Ovingham - help make your village green

Sunday 20th March,
From 1 to 4 pm in The Reading Room

A session for anyone and everyone interested in the following topics:

•  FOOD                          local or not? Growing your own food?
•  RECYCLING                 could we all do more locally?
•  TRANSPORT                reducing fuel use? improving public transport
•  CONSERVATION          keeping Ovingham special
•  ENERGY                      saving energy - and money?

Green Ovingham is getting organised for 2011 – as a result of last years activities we have several topics to focus on.  We know there are lots of people who want to get involved in making a difference.  This session is designed to bring people and ideas together to create an agenda for action during 2011.

DO  COME  AND  HAVE  YOUR  SAY AND  JOIN  IN

The session is free and will start at 1 pm with soup and refreshments.  In addition to some lively debate information and ideas on all the topics will be available

WE  LOOK  FORWARD  TO  SEEING  YOU  THERE

Bill Haylock's Low Carbon House

Click here to download Bill Haylock's story of how his house in Ovingham was built using some simple, well-proven green technologies.

Garden Share Scheme Launched

Do you live in the Ovingham area and have a garden that is underused, or that has gone unmanaged due to lack of time, interest, or physical mobility? Or are you a would-be gardener who has no access to a garden, and who would love the chance to grow your own fresh food, herbs and flowers?

This garden share scheme is a local initiative which will try to link up people who have an underused garden with enthusiastic people commited to growing their own.  The benefits for the garden owners include a share of the produce, the pleasure of seeing a lovely developing vegetable plot, and the sense of community in being part of a sharing initiative. The gardeners will have the satisfaction of growing their own tasty veggies, enjoying being out in the open air and vastly reduce their food miles.

If you are a garden owner looking for a gardener, or a gardener wanting to grow food  please contact Bridget Broadhurst on 01661 835096 to discuss details of the scheme and how it will work.  Alternatively e-mail: broadhursts@croftview.freeserve.co.uk.

Don’t delay, Spring has at last sprung and the growing season is upon us!

Ovingham Middle School Green Day February 10th 2010
5.30-7.30

This was a very successful event with over 150 people attending. Here's an article about this day that was printed in the Hexham Courant: (click on the image to display in its own window)