Hi everyone - our GIY monthly meeting for July will take place on Saturday 10th at 10.30am in Airfield House - we won't have access to a room but we will be able to walk the grounds together and catch up on our gardening news. Unfortunately numbers will be limited so please email [email protected] by 1pm tomorrow Friday 9th before 1pm if you are interested in attending. We will need your full name and a phone number as these need to be supplied to Airfield.
Hi everyone - we have had good news from Airfield! GIY can hold our June meeting there on Saturday (12th) - we won't have access to a room but we will be able to walk the grounds together and catch up on our gardening news. Unfortunately numbers will be limited so please email [email protected] by 1pm tomorrow Friday 11th before 1pm if you are interested in attending. We will need your full name and a phone number as these need to be supplied to Airfield.
Hello everyone and a particular warm welcome to the new members of the Group.
Our March GIY Dundrum meeting will be on Saturday next, April 10th at 10.30 via Zoom. 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.
As usual we would welcome photographs as these are great for starting conversations and the recent cold weather will probably have made lots of people very creative in finding solutions to keep seedlings and young plants frost free. Please share your solutions with us! 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!
GIY Dundrum Committee
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
