The Community Gardens Ireland (CGI) and Social Farms and Gardens Northern Ireland (SFGNI) Spring Gathering and Forum event was recently held online and featured contributions from Donal McCormack of the Blessington Allotments campaign.
The Wicklow-based chair of Community Gardens Ireland has said it is “imperative” planning for community gardens is put back into the new Planning and Development Bill 2023 to protect spaces for biodiversity restoration, help reverse climate change and improve the well-being of the local communities that benefit from having these resources.
Social Democrats TD for Wicklow, Jennifer Whitmore visited Blessington Educate Together National School on Friday to congratulate them on receiving the inaugural SuperValu National Schools Award at the Tidy Towns Awards ceremony, held in Croke Park earlier this month.
DÓNAL McCormack of the Blessington Allotments campaign has lent his support for the development of a strategy for community gardens and allotments across County Wicklow.