Holywood - Growing Wild and Plastic Free
Holywood Shared Town
Growing wildflowers throughout Holywood, to decorate natural material bags for life, with the objective of raising awareness of the benefits of wildflowers and to encourage the community to use less plastic bags.
Visitor Information
20 Jacksons Road
Holywood
BT18 9EZ
The sites for planting include:-
Redburn Community Centre
Redburn Cemetery
Holywood Men's Shed
Seapark
Get involved
Volunteering opportunities / Upcoming events
April
1st - Planting seeds with Redburn over 55s group + toddler group @ Redburn Com Centre
8th - Continue @ Redburn Com Centre
12th - Planting wild garlic @ Holywood Mens Shed with members and local scoutsMay
18th - Prepare land for planting @ Seapark
25th - Planting seeds @ Seapark stage 1. Preparation of land stage 2June
1st - Seed Planting stage 2
8th - completion @ SeaparkJuly
27th - Planting plugs @ Redburn Cemetery
Get in touch
Contact information
If you would like to be involved in this project, please contact Laura on: [email protected].com
Photos of the site
Forest Site at Holywood Mens Shed
Saturday, March 16, 2019
Project begins - Community Centre
Monday, April 1, 2019
Many hands make light work
Monday, April 8, 2019
Under the microscope
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
The Hard Graft
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Preparing the Land at Seapark
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Making Seed Mix
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Special Supervision at Seapark
Saturday, June 1, 2019
Plugs are the Answer
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Preparation of Redburn Cemetery
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Summer is Blooming at Seapark
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Planting at Redburn Cemetery
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Working Together
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Our Youngest Volunteer
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Happy Results
Saturday, August 10, 2019What we've been up to
| What we did | When we did it | How many people took part | Who was there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planted out plugs which had been grown by Holywood Men's Shed in Redburn Cemetery. Group picnic. | 27/07/2019 - 11:00 | 30 | Mixed mainly families |
| Planted plugs in 2nd half of site. Litter pick. | 08/06/2019 - 11:00 | 20 | Mixed mainly families |
| weeding 2nd half of site and sowing seeds. Planting plugs in 1st half of site | 01/06/2019 - 11:00 | 20 | Mixed mainly families |
| Pulled weeds and planted seeds on 1 half of site. Dug out other half and put down compost. | 25/05/2019 - 11:00 | 15 | Mixed mainly families |
| Collected rubbish at Seapark. Dug out land (half of site). Put in compost supplied by council. | 18/05/2019 - 11:00 | 25 | Mixed mainly families |
| Site visit with council to ensure we are planting in accordance with their permission. Change to plan - no planters at Seapark due to H&S. | 14/05/2019 - 11:00 | 4 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Training completed on planting wildflower seeds and participation in nature art. | 08/05/2019 - 11:00 | 3 | Mixed ages |
| collection of wild garlic from Clandeboye to be transported to Redburn for Scouts to plant with Mens Sheders. | 01/04/2019 - 11:00 | 10 | Mixed ages |
| Planted seeds at Community Centre. Intergenerational project with Over 55s club and Oakey Dokey Day Care. Planting followed by Kimber Dance. | 08/04/2019 - 10:15 | 60 | Mixed ages |
| Preparation of planters at Community Centre with over 55s group. Seeds to be planted the following week. | 21/08/2019 - 10:15 | 25 | 65 + years |
| Collection of seeds from EcoSeeds and training on best sowing method from Mark. | 21/08/2019 - 10:15 | 1 | 26 – 34 years |
| Prototype planter created for Seapark site. | 29/03/2019 - 09:45 | 3 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Site surveys completed. Photos taken for EcoSeeds to get correct seed mix and permisson from council re our planned areas for planting. | 26/03/2019 - 09:45 | 5 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Met with Ulster weavers to discuss our ideas about printing wild flowers onto canvas bags to use instead of plastic bags around Holywood. | 01/03/2019 - 15:00 | 3 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Meeting with Grow Wild, Men's Shed and Community Centre to move the planting ideas forward. | 01/03/2019 - 10:30 | 10 | Mostly adults 25+ |