The Green Fingers Allotment

Summer 2009 - Green Fingers have won two more awards!

Green Fingers is our multi-award winning allotment project, set up by Stepping Stones in Autumn 2006. We currently have two adjoining allotment sites in North Norwich, where students and staff grow a variety of vegetables, fruit and flowers.

We make good use of the produce in our kitchen at the centre. It's great to have freshly picked, locally grown vegetables for our lunch. We also make jams and chutneys.

Green Fingers Win Prizes - Again!

We weren’t sure how we could top last year’s success in winning 4 prizes. So, we were thrilled to learn that we have won The Friends of Norwich in Bloom 2009 Summer Super Award. This is a bit like the Champions League with the entrants made up of all the winners in each category from last year.

We also came second in the Kettle Foods Ltd Potato Growing Competition. This is all thanks to the hard work of the students, staff and volunteers. Well done everyone!

Click here for our write up in the Norwich Evening News

Nicky's Allotment Report July 2009

I have been on the Allotment on Monday mornings with Viv and have been growing tomatoes, mangetout, peppers and marigolds. I also watered the plants and did some hoeing. I enjoy being on the Allotment.

On our 2^nd allotment we are growing squash, marrows, pumpkins and sweet corn. I recently used one of marrows to stuff with sausage meat which was very nice. We all did some fruit picking including red and blackcurrants, gooseberries and strawberries and we have made some jam for people to buy. I bought some mixed fruit jam for my mum and Dad. We picked loads of broad beans and peas for us to eat and I had some broad beans too.

We have moved our picnic bench to the next allotment under the apple tree and Angie’s flower border has a different mix of flowers.

I looked up companion planting on the internet so we know what will work well with our plants next year. A few weeks ago the Thursday group took Sarah down to the allotment and had a lovely barbeque and did loads of fruit picking. It was a nice sunny day.

Green Fingers Awards

Notcutts Norwich in Bloom Summer Competitions 2008
Best Allotment New Comer First Prize
Best Allotment First Prize
Tallest Sunflower First Prize

Anglia in Bloom
Garden For Special Needs Award 2008 - First Prize

Norwich in Bloom Local Environment Competitions 2009
Super Award

RHS Britain in Bloom Neighbourhood Awards 2009
Outstanding

Kettle Foods Ltd Potato Growing Competition 2009
2nd Prize

To see a FLICKR Slideshow of
The Green Fingers Allotment click here

We always have jams and chutneys for sale and sometimes have surplus vegetables too.

If you would like to know when we have produce available please send an email to: greenfingersproject@yahoo.co.uk

Green Fingers Archive

Prize Winners 2008

BBC Garden Show

Summer 2007 Update

Allotment Clearance Autumn 2006

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