Volunteering can be anything you want it to be. Above all else though you are giving something to your community and getting lots of benefits yourself. To volunteer with Incredible Edible Prestwich please contact us. Here are just two stories…
Rachel and Debbie recently ran a foraging session at the Hive, Philips Park, Prestwich. The theme was looking for signs of autumn. The attendees also helped to make a healthy elixir to ward off colds and flu. Elderberries, rose hips,…
Welcome to our new Incredible Edible Prestwich site. It’s a garden along the space, or ginnel, in between Bedford Street and Kenyon Lane. A ginnel garden demonstrates how a community can work together to work on a small area and…
On July 22nd we held our first “test” fermentation workshop. The group started to produce and ferment Sauerkraut (using cabbage) and also mixed vegetables, to be ready in a few weeks. Now we’ve proved that the concept works another workshop…
On the 5th March we had the first session at St Mary’s Park. We weeded the beds as it was a bumper year for sycamore seeds! We got as many out as we could see. No doubt we’ll have missed…
You probably won’t know Jason Williams, but you might know him as the Cloud Gardener. Jason moved into an 18th floor flat in Manchester just before lockdown and subsequently struggled with his mental health. However, he quickly noticed that caring…
And so, we had the second get together of our North West Permaculture Network group, the first of 2023. This time the venue for the gathering was The Barn at Philips Park, headquarters for Incredible Edible Prestwich and District. This…
If you’re thinking of planting and harvesting a potato crop, now is the time to start chitting your potatoes. Chitting is the process of encouraging seed potatoes to sprout before planting them. It can help potatoes to grow more quickly…
March is a great time to start preparing for growing vegetables. Here are a few things you can do in March to get ready: Choose a garden site: Choose a spot in your garden that gets plenty of sunlight (at…
Suzanne just wrote into us praising our tomato plants. Here’s what she had to say: As is our tradition we bought tomato plants from Incredible Edible at Prestwich Clough Day this year. We have been very fortunate in the past…
During the last few months, a number of Incredible Edible groups around the UK have been getting together online to share their stories from the last two years. Pam Warhurst and the Incredible Edible Community Interest Company (CIC) board felt…
A huge hello from the Belmont site at Radcliffe. Spring is springing and we are over the moon about it. Let’s update you about what’s been going on and what the plans are for this year. During the winter, on…