering old clothes to sell, they did a
sponsored walk to Birmingham from Tipton which took them four hours,
they took part in two Iceland Bag packs and raised around £300 to
put towards our project, with that money they built us a nice bench
to put by our pond which we take great care of and now we can sit and
enjoy the wildlife that lives in it. We love the wildlife in the pond
as they keep down garden pests.
Hillside
herbs is a great place for anyone who is unemployed and looking for
some work to pass the days by, it's great for keeping fit and it's
free and much better than paying for a gym membership. There is
always something to keep you busy and a great place to make new
friends. It can help you on your way back into work; it lifts your
mood and keeps you feeling motivated! It's a great place to learn
lots of gardening tips and tricks as Gaynor Langford is amazing with
her gardening knowledge and she is really dedicated and enthusiastic
about it. You can learn a lot from her. The staff are very
impressive.
At
Hillside herbs on the 22nd of March 2014, we are holding an event
called 'The Big Dig' it starts at 12noon and finished around 4pm. We
will be holding many activities such as pond dipping, fairy craft,
face painting, food demonstrations, making bird and bat boxes and we
will also be making a woodland area and we will be holding a plant
sale. It’s a great family event and we look forward to seeing
everyone there!
You
will find us at:
Hillside Herbs
23 Jasmine Rd,
Kates Hill
Dudley
DY2 7NL
Don’t hesitate to
call us on:
01384 816710
