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Green Party calls for allotments and farmers’ markets to be designated as essential services

WCP Staff April, 2020

The Green Party is calling for a lifting of restrictions on allotments and farmer’s markets to address local food security, and to secure the livelihoods of people and families with no other access to the market. With the Government loosening restrictions on construction sites, and considering similar measures for other […]

Architects take annual fundraiser online to support Simon Communities through COVID-19 crisis

WCP Staff April, 2020

The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and the Simon Communities are once again joining forces to launch the annual RIAI Simon Open Door campaign. This year, however, they’re taking the initiative online due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Now in its 16th year, the campaign sees registered […]

‘Grow, Cook, Eat’ set to showcase growers of rare and organic flowers in West Cork

WCP Staff April, 2020

The fourth episode of series 2 of ‘GROW COOK EAT’ is set to air on Wednesday, April 8 and presenter duo founder of GIY Michael Kelly and the GIY Head of Community Development Karen O’Donohoe offer a polytunnel masterclass, get growing broccoli and visit the growers of rare and organic […]

Gardening in April

WCP Staff April, 2020

by John Hosford of The Weekend Garden Centre Self-isolation and longer days with the clocks going forward by an hour last weekend gives us more time to get out and about in the garden. Let’s hope our good weather continues during our lockdown so we can take advantage of the […]

Hope on the wings of the bumblebee

WCP Staff March, 2020

by Mags Riordan of Bumblebee Flower Farm Amidst all this uncertainty and downright scary stuff, today was one of those days that gave me real hope, taught me that life goes on and, if we help and support nature, she will thrive. Birds are starting nests, bumblebee queens are emerging, […]

Gardening for sanity

Jean Perry March, 2020

I honestly don’t think I ever really thought I would see a situation like the one we find ourselves in now. I spend a lot of time worrying about the climate, inequality, food systems and sustainability in general, but this invisible enemy in the form of a virus has brought […]

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