Sustain Eden project
The Penrith and Eden District Freegle Grow-your-own project aims to support the growing of food in Eden District, Cumbria, by helping people pass on unwanted seeds, plants, trees and surplus produce to others using Freegle. An important element to the project is helping people learn how to grow fruit and veg.
Full info on the project - info on the Freegle site.
The project is funded by the Big Lottery and managed by Freegle UK with a lot of work on the ground done by Penrith Action for Community Transition. Freegle is one of the partners in the Sustain Eden scheme which is run by Cumbria Action for Sustainability (CAfS). The Big Lottery have set a target of 500 people using Freegle to exchange locally grown food stuffs during the project which runs from February 2013 until October 2015.
Encouraging use of Freegle for gardening items
The project sends ADMINS, runs Give and Take garden events and distributes posters to encourage people to pass on unwanted produce, seeds or tools on the Freegle group.
Gardening sub-group
In addition a sub-group has been set up called "Eden District Grow Your Own". User can sign up for this sub-group which is part of the main local Freegle group. Users in the sub-group only see gardening category messages, but their sent messages can be seen by everyone in the main group.
Visiting Edible Gardens event
A project survey showed that people found it difficult to get started growing their own fruit and veg. To help this, PACT and Freegle are organising a series of [Visits to Edible Gardens.
Setting up a sub-group
If your group is on Freegle Direct, you can set up sub-group for any of the standard FD categories. [Full Instructions.]
The Freegle Direct item categories are Children and Baby, Clothing, DIY, Furniture, Garden, Household, Leisure and Entertainment, Miscellaneous, Office and Home Office, Pet-related and Domestic Appliances)
Once the sub-group is set up, you can create a widget to put on other websites, such as the [Eden District Grow Your Own widget].
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