1. Eastleigh Music Festival both days Saturday 10 July and Sunday 11 July
Eastleigh Transition Network Stall will be in Eastleigh Borough Council Marquee. Drop in to meet us, have a chat, pick up information, suggest your ideas.. Could you help for an hour or so? You will be most welcome!! ETNet Information Stall Rota so far is attached. If you could help please contact Liz Kent liz.kent85@yahoo.co.uk. Volunteers FREE Entry to Music Festival..
2. ETNet Market Stall
Sarah Goode, our founder Co-Chair had the idea for local allotment holders to be able to bring to market and sell their extra produce instead of having to compost wonderful fresh healthy food! This worked well last autumn.. Sarah is moving away (sad for Hampshire; but good for Dorset!)
We now have lots of lettuces, courgettes, new potatoes, French beans, and eggs available at the farm - and would like to sell this lovely fresh produce on ETNet Market Stall. It would be great to hear from anyone interested in the idea. Retail experience may be helpful but not essential..
If you could help at ETNet Market Stall on a Saturday for an hour or so, please contact Liz Kent.
3. Highbridge Farm Community Project Barbecue Sunday 18 July
All Stakeholders and families and friends welcome. Tickets £5 for over 5's. For Barbecue Tickets contact Sue Middleton 02380 254411 or susan.middleton@honeywell.com by this Saturday. For general interest and to find out more information, contact Liz Kent liz.kent85@yahoo.co.uk.
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4. Tree Planting
Please let me know if you would like to be involved in planting trees / helping organise a team. Woodland Trust Community Tree Planting Packs: see the Woodland Trust website ‘More Trees More Good’, watch the short film to find out about the scheme at: http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/more-trees-more-good/Pages/about-the-campaign.aspx
You can select tree-planting packs to plant trees for: ‘Year-Round Colour’, ‘Wood Fuel’, ‘Jams, Jellies, Chutneys and Cordials’ or ‘Wildlife’. For information on community tree-planting packs: http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/plant-trees/help-advice/Pages/trees-for-communities.aspx.
5. Pond Conservation and Creation: http://www.pondconservation.org.uk/
The 'Million Ponds Project' is to help restore biodiversity by providing 'blue corridors' through urban spaces and farmland for creatures to be able to drink, so they can migrate / move around better. Gardeners and Farmers are helping, advice and funding is available. We can make ponds at our homes and schools, and we can link these to form blue corridors through Eastleigh for dragonflies, bees, butterflies, birds, newts, frogs and many other beneficial animals to be able to survive dry periods when there's little dew on plants for them to drink. Let me know if you are interested in the idea of creating more ponds throughout Eastleigh Borough at liz.kent85@yahoo.co.uk.
Please do not hesitate to contact me on any matter.
We will be very interested to hear your ideas.