Alexandra Road Community Garden
A space for the community
A small group of local residents look after a community garden in Alexandra Road, Heeley, S2 (about 3/4 of the way up the hill from Heeley City Farm on the left-hand side) on a voluntary basis. The council cut the grass and empty the dog bin but we do all the rest to keep it looking tidy and attractive. It's a lovely little space and we're very proud of it.
Over the years we have raised small amounts of money through events and/or small grants to make improvements to the garden (e.g. path surfacing/creating beds and planters/buying plants/buying dog bin etc). However, for various reasons (illness, people moving away etc) there are only a small group of us active at the moment and we're finding it hard to keep on top of the weeding, digging and pruning!
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No Snakes and Ladders - Just Scaling Ladders :)
Sunday 1st September 2019
Written by Sheffield runner
5 GoodGymers joined the Alexandra Road Garden Volunteers this month to clear ivy and Russian vine from the Great Garden Wall of Heeley; and we welcomed new GoodGymer Kate at her first GG Sheffield Community Mission :)
Scaling great heights Jane, Simon and Kate got to work on cutting down the masses from the top, with 'Keep Safe! :)' Kat footing Kate's ladder, and Ash, Sarah and James pulling back the ivy from ground level and collecting and tidying up clippings.
The morning was topped off with a cup of Jane's lovely tea, biscuits, fruit and a chat.
Branching out into supporting a diverse fruit market GGr 'James and the Giant Peach', helped pick plums from the garden for GGrs to try. They were lovely.
Please join us next month, and bring a bag to take home some tasty apples from the garden that will be ripe for picking.
