Commonwork Summer Workshop - Edenbridge 18th July

Commonwork Summer Workshop

celebrate our shared heritage
from iron age to low carbon age

Sun 18 July 2010
at Bore Place
nr Edenbridge
11am-5pm
Adults £6 Children £3

directions
Between Edenbridge and Tonbridge.
Turn off B2027 between Chiddingstone Causeway and Bough Beech.
Follow road signs to Bore Place.
• Historic house and organic gardens
Discover the heritage of Bore Place on a guided tour with a local historian and with the head gardener.
• Children’s heritage crafts
Make and play games and crafts for children of all eras: shields, jewellery, quill writing, face painting, dressing up, pond dipping... and much more.
• Low carbon energy
Discover how we are progressing towards a low carbon future with our buildings, heating, food and gardens.
• Bread of ages
Discover the origins of bread, make a heritage dough and then bake it in our low carbon, wood-fuelled oven.
• Tales of time and places
Join our story teller in tales of old and new, and discover the place of story in the heritage of Bore Place.
• Spinning wool and natural dyes
Spin yarns about woolly wear and natural dyes, and discover the ancient colours of plants.
• Modern day milking
Enter the milking parlour and discover the sights, sounds and smells of modern milking times.
• Traditional farm tools
Discover the farm tools of the past. Find out how these have changed through the ages.
• Eras of energy
Find out the latest on low-carbon heating for your homes and how the Feed In Tariffs can help you.
• Heritage veg plot
Find out about crops and food plants of the past, where they come from and how they have developed.
• Grow2Grow and Grow Cook Eat
Visit the growing site of these exciting new projects; find out what they are, who they are for and how you can be involved.
• Coppice crafts
Discover the heritage of traditional tools and techniques for working with wood.
• Market stalls
Locally produced and fairtrade goods for sale, including Commonwork’s own milk and cream from our dairy.
• Live music
Enjoy live music with local musicians. Entry charge covers all workshops and activities.
• Food, glorious food
Enjoy a feast made from local, organic and fairly-traded food, accompanied by fairly-traded wine, local Larkins’ beer, fruit juices, teas and coffees.
Food and drinks available to buy throughout the day, or you are welcome to bring a picnic.
Lunch available 12-2pm.
• Free transport
A shuttle minibus will run regularly from Tonbridge train station from 10.30am (download the bus timetable). There are also cycle racks and cycle route maps available.
In the event of any unforseeable circumstances, Commonwork may need to make last-minute changes to the programme.
Contact Lyn Kelly for further details
01732 463255 ext 229
lynk@commonwork.org

Commonwork: Grow, Cook, Eat - what the projects are all about....

Spring is in the air and exciting new work is underway at Commonwork.

The inspiring Grow Cook Eat project will work with schools and community groups to encourage people of all ages to grow and cook healthy and sustainable food.
 
The Food Hub will explore ways of encouraging local communities to buy locally produced food from a number of community based food hubs, set and up and developed by Commonwork in partnership with local groups.
As part of these new projects, we will be renovating the Middle Yard to provide learning and cooking spaces. We will also be digging and developing new growing spaces next to the current organic vegetable plot.
Grow2Grow is a new social enterprise set up in partnership with Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) which will provide nurturing opportunities through farming and horticultural placements for vulnerable young adults with or recovering from mental health problems. This project will work alongside and with the Grow Cook Eat growing spaces.

And, in addition, the cows are getting new accommodation. Once the cows are back out in the fields for the spring and summer, work will begin to replace the old winter sheds with new accommodation that will provide more space for the herd.
We hope that all this building and renovating activity will not cause any major inconvenience to our friends and visitors… it will be worth it all in the end.
Commonwork Bore Place Chiddingstone, Kent TN8 7AR
Email: info@commonwork.org Web: www.commonwork.org Tel: 01732 463255

Commonwork: Grow, Cook, Eat and get paid as a gardener ...

Commonwork
Study centre and organic farm is recruiting for two new education and care farming projects involving organic vegetable growing and wellbeing
Grow - Cook – Eat  
Gardener/education project  - Full time, £18-21k pa

Grow2Grow  
Gardener/mental health project  -Full time or job share, £18-21k pa

Thanks to Local Food and Ecominds for funding these projects.
Details and application from

Commonwork

Bore Place Chiddingstone, Kent TN8 7AR

info@commonwork.org  www.commonwork.org 01732 463255

Closing date for applications: 6 April 2010  - Interviews on 15 and 16 April 2010