Events

SHAS Plant Sale 2013

Order by Sunday 21st April, Collect on Saturday 11th May between 11.00am and 12.00 noon

Once again, the Society is holding its annual plant sale and this year we are holding the prices the same as last year’s!

Oder forms are available from the Trading Hut during Sunday opening hours. Alternatively, you can download and print the form using the link below:

Order Form: SHASPlantSale2013.pdf

Complete the attached order form and send it together with your cheque (made payable to “Sale Horticultural & Allotment Society” or “SHAS”) to: Mr J Richards 24 Carlton Rd Sale, Cheshire M33 6PE

Alternatively, you can pay by cash or cheque at the Trading Hut - located at allotments entrance on Grosvenor Road, opposite Ashton Park Bowling Green - on any Sunday morning until Sunday 21st April between 10:30am and 12 Noon.

All orders MUST be received no later than 12 Noon on Sunday 21st April 2013.

Your orders will be ready and must be collected from the Trading Hut Grosvenor Road between 10.30am and 12.00 noon on Saturday 11th May 2013

New: One Day Training Courses

At Debdale Eco Centre & Hulme Community Garden Centre

Plotting the Future

This introductory course is for anyone who is interested in Organic Gardening. Participants will learn the basics of organic food growing and how to grow fruit and vegetables organically.

The course will cover:

Getting Started - How to get your area ready for planting

Your Soil - Understand different types of soil and how to make the most of it for your growing

Planning your patch - How to encourage biodiversity and sustainability

Organic Vegetable Growing - From the very basic seed sowing and propogation techniques to more advanced vegetable growing for the trickier vegetables

Organic Fruit Growing - How to grow fruit in small spaces

Maintaining and developing your produce - How to look after, harvest, and store your produce Who is this course for?

We offer tailored versions of this course, that are aimed towards:

• Local residents across Manchester, Stockport and Tameside
• New and prospective allotment holders
• Housing or residents associations
• Allotment holders - The allotment course sessions are primarily geared for new allotment holders to give them the confidence, skills and knowledge to maintain a sustainable, productive and well kept plot. However, we find that existing plot holders also like to attend this course as a refresher and that they do still learn something new.

Length of the courses: We run a one day course programme and also a 6 week course programme across both sites.

Next Courses

- All one day courses

Tuesday 26th February @ Hulme Community Garden Centre

Friday 1st March @ Debdale Eco Centre

Friday 15th March @ Debdale Eco Centre

All Couses run from 10am - 4pm and cost £25 per person. If you recieve benefits there is a reduced cost of £5 (evidence needed)

For more information and for booking details please contact Marva for the Debdale Courses at

• marva@debdale-ecocentre.org.uk or phone 0161 220 9199 and for courses held at Hulme please contact Katherine at

thetrainer@hulmegardencentre.org.uk or phone 0161 868 0821.

Debdale Address Debdale Eco Centre, Debdale Park, 1075 Hyde Rd, Gorton, Manchester. M18 7LJ

Hulme Address Hulme Community Garden Centre, Old Birley Street, Hulme, Manchester. M15 5RG

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