Deal Garden Share - Looking for a grower in Walmer, Cornwall Rd area

We are looking for a Garden Share Grower in the Walmer, Cornwall Rd area. 

Small growing area approx 3x4m in south facing garden, own access and water butt / tool shed.

If you are interested in finding out more please email info@dealwithit.org.uk or phone Steve on 01304 372673

Deal Garden Share needs your help - we got Moles!

One of Garden Shares in Deal has had an attack of the Moles!

Grower Matthew had just planted up the 3/4 acre site when our little friends started to appear. Has any one a solution which does not involve hurting them?

Please send any suggestions to gardenshare@dealwithit.org

Fourth Garden Share in Deal

Welcome to  Lulu  and Matthew our fourth Garden Sharer and Grower!

The new share is our largest so far at nearly 3/4 acre. Most of our schemes are a lot smaller that this, so dont be put off!

We still have a number of medium sized gardens around the mill hill rd and plus a number of smaller plots...

contact us at gardenshare@dealwithit.org

DWI Saturday Stall 23rd April

Deal With It had a stall in Deal High Street on Saturday 23rd April. We were drumming up support for our 'Deal Garden Share Scheme' and publising our next meeting on Permaculture on the 26th and our next Beach Clean on the 8th May.

A great sunny day to be talking about gardens! We had two potential growers express an interest and several more garden owners came forward.

Our next stall will be on the Bank Holiday on Monday 2nd May at the Walmer Brocante on the Green. Please contact Vicki if you can help.

Thanks to Rose, Charles and Steve for organising...

Deal Garden Share on BBC Kent today

Deal With It's Garden Share Scheme was featured on Andy Garland's Sunday Gardening show this morning. 

If you live in the Deal area have a look at the 'Deal Garden Share' from the menu above or email us at gardenshare@dealwithit.org. 
We will be in Deal High street next Saturday 23rd April between 10-1pm if you want to meet & talk to us


Our colleagues in other Transition Town groups around Kent (there are 8 in Kent see our links page) have similar schemes:

Tunbridge Wells - Garden Share http://www.transitiontunbridgewells.org/
Faversham - Community Alottment at Brogdale http://transitiontownfaversham.webs.com/
Whitstable - Stream Walk Community Garden http://transitionwhitstable.wordpress.com/
Canterbury - Community Alottment http://transitioncitycanterbury.blogspot.com/
Hythe - Are planning a Community Garden http://www.transition-hythe.com/?p=55

There is also the Windmill Community Garden near Margate on thanet which can be contacted here

Thank you Andy & Jean for having us on the show this morning.

The programme is here - its a 3hr show (8-11am) our bit is at '1:15' & '2:37'

Deal Garden Share Diary - Issue 1 March 2011

We are are going to do a monthy diary on how our Garden Sharers are progressing.

Our first Garden Share in Deal had its first 'Digg-in' on Saturday with Grower Simon and volunteers from Deal With It.

The medium plot of 15x20' had its first dig and clear and Simon is planning his first planting next week. He looking for some old scaffolding boards, water butt and some netting... if any one can help email gardenshare@dealwithit.org

Deal Garden Share - Our first sharing success

Deal Garden Share celebrated its first share this weekend. Grower Simon lives in a flat overlooking Deal Beach and is limited to growing a few vegs in containers. Mary's a keen gardner but has not been able use her large garden nr the North Barracks. Both are really excited about the project

We are starting this first share with a 'digg-in' of other Deal With It Volunteers to help to get the plot up and going next Saturday.

Currently we have 10 offers of gardens in the district (see above for details) and offered our services to those on the local alottment waiting list (currently about two years). Contact the scheme at gardenshare@dealwithit.org

Victoria's Green Matters - 16th Feb 2011

Deal With IT's Secretary Victoria Nicholls writes a regular column in the East Kent Mercury:

Do you have a garden? Are you able to look after it and grow all the things that you want? Maybe you live in a flat and don’t even have a balcony. Many people long to grow their own flowers, fruit and vegetables but the long wait for an allotment, or even part of one, is very dispiriting.

You may think that it is just ‘fashionable’ to want to grow your own produce but as transport costs rise and prices increase, as they already are, your own fruit and vegetables not only taste nicer but are on hand for you to gather. If you can grow organically, so much the better with the knowledge that you are not eating nasty chemicals.

You may have a large garden – perhaps too large. Maybe you are finding that the garden you once loved so much to cultivate has become something of a chore of late. You may have years of experience of growing wonderful vegetables to pick and take straight to the kitchen. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to share the knowledge that you have accumulated with someone else?

With the coming of climate change and rising oil prices, we will need to be able to become self sufficient in food production and this means growing our own fruit and vegetables on all available land.

Have you ever thought of sharing a garden? If you have garden to spare, would you like to help someone else to learn how to grow things? Do you live in a flat or a house without a garden and would love to have a little plot to grow your own?

‘Deal With It’ have started a ‘Deal Garden Share’ and if you would like more details or to sign up, please visit www.dealwithit.org or telephone 01304 372673

Garden Share in Deal High St

A great response today in Deal High Street  to the launch of our 'Deal Garden Share Scheme' - we handed out over 150 leaflets and had an number of interested enquiries. Many thanks to Rosie, Sue, Vicki and Charles (support from Tony) for helping...

Full details of the Scheme can be found here

Deal Garden Share

Deal Garden Share
This Saturday (5th Feb) we are launching our local Garden Share Scheme - come and find us on the High Street between 10:30-12:30pm and find out more about the scheme.

The Deal Garden Share scheme matches and introduces committed and enthusiastic growers with local garden owners who want to see their gardens being used more productively. In doing so both parties share in the produce grown and enjoy the garden.

We have a checklist of information aimed at both growers and garden owners that aims to describe both parties expectations, responsibilities and 'ground rules'.

This is not commercial undertaking - its about mutual benefit, trust and building the solidarity of our community.

We are also here to help - We hope get a group of Garden Doctors to share their knowledge and experience to mentor both garden owners & growers to get the best out the space available. We hope get some support to get gardens up and going, if that needs a few volunteers for some hard digging!

We want to hear from you if:

• You have a Garden or plot owner which is underused or unmanaged and would like to consider sharing it

• You are a potential Grower who has little or no access to land but wants to grow you own Vegetables and Fruit

• A experienced Gardener who would be willing to share you knowledge by mentoring garden owners/new growers

Contact: gardenshare@dealwithit.org or phone 01304 372673. Forms and posters for Growers and Garden Owners can be found here

You can help be passing the word on about the scheme, putting up a poster in your window or at your community group.

The Scheme is one of Deal With It's Local Food Group ('Delicious Deal') initiatives which aims to foster and support local food production (in all its forms, from extending the provision of cheap local allotments, the formation of Community Gardens & Orchards, Guerillia Gardening, Food Co-ops and local commercial organic food) with the aim of reducing our carbon footprint as individuals and as a community.

As a Group we also support the LandShare scheme which is a good alternative if you are looking for larger pieces of land or sites outside the district http://www.landshare.net/

Garden share to pub share...

You have heard of garden share, well how about Pub-share?

Pub landlord, Richard Munden at the Chequer Inn in Ash is turning his part of his pub garden into allotments and is offering out for a share of the produce. Interested contact Richard on 01304-813918 http://thechequerinnash.co.uk/