Hello everyone and a particular warm welcome to the new members of the Group. Our March GIY Dundrum meeting will be on Saturday next, March 13th at 10.30 via Zoom. If you are interested and available please also put March 20th in your diary when we have been offered space in the Farmers' Market in Airfield.

We had hoped that it would be possible to meet in person this month but unfortunately that is not the case. However, we have been delighted with the response to the Zoom meetings so we hope you will join us again.

Since our February meeting we have been following up on some of your suggestions. We hope to spend the first part of the meeting on Saturday talking about the organisation of the GIY Dundrum group and in particular how we might adopt a formal constitution. This has many advantages including allowing us to become eligible for DLR CoCo small grants.

The second part of the meeting will be all about spring and planting our fruit and vegetables. As usual we would welcome photographs as these are great for starting conversations.

For security reasons we only share the Zoom link for our meeting with individuals who are interested in taking part. Please email [email protected] if you would like to be part of the meeting and we will send you the Zoom link. If you have never used Zoom before don't be put off, it is quite easy to set up on phones, laptops and tablets.

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday!

We were delighted to have so many of you at our February meeting and are very grateful to John O'Toole from Airfield for joining us.  We are continuing to liaise with the team in Airfield to get a little more information on what the various volunteering opportunities are and how we could go about arranging a stall in the Farmers' Market.  As soon as we have a little more information we will get back in touch and make use of the questionnaire that Pauline has drawn up.

Our next GIY Dundrum meeting will be on March 13 and unfortunately because Level 5 restrictions will still apply we fully expect that it will be another Zoom meeting.  However, we will be in touch again next week with more details.

Hello everyone and a particular warm welcome to the new members of the Group. Our February GIY Dundrum meeting will be on Saturday next, February 13th at 10.30 via Zoom. The first part of our meeting will have a short presentation from John O'Toole who is Director of Operations in Airfield House. He is going to tell us about Airfield's ambitions for the future and how we can be involved. Then we will have some time to talk about our own gardens and our plans for the spring. As usual your photos are very welcome as they are a great starting point for discussion and it is great to get advice and suggestions.

For security reasons we only share the Zoom link for our meeting with individuals who are interested in taking part. Please email [email protected] if you would like to be part of the meeting and we will send you the Zoom link. If you have never used Zoom before don't be put off, it is quite easy to set up on phones, laptops and iPads.

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Happy new year everyone! Here is hoping for a happy and healthy 2021. For those of you who are very organised you might want to note the dates of our meetings (always Saturday 10.30): January 9th; February 13th; March 13th; April 10th; May 8th; June 12th; July 10th; August 14th; September 11th; October 9th; November 13th. We will always send an email ahead of time and post more details here. The venue of the meeting will be dictated by COVID restrictions so keep a look out.

Our first meeting will be online via Zoom (January 8th, 10.30am). There is no particular agenda but this is a good time of year for planning so if you have questions about getting ready for spring, or you have tips to share please join us! If you would like to take part in the meeting please email: [email protected] to confirm your interest and you will be sent a link. If you would like to share photographs with questions or comments please send them to the same email address Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.

Our monthly November meeting will be online via Zoom (November 14th, 10.30am). We will have a short presentation on wormeries and then some general discussion and questions. If you would like to take part in the meeting please email: [email protected] to confirm your interest and you will be sent a link. If you would like to share photographs with questions or comments please send them to the same email address Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.

The GIY Dundrum Committee

Has anyone tried to grow vegetables in winter using straw bales to insulate them? With a glass door or windows on top to get as much warmth from the sun as possible.

It is something I would like to try so if anyone has any tips or experience please let me know. Including what vegetables I should try!

Thanks,
Geraldine

Our monthly October meeting will be online via Zoom (October 10th, 10.30am). The idea is to share our experiences of vegetable/fruit growing successes and failures so that we can learn from one another's experiences. If you would like to take part in the meeting please email: [email protected] to confirm your interest and you will be sent a link before the meeting. If you have any photos of your vegetables or fruit that you would be willing to share with the group please send them too and we can show them during the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.

The GIY Dundrum Committee

The next meeting of GIY Dundrum will take place on Saturday September 12th at 10.30 in Airfield. We are very lucky to have a guided tour of the Estate by the Head Gardener, Colm O’Driscoll. This is a tremendous opportunity to get an insight into the workings of the garden and Colm has particular expertise in soil health and you may have heard him speak about this on Diarmuid Gavin’s programme Gardening Together. There is a small charge of €5 for the tour.

There is space for 14 people on the tour. Please email GIYDundrum@gmail if you are interested in attending. The first 14 to get in touch will be sent details of how to book a place. We need to notify Airfield in advance of everyone who will be attending so booking ahead is essential.

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday

GIY Dundrum is delighted to tell you all that our usual monthly meetings will be starting again on August 8th (next Saturday) at 10.30 in Airfield House in Dundrum. This will be a 'walking meeting' as Airfield are not yet in a position to give us a room. We have only a limited number of places and we need contact details for everyone who attends (for contact tracing). Because of this we have setup a ticket system on Eventbrite. Please use this link to book:

We will meet at the ticket desk at 10.30 and go from there