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St. Ronan's Edible Garden
- VO100617
To help maintain a Community Garden with the opportunity to harvest organic fruit and vegetables when they are ready to eat. To improve your health and well-being and gain confidence in growing food.
Role Description
Our volunteer work involves weeding and preparing the beds and ground for planting; watering the garden and polytunnel; pruning and propagation of fruit bushes and fruit trees; mowing the grass; planting seedlings and re-potting plants; harvesting fruit and vegetables; filling up the water butts; tidying of sheds/tools; recording harvests; preparation of veg/fruit boxes; harvesting the orchards; topping up compost on beds; rotating the 3 compost beds; helping others in the garden; sharing knowledge and ideas to improve the garden; reporting any damage to the garden; help with fundraising.
Experience required
No skills or experience is required as we will support you to learn how to grow your own fruit/vegetables or those in the Community garden. We will help you gain skills and confidence in growing produce.
If you have any gardening skills/experience in any of the above roles described that will be a great help to run the garden but is not a necessity to volunteer in our community garden.
Travel details
St Ronan's Primary School, St Ronan's Road, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
Support
Training details
We will orientate you to the Community Garden and where all the tools, etc are kept.
Give guidance on how to grow fruit and vegetables and companion planting, etc. Give instructions on how and when to harvest.
Taster available
Restrictions
Minimum age: 2
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Availability
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Frequency & commitment
Timings 10am - 7pmPlease fill out this form to register your interest in the opportunity Gardening Volunteers with St. Ronan's Edible Garden
Your email address and phone number will only be used by the organisation/TSI you are contacting to discuss in more detail the opportunity you are enquiring about.
Your message will be sent to the organisation that supports volunteering in Scottish Borders:
Contact name: Volunteer Team Borders
Email address: volunteering@borderscommunityaction.org.uk
Phone: 07485 394001
Thank you for registering your interest in Gardening Volunteers with St. Ronan's Edible Garden.
St. Ronan's Edible Garden has been sent your details and message, they will respond to you at the email address you provided.
Something has gone wrong, please let us know about this issue at milosupport@scvo.scot quoting reference #VO100617.