Welcome to GIY! We want to inspire and empower you to start growing some of your own food. Why not share the joy of growing with people in your local community, find out here how to start a local GIY group.
Michael Kelly, Founder of GIY.
Welcome to GIY! We want to inspire and empower you to start growing some of your own food. Why not share the joy of growing with people in your local community, find out here how to start a local GIY group.
Michael Kelly, Founder of GIY.
GIY Dundrum 13th July Tour
Hello everyone
Our GIY meeting this month is a Tour of the Botanic Gardens.
Meet at Reception in the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin at 11:30. The tours costs €5 each and will take approx 1 hour.
https://www.botanicgardens.ie/
If anyone would like to car pool, please do so via the Whatsapp group.
Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.
With best wishes
Eilis, Rosa, Violet, Patricia, Patsy and Julia
GIY will meet next on Saturday June 8th at 10.30 in Airfield. We are delighted that Patsy Grogan will be speaking to us about bees and bee keeping. Patsy is a very experienced bee keeper and has given us very informative and engaging talks in the past about the importance of bees for our gardens and about the art of beekeeping. I am sure it is a talk we will all enjoy.
We will meet as usual at the entrance to Airfield at 10.30.
GIY Dundrum will be meeting on Saturday May 11th at 10.30 in Airfield House. This month we have planned a plant and seed swop. Please come along an join us even if you don't have anything to swop as there is always an opportunity to chat about what we are growing (or failing to grow). Looking forward to seeing you then.
Eilis, Rosa, Violet, Patricia, Patsy and Julia
There won't be a meeting of GIY Dundrum in Airfield this Saturday (April 13th) as we are visiting a member's garden. However, we hope to see you in Airfield on May 11th
Hello everyone
GIY will meet next on Saturday March 9th at 10.30 in Airfield. We are delighted that Patrick Hunt will be speaking to the group on the topic of 'Gardening for Biodiversity'. Patrick is a very lively and engaging speaker and he brings great enthusiasm and knowledge to all his talks. You can following him on Instagram @biodiversity_and_gardening or find his website: https://www.patrickhuntgardening.com/
We will meet as usual at the entrance to Airfield at 10.30. Patrick is a professional speaker so we are paying him for the talk and so we would be grateful for a donation of €5-€10 towards his payment.
Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.
With best wishes
Eilis, Rosa, Violet, Patricia, Patsy and Julia
GIY Dundrum will be meeting on Saturday February 10th at 10.30 in Airfield House. This month we will have a short talk from Scott Bryan from Community Roots which connects garden owners with garden-less budding growers living nearby and looking for a patch to grow their own food. It sounds like a great idea and they have a lovely website that is worth checking out. We will also be discussing our vegetable growing plans for the year and if you have an seeds to swop please bring them along. Looking forward to seeing you then.
Happy new year to you all! Our first meeting of 2024 will be on Saturday January 13th at 10.30 in Airfield House. This will be a very informal meeting as we discuss jobs that can be done in the garden in January and discuss our plans for our gardens for the year. If you have any seeds that you can spare (even if they are out of date) please bring them along for swopping.
If you like to put the GIY meetings into your diary then here are the list of meeting dates: Jan 13th, Feb 10th, March 9th, April 13th, May 11th, June 8th, July 13th, August 10th, Sept 14th, Oct 12th, Nov 9th.