HOME PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN 1yr ANNIVERSARY

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Friends of Home Park are pleased to announce support from the following:

Bellingham Safer Nieghbourhoods Team will be on site with thier community bus.

Hyde Housing Asscociation will provide a bouncy castle to entertain the young ones

Liz Cranwell-Ward our gardner in residence will be on hand to give expert advice.

Groundwork London:. Groundworks support a wide range of practical environmental projects, from planting window-boxes to cleaning up a river. They want to help Friends of Home Park make our visions for a better natural environment a reality.

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THE BENEFITS OF HOME PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN

• HEALTH, EXERCISE AND NUTRITION: (food and nutrition)/develop interest in healthy food/therapy & stress relieving; beneficial for all ages.

• ENVIRONMENTAL: improve the local environment by caring for underused spaces; reduce food miles by growing food for the community; provide opportunities for growing vegetables & fruit/ for people who have no other access to a garden/ for people without their own garden.

• EDUCATION: educate people about food production/ create awareness of home grown food/ involve young people (teens to under 25s)/ education for all ages; children to learn about gardening.

• COMMUNITY COHESION/ SOCIAL NEEDS : work together to make use of unused space within the community/Bring people together to promote good neighbourliness/team work/networking; sharing and team work; ownership and care for a piece of land in the community; brings people together for a common purpose.

Friends of Home park look forward to seeing you on Saturday 30th April (start 11AM -finish 3PM)

Food and beverages available in nearby shops located opposite Sydenham library.

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