The Friends of Crofton Field are holding a launch meeting for their ‘Community Garden’ project on Saturday, March 5, at the C.V.A. Hub in the Keel Row Shopping Centre, taking place from 10am to noon.
Residents and visitors are invited to ‘drop-In’ at any time to find out about this ambitious project which aims to create the longest herbaceous border in Northumberland that is freely accessible to the public 24/7.
Participants will be encouraged to grow wildlife friendly plants to attract bees, butterflies and bugs to their plots.
The Friends hope these will head start nature’s recovery of the nearby former Crofton Mine Heap.
The Friends are aiming to recruit 12 small teams of people representing different strands of the community, including adults, schoolchildren, families, uniformed organisations, local residents and especially disadvantaged and disabled people to take on one of 12…
