News and Reviews
Meetings 2008
- Visit: Naturally Good Foods - Saturday 13 September
- Greenfest ’08 - Saturday 19th July
- Farm Visit: Log Home Farm - Saturday 12 July 2008
- Spring Walk - Thursday 8 May
- Breadmaking and Yeast Cookery Demonstration - Saturday 12 April
- Caribbean Green - Cuba's Organic Revolution - Monday 31 March
- AGM and Wholecake Supper - Saturday 26 January
The ecumenical group Churches Together in Balsall and Berkswell organised a weekend festival in July called GreenFest ’08 which brought together local people, businesses and organisations to express ideas about care of the planet, and HEOG was invited to take part.
On the Saturday an open-air fair, featuring stalls and activities, was held on the unused office car park between the Co-op and the Station Road shops in Balsall Common. A wide variety of green businesses and organisations were represented, and included local groups of Friends of the Earth, garden supplies and food businesses, green shops and children’s clothes, solar energy solutions and a display of the latest electric vehicles.
A large number of local people visited the fair (some were apparently unaware of the event until they stumbled on it) and the Mayor of Solihull and Meriden MP Caroline Spelman also came and visited the HEOG stall. We were able to offer a wide range of leaflets from the Soil Association, Garden Organic and local organic businesses, as well as a display promoting organic gardening people who may be new to the idea of growing their own food.
We were kept busy answering questions on a wide variety of gardening topics, and made many new contacts for the group. Availability of allotments was a frequent topic of interest, and we were pleased to hear on the day (from the Mayor, no less) that Solihull Council are looking seriously at providing new council allotments in Balsall Common. Special thanks go to John and Katie Husbands and David and Sue Searle for their help running the stand, which we all agreed was well worth the effort.
Despite fears about the weather only a brief light shower intervened, although the squally wind did cause problems for some stalls. On the Sunday the weekend continued with an ecumenical service and an afternoon walk from St Peter’s Church in Balsall Common to St John’s Church in Berkswell.
Steve Hammett
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