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Calling all Dublin GIYers -

Dublin City Public Participation Network is looking for environmental groups to join them. They have a couple of Community Garden groups already involved, and there is plenty of room for more to join. By being a part of this network, groups can add their voice to lobby for policy change at local level.

A member of the Dublin City PPN contacted us about this countrywide initiative to build a network of community, social inclusion and environmental groups who work within a local authority area. The focus of the PPN is to empower and assist groups to participate in local decision making. Every county has a PPN so if your interested then you can enquire and see what’s happening in your area.

Hello GIYer - here is the update you have all been looking for. Please let your GIY Group leader know that they need to click 'agree' for you to remain as an official GIY Group. Please contact us if you have any questions at all about any of it.

Thank you.

At our GROW HQ Kid's camps, children learn to grow in our veg garden and then cook up the harvest in a seasonal cookery demo. They could make tasty soups, savoury scones, veggie pizza and so much more. Each day they will eat delicious, seasonal food that they've harvested and cooked themselves.

For our special Halloween camp we offer 4 days (Tue to Fri) of spine chilling fun, creativity and connection to food and nature, with spooky arts & crafts, pumpkin carving, harvesting, cooking, growing and yoga. You can be sure they have an unforgettable experience in a safe, healthy environment with plenty of fresh air and great food. Our camps are always fun, educational and tasty with lots of goodies to take home.

Suitable for children aged 6-12. Bring appropriate footwear and clothing, it might get messy! Call us with any questions on 051 584422.

Tue 30th October - Friday 2nd November, 9am to 1pm daily.

Hi everyone!

Thanks to everyone who came to the Get Together at GROW HQ last weekend!
If you couldn't make it or really want to find out more about what we talked about here are the slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15Wf9g_mgAAIHBswbBvE5M8GSv88LPesOZZ_zC3JFEpk/edit?usp=sharing

And.. applications for The Cottage Market are now open!
Find all the info here:
http://thecottagemarket.ie/set-up-a-cottage-market/

If you don't know already The Cottage Market is Karen's awesome approach to bringing local food , produce and people back together. People will set up local markets where (local) producers, your gran who makes jam and the guy next door who carves spoons and the lady down the road who grows beautiful fruit and veg can sell their produce! And the whole community can come together to grow and chat over a cup of tea.

Thanks to the Ireland Funds and Ulster Bank we can support the set up/re-launch of 20 Cottage Markets around Ireland and Northern Ireland in 2017!

We would also really appreciate it if those of you who came to The Get Together could fill out our very short feedback form so we know what you enjoyed/found useful and what we can so to improve next time.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cb_V1mr_CQ8LnVkY5bfSYDoTiTpH-cUeLxJC45yc7-E/viewform?edit_requested=true

We have also created a easy form for you to use to tell us the awesome things your group has been up to. We want to celebrate them, and shout about them far and wide to get you the recognition you deserve and hopefully some more members!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/124_1SxpGLUFknj5RyXOee5ZI7nlWUeKChhS9mwYYNGQ/viewform?edit_requested=true

Also if you'd like to join the Facebook Champions Chat we'd be delighted to have you!!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/663715233727117/

Thanks GIYers!
All the lovage!
Elaine (GIY Community)

Thanks for a great day at Grow HQ (giy.ie/grow-hq) on Saturday! The GIY Coordinators Get Together was definitely a success.
It was so lovely to see some of you again and some of you for the first time!
I hope you found it as inspirational and tasty as i did (mmm those chocolate and beetroot brownies) and just a little bit informative!
I will be in touch really soon with the notes i took from it so you can catch up if you missed it and all the links and details we talked about .
Have a great week!
(here's just one of the ridiculous selfies taken on the day)

Hi GIYers Happy soggy Monday!
So it's the Champions Get Together in Waterford this Saturday (11th of Feb)!
It's always a lovely inspirational day full of stories of what the groups and projects are up to and getting closer with GIY HQ.
They'll be lunch and snacks and the launch of the Cottage Market http://thecottagemarket.ie/
a very exciting island (of Ireland) wide initiative to bring people together through local home grown, home made and hand crafted produce.
If you run a GIYgroup /food growing project please come down! Its 10-4 at GROW HQ but please please tell us your coming by filling in this form goo.gl/92aGQZ

We would also love to hear your stories so give me an email if you would like to share something your group has been doing with the rest of us at the Get Together. You could bring some pictures in a power point or just talk. Pictures are great though!
If you can't come but you've got a lovely story or pictures send them as well !!!
My email is [email protected]!
See you saturday!

January 2017

Ready for a homemade jam packed year?

Hello and Happy New Year!

A couple of things to tell you all!
Elaine Brown is back with GIY as our Community Co-ordinator.Hurray!
Next up, some dates for your diary.

Thursday 26th January: We've extended the deadline for Energia Get Ireland Growing so if you haven't put in an application there's still loads of time. And yes Nothern Ireland you can apply too!

Saturday 11th February: The Local Champions and Co-ordinator's Get Together.
Our annual get together now at GROW HQ in Waterford from 10am-4pm. Lots to talk about, learn from each other and celebrate our GIY growing together.
It also includes the launch of The Cottage Market initiative! So exciting things ahead!

Let us know if you/he/she can attend by filling in this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19-6VXwOgWrMDHoXZEJUE2n_NN7XuFDdpB2FWZHyFHiI/edit
(that way I can order enough scones, We're limited to 70 people so can only offer you one place per group/project - sorry to limit the invite but the more groups represented the better and we'll have a bigger space for the Gathering later this year!

And of course there's what to do this month so hope you and yours find it helpful and a good way to kickstart into your garden/allotment/balcony growing for 2017.
• email us at, [email protected] or [email protected]
• phone the GIY office on 051 584411