{"id":3781,"date":"2021-02-24T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T10:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:05:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T10:05:37","slug":"3781","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/2021\/02\/24\/3781\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Growing Together<\/strong> is a fantastic community project based in Craigshill.\u00a0Thanks to funding secured through the Scottish Government\u2019s<strong>\u00a0<i>Investing in Communities Fund<\/i><\/strong>, the project team are offering a range of community based \u2018plot to plate\u2019 activities which are great fun and free to take part in. Below you will find\u00a0 information about some of the online gardening and cooking sessions that are available. (These will also be displayed at the main door of both IEYC and LNS.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Priority will be given to residents from the Craigshill area however as these are online sessions, numbers are not restricted so can be attended by anyone living in the local area who is interested. Please note you do not need to be an Almond HA tenant!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Whether you want to book onto one session, or all of the sessions the choice is yours. Please email me directly or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@almondha.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">enquiries@almondha.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0to book the sessions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">*If you know of someone who may be interested in attending these sessions but does not have access to a digital device please get in touch, along with community partners, we may be able to help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\">Best wishes<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Barbara Boertien<br \/>\n<\/b><b>Community Engagement Officer<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ready, Set, Garden<\/strong><br \/>\nwith Castlebank Horticultural Centre<br \/>\nTake part in a range of online gardening workshops with<br \/>\nan Educational Gardener from Royal Horticultural Society.<br \/>\n<strong>09\/03\/21 at 1.30pm: Introduction to gardening<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>16\/03\/21 at 1.30pm: Grow your own fruit, veg and herbs<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>23\/03\/21 at 1.30pm: Gardening in small spaces<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>30\/03\/21 at 1.30pm: Colour in nature<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>06\/04\/21 at 1.30pm: Especially interesting insects<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>13\/04\/21 at 1.30pm: Plant groups and growth forms<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>25\/05\/21 at 6.30pm: Grow your own fruit, veg and herbs<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>29\/06\/21 at 1.30pm: Live gardening Q&amp;A<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>27\/07\/21 at 6.30pm: Gardening in small spaces<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>31\/08\/21 at 1.30pm: Autumn and winter gardening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meat-free Cooking<\/strong><br \/>\nwith V For Life<br \/>\nTake part in a range of <strong>online cooking workshops<\/strong> with a<br \/>\ntop chef from V For Life Cookery School.<br \/>\n<strong>03\/03\/21 at 2pm: Chilli and simple flatbreads<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10\/03\/21 at 2pm: Mushroom stroganoff<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>17\/03\/21 at 2pm: Sweet and sour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final three cooking sessions will be based on what the<br \/>\ngroup want to make. Simply let the chef know what you<br \/>\nhave in your cupboard and together we will agree recipes<br \/>\nfor the following weeks!<\/p>\n<p><strong>24\/03\/21 at 2pm: Group choice<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>31\/03\/21 at 2pm: Group choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>07\/04\/21 at 2pm: Group choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Love Food Hate Waste<\/strong><br \/>\nLearn how to save money through menu planning, smart<br \/>\nshopping and using up leftovers.<br \/>\nThese fun and interactive sessions will describe how to cut<br \/>\nyour food waste, save up to \u00a3437 a year and enter a prize<br \/>\ndraw to win \u00a3100 worth of vouchers.<br \/>\nThere are two sessions to choose from, running on:<br \/>\n<strong>Thursday 18th March 2021, 10.30am<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday 23rd March 2021, 6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growing Together is a fantastic community project based in Craigshill.\u00a0Thanks to funding secured through the Scottish Government\u2019s\u00a0Investing in Communities Fund, the project team are offering a range of community based \u2018plot to plate\u2019 activities which are great fun and free &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/2021\/02\/24\/3781\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4896,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-inveralmond-eyc","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3783,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/3783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/ILandEblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}