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Courtesy of the lovely people at Lancashire Adult Learning we are delighted to be able to offer a free Introduction to Mindfulness course for all of our wonderful active volunteers and network members. Introduction to Mindfulness Tuesday 19 March 2019 9.30am-12noon St Michael & All Angels Church Hall, Egerton Road, Preston, PR2 1AJ Find out more and book your tickets at

The 3rd annual Let's Grow Preston Spring Fair will be held on Saturday 27 April 2019, 10am-4pm at Ashton Walled Gardens, and we are looking for local businesses, crafters, communities organisations and charities to get involved. The fair regularly sees hundreds of people from across the area come to stock up with plants ready for summer and treat themselves to crafts and gifts. We also have a great presence from community members raising funds and awareness for their project

To go along with our new membership of Garden Organic (lots of fantastic heritage seeds will be coming our way soon!) we have arranged a visit to the acclaimed Ryton Organic Gardens , along with a tour of the Heritage Seed Library . Ryton Organic Gardens, based just outside Coventry, have been one of the leading lights of the UK organic gardening scene for many years, showing just how successful, healthy and beautiful your gardens can be when you grow in harmony with nature

We are delighted to announce that we are again running our popular free fruit tree and bush pruning course. The course will be held on Saturday 23 February, 10.00am-1.00pm at Grange Park Interpretation Centre. The garden outside the Interpretation Centre has a number of fruit trees and current bushes that have been neglected for some years and so provides the perfect location for a hands-on course showing you exactly how to return all types of fruit trees and bushes to healt

Learn how to graft fruit tree cuttings onto root stock in this informal, yet informative course. Our horticultural whizz kid, Chris Taylor, will take you step by step through the process of successful grafting. Date: Saturday 16 February 2019 Time: 10.00am-1.00pm Venue: Grange Community Garden, opposite no. 79 Fir Trees Avenue, Ribbleton, Preston, PR2 6QW The course is free to attend, with just a £5 charge (payable in cash on the day) if you wish to take your newly grafted

Good afternoon blog followers and welcome, sadly to the very last blog documenting the various gardening voluntary pursuits young Alex Ashworth is dedicating to. As the title suggests this was my last day at Preston Parks. After 12 months of working with Senior Park Ranger Steve Smith and the team at Ashton Park this marks a transitional period in my life in which I make that brave move into the workplace. Today marked the very last in many ways. It was the last litter pick