Deal With It October Update

Another great turn out for our #GreatBritishBeachClean on the 16^th September but will so many other local cleans happening at the same time Samphire Hoe, Dover, St Margarets, Kingsdown and Pegwell Bay.

Deal has won Gold award again for SE in Bloom town award which our gardening projects and cleans support.

Deal Station Gardeners and Clean Up Crew. The monthly clean ups have been scheduled thru to next March. Good meeting with South Eastern and National Rail on a number of issues relating to the garden and rubbish at the station station@dealwithit.org.uk

Plastic Free Deal news … Walmer Parish Council have agreed to support. We are currently arranging a Steering Group Meeting at end of October. Contact PlasticFreeDeal@gmail.com if you want to get involved or your business would like to support

Refill East Kent. Discussions started with DDC to support the campaign. Up to 50 local refill stations. RefillEastKent@gmail.com

Deal Hop Farm – Another amazing year with 178 kilos of hops harvested over 4 days in September with some 350 people involved locally in the project. The Green Hop ‘Hopping M.A.D – Made Around Deal’ is local pubs now (Berry, Lighthouse, Freedman, Just Reproach). As the group have also dried some hops this year there will be a 2^nd beer in December. DHF has its Oktoberfest on the 27^th Oct. info@dealhopfarm.org.uk

Landmark Garden – A lot of awards this year: The highest level in the RHS ‘In Your Neighbourhood’, we came second in the Kent Life Community Garden awards and won a Silver in the Kent Wildlife Trust ‘Wild Gardens’.

Captain’s Garden Deal Castle – Weekly sessions at the garden on Tues and Thurs from about 10.15ish to 12ish. Projects extending the hop garden, rebuilding shed, setting up composting bins as well as gardening 😊

Beginners’ Beekeeping Course 2019

This is a course of six two hour theory sessions starting February 11^th 2019 at 7.00pm. (Flyer enclosed)

We are working dates for seedy Saturday + next DWI organising/social dates … watch this space

Diary of Events

Thursday 11^th October – Deal Rail Station Clean up Crew 16:30pm

Sunday 14^th October – Walmer Castle Beach Clean 9.30am

Monday 22^nd October – Dover Repairs Café 18:30pm Biggin Hall (organised by Transition Dover)

Thursday 6^th November  – Deal Rail Station Planter Maintenance day 11am

Thursday 8^th November – Deal Rail Station Clean up Crew 14:00pm

Sunday 18^th November – Sandown Beach Clean 9:30am

Monday 19th – Dover Repairs Café 18:30pm Biggin Hall (organised by Transition Dover)

Thursday 6^th December  – Deal Rail Station Clean up Crew 14:00pm

Sunday 16^th December Deal Xmas  Beach Clean – Deal Pier 10am

Thursday 10^th January 2019  – Deal Rail Station Clean up Crew 14:00pm