A few months back TTC was approached by Help Direct to help in the setting up of a small garden at 1 Windemere Avenue in Clitheroe.

I went to meet with the project, and learnt that this is a project where some of the residents are keen to spice up their back garden. A couple of suggestions were made. First we agreed on planting an Apple tree in the front garden overlooking the road. The second was that 2 raised beds could be placed in the back garden. A preference for recycled plastic sleepers was made, so I am in the process of costing that up. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

I have already bought an Apple tree for them, which needs planting, and the recycled plastic beds need buying and compost ordering from the council. Once this is done, we will need some able bodied volunteers to fill up the beds with wheelbarrows, etc.

If you are interested in volunteering or helping out on this project, please email me at charles.stephenson87@gmail.com or drop me a line on 07595373682.

Thanks,

Charlie

Transition City Lancaster potato poster

Everyone is welcome to attend TTC meetings. Minutes from the latest one and a schedule of meetings and green drinks can be found on the meetings page from  the tab above

Who ever thought heaving a huge concrete trough from its resting place could leave a warm glow of satisfaction at the end of a frosty December wednesday? This afternoon- (12/12/12), four volunteers met up at Whalley Forest Garden project, situated on a curious piece of triangular land, wedged between the Clitheroe-Whalley railway and the busy A59 bypass. Whalley Forest Garden initiator, Chris Gathercole and eager and able bodied volunteers Trevor, Thomas and Charlie, took on the afternoon tasks with great energy and cheer.

Our first task was to replace one of the tree guards which restricted a plum tree’s branches with a more tree-friendly tree guard which enables the branches to grow more as they would like to- outwards instead of upwards. Let’s hope our new tree guard keeps the roe deer at bay!

Our next task was to go back to the bottom of the garden to the handy green shipping container with all the tools. We began spading in some compost in the wheelbarrows and commenced the heart pumping climb to the top of the garden. Equipped with a cro-bar, spades, pick-axe and mattock, we soon dumped our compost on newly planted tree mounds and marched up to the top of the Forest garden, where a large concrete trough lay waiting. It was overturned and we worked out that it must have been in this position since at least 1971 when the road by which it stood was built.

Chris explained to us that he had ordered a fig tree for the garden and wanted to plant it in the trough as fig trees grow better and fruit more when their roots are restricted.

Off came the jackets, and Trevor made the first deep cuts into the earth with the spade and began the process of shifting the soil from the edges which had built up by at least 20 inches over the years. It soon became clear that this was not a straight forward task, and I think we all began to feel this was a job for another day, or couldn’t we just bring a digger and move it? But determined, we persisted.

Inch by inch, cm by cm, we wedged, heaved and hammered away until just as the light was fading, gravity chose our side, and we over-turned it to great elation all around.

To see a few of the photos of the process check out Whalley Forest Garden facebook page here:http://www.facebook.com/WhalleyForestGarden

Tranistion Town Clitheroe will have a stand again this year at the event and as usual we need volunteers to man the stall throughout the day from 10am – 3pm.  The Grand is open to set up from 8am.  Please be in touch if you are able to help during these times and perhaps a rota can be created, depending on how many volunteers we have!

Bake a cake

Donate local produce/homemade goods for the raffle

Put up posters- before hand/ on the day

help set up/tidy up/serve tea

bring flowers

bring your friends

Come to the planning meeting on Sept 28th 7pm Primrose Studios

get in touch- transitiontownclitheroe@googlemail.com

We need volunteers URGENTLY to help complete the lanterns and/or carry them in the procession on Saturday!

Denise has offered to run some lantern making sessions on Weds 22/8, Thursday 23/8 and Friday 24/8 and she is available from 4pm to 9pm on those evenings.

Please can you contact Denise if you are able to help on any or all of those evenings, or if you are available to carry lanterns in the procession.

Any help is appreciated, so please let Denise know by tomorrow (Monday) tea-time.

Contact details for Denise are:

by e-mail preferable (beardworks@talktalk.net) although home answerphone (01200 429450) or text (07759 530569) also fine.

Thank you

Anyone is welcome to join the ttc core group at one of our meetings

Everyone is welcome to come along to Green Drinks  first Fridays at  the New Inn, Parsons Lane, Clitheroe

attached is a schedule of meetings .Meetings and events coming up in 2012

We are holding some extra planning meetings for the film showing of In transition 2.0. on  6 October.

It would be really good if we could have a big push to get as many people as possible to come along and ‘get’ what transition is about by seeing this film

If you would like to be involved in some way- publicity, cakes, setting  up on the day  etc please get in touch and/or come to a planning session.

Dates proposed for the planning meetings are :-

Thursday  30 August

and Friday 28 September

Venue  : Primrose Studios, Primrose Lane , Clitheroe

Time 7pm

Cloudspotting is a micro music festival held at The Aspinall Arms, (Mitton BB7 9PQ) – a real little gem in July for people who  appreciate  a low key,  local chilled  arts scene . We are so fortunate to have this on our doorstep, and TTC are delighted to be invited back this year to be involved in some way.

But we can only do this if there are people who come forward to do it with us !

We are few though our plans are many !

Ideas are evolving (at present we are thinking along the lines of an  allotment curry… but who knows….)please do get in touch if you  would like to be involved in some way. The festival runs 27-29th July and there  is the possibility of camping.

email us if you are interested : transitiontownclitheroe@googlemail.com

click on the link    cloudspotting 2012 to find out more about the festival

Please write a comment on this blog post if you are interested. If there are 10 people interested in the offer the ticket prices are £10 each down from £13.50.

By all accounts they are well worth it.

Sorry for the late notice, but please get in touch via the comments section if you are interested in taking up this offer!

Find out more here:

http://www.thegrandvenue.co.uk/event/shooglenifty-support