Incredible Edible

News from Incredible Edible

Published on: September 4th, 2019

This summer's warmth and sunshine has blessed the small community gardens of TTT Incredible Edible, with an abundance of herbs, vegetables, fruit and edible flowers, as well as many happy picnics and gardening sessions for the volunteers.

Small but faithful groups of folk continue to tend the Rockery, Steamer quay planters and Rowing Club beds, as well as Fernbank. Occasionally travellers from other parts of the world join us to lend a hand.

Last weekend we enjoyed the first harvesting session at the Follaton arboretum and Town cemetery, with lots of new volunteers, recently moved to Totnes to join in. We picked up masses of windfall apples, and took away a good harvest from a loaded damson tree, leaving much fruit to be enjoyed by those visiting the orchards in that part of town over the next few weeks.

Our weekly session at the Steamer Quay planters will finish at the end of September, although monthly sessions at Borough Park, Fern Bank, and the sessions at the Follaton Forest Garden will continue into autumn.

For more information on volunteering at any of the Incredible Edible growing sites please email incred@transitiontowntotnes.org or just turn up to any of the sessions listed on the TTT events page.

Incredible Edible Harvest and Tree Care- Sun 1st Sept

Published on: August 14th, 2019

We are coming up to the bountiful time of harvesting from the special fruit and nut trees which Transition Town Totnes's Incredible Edible group has planted and tended over many years. We hope that you are able to come along to pick some fruit and give care to the trees for their wintertime.

We are meeting on Sunday 1st September from 2 p.m to 4 p.m. in Follaton Arboretum. Do come along for all, or any part of, this time. Children and friends are welcome too. We will meet at 2 p.m. by the gate leading to the path up to the gazebo, or you will see if you come later as you walk up the path. The gate is from the first car park to Follaton House as you leave Totnes along the Plymouth Road.

Wear suitable clothing and, if you have them, please bring gardening gloves, a trowel and secateurs. We have some to share too.

We look forward to seeing you in this beautiful place.

Please email incred@transitiontowntotnes.org for more details

Fern Bank Community Garden

Published on: July 24th, 2019

In this guest post, Wendy from Incredible Edible describes her experiences at the project's newest growing site- Fernbank. Fernbank Community Garden can be found at the bottom of Lower Collins Road in Totnes.

Incredible Edible is always on the lookout for new volunteers. Check our events page to see when the next Incredible Edible gardening session is being held. If you'd like to volunteer you can simply turn up to a volunteer session or email incred@transitiontowntotnes.org for more info.

" I had the rare delight of spending a couple of hours by myself on Fernbank on a warm sunny Saturday.

The bank has become a shaggy pelt of plants, wild and semi-cultivated, with bees and butterflies hovering and darting, relishing the rich mix of grasses, herbs, fruit and flowers that now flourish here.

Only 4 years ago, a local resident, single-handed, cleared this bank of its coating of brambles spilling out across the pavement and smothering any competition.

Once cleared, the possibilities of a community garden of the kind appearing here and there in Totnes in preceding years, woke the imagination of two visiting French landscape-gardening students, Titouan and Coppelia. Their enthusiasm and the support of some of us locals gave birth to Fernbank garden.

A towering plane tree dominates one end of the bank, casting its broad shade, under which ferns, primroses, King Solomon’s seal, jack-by-the-hedge, and numerous other shade-loving plants mix freely. Further down, the bank sports thyme and oregano, wild strawberries, mints of many kinds, feverfew and daylilies, sage and sumach, and splashes of colourful calendula, marguerites, purple loosestrife. A fig tree tops the bank, along with a few currant and gooseberry bushes.

This is no tidy municipal planting but a tribute to the care, not too much, of a few volunteers who turn up from time to time, to give a touch of human intervention to this diverse patch of semi-wildness, enjoying each other’s company and creating a haven for insects to enjoy, and enhance the foraging possibilities for others.

Come and join us one day, if you like. We are usually there on the third Saturday of most months, in the morning.

Or just linger there a while when you pass by"

Wendy, July 2019

Get gardening this spring!

Published on: February 19th, 2019

Finally, those dark days are feeling a tiny bit longer, and even the daffodils are starting to poke up their heads. The amazing volunteers that run Incredible Edible are dusting off their forks and sharpening their secateurs, getting ready to grow edible plants across Totnes for the enjoyment of the local community.

Incredible Edible always welcomes new volunteers- even if you are new to gardening and would like to learn the basics or are a horticultural expert that wants to share your skills. This is a great chance to get outdoors and meet your fellow Totnesians.

Upcoming dates are listed below. Please click on links for more details:

Sat Mar 2nd: Edible Fruit Tree Care, Bridgetown, 10am-12pm, meet Elmhirst Playing Field on Weston Lane.

Sun Mar 3rd: Edible Fruit Tree Care, Follaton Arboretum, 2-4pm, meet in the carpark of Follaton House

Tues Mar 12th: Edible Gardening Session in Borough Park, 2-4pm (will run on 2nd Tues of the month thereafter)

Wed Mar 20th: Edible Gardening Session at Steamer Quay, 4-6pm (will run every Wed thereafter)

Follaton Forest Garden Work/ Play session

Published on: December 6th, 2018

March 3rd 2019 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Come and join part or all of a monthly volunteer session to establish a community forest garden within the Follaton Arboretum! We have planted trees, shrubs and perennial edibles and created a path leading to a sitting area with a fire pit for picnics. This spot enjoys great views towards Dartmoor. We will continue improving the picnic area and the new wildlife pond, plant more under-storey shrubs, herbs, vegetables and flowers, and care for the existing ones (weeding, mulching, pruning, etc.). We are also tending the nursery, near the forest garden site, where we grow young fruit, nut and other useful trees and shrubs for community projects.

Our regular family-friendly sessions take place on the first Sunday of each month (11 am to 1 pm) and all are welcome, to help, to find out about it or just to show support! We learn gardening skills from each other and enjoy ourselves! Tools are provided, and anyone can join for as little or as long as they wish..

We usually stay on for a shared picnic and sometimes for an afternoon session, caring for other fruit/nut trees on the Arboretum, learning other skills (such as pruning, grafting or foraging) or doing something fun together.

The forest garden is part of TTT's Incredible Edible parent project, which has a Facebook page (and there is a Facebook page more specifically for the forest garden).

Directions - turn left off Plymouth Road just after Follaton Bungalows, head into the car park for Follaton House. There is a gravel path that starts on the left just after where the Bob-the-Bus vehicles are parked. A wooden sign reads 'Follaton'. The gravel path winds to the top of the hill, where a veranda is located, which is next to the forest garden.

For more info email follatonforestgarden@gmail.com . On the day, or for specific forest gardening queries, you can also call Larch on 07726 195412.

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