Waterloo Meadows
On 23 March the Government published stricter guidance on staying at home and away from others that superseded the advice in place at the time of writing on 21 March.
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The view from Katesgrove Hill
Category: Allotments (page 1 of 3)
Ladies with a fan at the Aspire and CAG meeting at RISC
The Rising Sun Arts Centre (Huma Jehan)
Whitley Pump roundabout
Reading Borough Council (RBC) has a schedule of charges for everything from overdue library book fines to planning fees and advertising on the Whitley Pump roundabout. The list covers 26 pages and is a fascinating insight into the minutiae of local government, Reading style.
Reading Food Growing Network AGM
The Reading Food Growing Network (RFGN) are holding their AGM in the conference hall at the Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC) on London Street on Sunday 16 February starting at 4.30pm. It will be followed by a talk on Growing Climate Friendly Food given by Dave Richards who co-ordinates RISC’s work on food and gardens.
Whitley GrowAllot. Picture (c) Huma Jehan
Image (c) Huma Jehan
Entrance to Waterloo Meadows allotments
Reading Borough Council (RBC) will carry out a statutory consultation on the introduction of double yellow lines at the entrance to Waterloo Meadows allotments and the Makro delivery entrance on Elgar Road South. The proposals were among additional waiting restrictions proposed at the council’s Traffic Management sub-committee on 9 January.
Reading Borough Council (RBC) proposes to increase the rental charge on their 20 allotment sites by 3% in 2020. The policy committee meeting discussed the proposal, in the draft 2020/21 budget and medium term financial strategy (MTFS), on 16 December and agreed to a public consultation before the budget is set in February.
Having a good time at the Reading Town Meal
The happy gathering of the annual Reading Town Meal took place on Saturday 28 September in the Forbury Gardens. Reading folk enjoyed a free meal created from produce mainly grown in Reading’s allotments and community gardens. The food was cooked and served by catering students at Reading College.
The Katesgrove Autumn Fayre organised by Katesgrove Community Association (KCA) will take place on Saturday 21 September at 2pm at the Christ Church Centre on Milman Road.
Katesgrove Community Allotment – July 2019
The August programme for tutored sessions run by Food4Families at Katesgrove Community Allotment on Plot 65 at Waterloo Meadows has been published.
Waterloo Meadows Allotments – 2016
Additional tutored sessions at Katesgrove Community Allotment have been organised for July. The first is on Saturday 6 July from 9am-11am.
Group photo – Reading in Bloom Launch 2019
Reading mayor Councillor Deborah Edwards attended the launch of the 40th year of Reading in Bloom (RIB) at the Hilton Hotel, Kennet Island on 8 May. The gathering included local community gardening groups such as the Katesgrove community allotment and it was addressed by Marc Allridge, chair of RIB.
The Well Church garden
Whitley GrowAllot. Picture (c) Huma Jehan
Whitley GrowAllot. Picture (c) Sue Eley
It’s mental health awareness week from 13 until 19 May and south Reading has a number of horticultural therapy and community gardens that use gardening as a means of improving health and wellbeing.
The Katesgrove Community Association (KCA) has organised a spring into Katesgrove event at Waterloo Meadows for Saturday 23 March.
The Katesgrove Community Association (KCA) will hold its next bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday 13 March at 7pm, at the Waterloo Meadows Children’s Centre, off Elgar Road, Reading.
Reading Borough Council (RBC) plan to increase the rental on their 20 allotment sites by 50%. The proposal was included in the schedule of fees and charges within the RBC budget and medium term financial strategy approved by the council meeting on 26 February.
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