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category dublin | environment | news report author Monday March 16, 2009 17:49author by SEED Report this post to the editors

SEED had a day out on Sunday. The beautiful weather shone on us as we started the community garden in Swords.
the beginning...
the beginning...

We started the garden at about 12.00. We picked a nice spot in the middle of a field in Swords. The field has been unused for over 10 years. The plot is close to a housing estate and we hope it becomes a strong community project for all, young and old. The people who came out were enthusiastic and it didn't take long to dig out the plot. We planted two little bean plants to start it off.

After a while, we headed back to River Valley to the community centre to watch some documentaries. We watched two docs and in between them we had a soup kitchen with fresh vege soup! After the documentaries we had a short meeting with a few new faces.

All in all it was a fun and productive day, not to mention SEEDs first full day of activities. This is just the beginning. Lots more to come....

SEED

end product!
end product!

the first plant!
the first plant!

soup anyone?
soup anyone?

watching a documentary
watching a documentary

author by Conor. M - SEEDpublication date Mon Mar 16, 2009 17:57author email liberalconormurphy at ymail dot comauthor address author phone 0872497753Report this post to the editors

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garden
garden

garden2
garden2

yum
yum

author by Tara Tara Tarapublication date Mon Mar 16, 2009 18:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hi,

I am highly impressed with your initiative and would just like to say how much I admire your dedication and hard work. Its wonderful to see such positive activities and it's especially appreciated as I live in Swords myself :) I cant figure out exactly where the gardens are from the pictures but I will keep an eye out for them and can lend a hand or maybe some plants.

There is also another upcoming planting project ye might be interested in- I will be in touch via the above email address when the time comes :)

Well done!

Related Link: http://www.sacredireland.org
author by mariannepublication date Tue Mar 17, 2009 02:47author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Well done to all concerned. Your initiative must surely be an inspiration to other people to do likewise. More 'Land Banks' like this ...YES

author by Mark C - Contact.iepublication date Tue Mar 17, 2009 08:07author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Well to all on this initiative; it's a great idea and well executed.

Let's hope you are allow to continue to use the plot now.

Mark.

Related Link: http://www.markconroy.net/blog
author by EggHeadpublication date Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:00author address author phone Report this post to the editors

shocked, impressed, motivated, happy.... so many feelings about this project. Im so so happy to see this. Its an inspiration to me and hopefully an inspiration to all that see this. It really shows you can do WHATEVER you want with a little motivation and initiative..... Well done SEED, I will smile all day!

author by peaderpublication date Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:25author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Can I just ask you, what motivates you? Why did you decide to come together? What are you planning in the future? Does the name have a meaning? What basis does your group work on (leadership? Libertarianism?) and, do you plan on turning SEED into a Dublin or national group?
Thanks,
Peader

(By the by... Fantastic work! Wholly impressed)

author by Co-oppublication date Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

They are together because it's better than being apart. You don't need 'high theory' to explain togetherness. If they continue working well together they'll stay together and not split asunder. I've one query after seeing the pictures of the vegetable garden they've dug in that field - why has that field near Swords been "unused" for ten years?

author by Conor - SEEDpublication date Tue Mar 17, 2009 14:25author email liberalconormurphy at ymail dot comauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Motivation, a better world....
working together, better than alone....
future, a society that thinks democracy doesn't come in the form of a vote every few years & a grenner planet....
name, you can interpret it any way you wish.... (some people say, 'for Social Equality & against Environmental Destruction')
leadership? NONE, non authoritarian....
SEED, we hope it disappears with a strong community!

''why has that field near Swords been "unused" for ten years?''

Well, when I was a kid we used to have fields all around our nice little community. When the boom came the property developers went CRAZY! They bought every bit of green they could get their greedy hands on. That field was probably next on the development list but the estate built beside it is continuing development beside empty houses. Our field is unused because it is waiting for some apartments blocks and houses that wont be built!

author by Margaret O'Regan - SWPpublication date Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:26author address author phone Report this post to the editors

A great initiative - we need more of these all over the country.

Take a look at www.corkfoodweb.ning.com. The key to all this is getting together with like-minded people in your own area.

author by dunkpublication date Fri Mar 27, 2009 18:41author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hear Hear, well done, thanks, keep it rocking!!!

Excellent work done, being done, and sure to be built on by the SEED crew. Was great to get out to meet yez, I look foreward to seeing how it all keeps on growing, both the garden, the group, the wider community, the physical environment @ Riverside. Maybe in time yez might get a mural done on the side of the community centre....?

Anyway, i havent had a chance to work on the audio i made on the day, should have it online next week, sorry for delay.

related links:
http://dublincommunitygardens.blogspot.com/
http://southcirculargarden.blogspot.com/
http://dublinfoodgrowing.org/

I got a mail from Lara, who was part of the dolphins barn community garden crew a few years back and now major part of the finglas crew, about upcoming event:

Get Ireland Growing

A public meeting on growing food locally

Tuesday 31 March 2009, 8pm - Cultivate, Temple Bar

Speakers:

Trevor Sargent TD, Minister for food
Seamus Sheridan - Sheridans Cheesemongers
Suzie Cahn - Wicklow Community Garden
Bruce Darrel - Dublin Food Growing/Feasta
Michael Fox - South Dublin Allotments Association
Plus screening of the film 'Deconstructing Dinner' at 7:30pm

The Green Party is campaigning to provide community gardens and allotments in your area so that we can secure Ireland's food future. To find out more information please come along to our free public
meeting.

http://www.getgrowing.ie/

author by estremapublication date Sun Jun 14, 2009 21:28author address author phone Report this post to the editors

excellent! i read in a book that there were a group of guerilla gardeners in dublin but i wasnt sure about who or where they were!!! i'd love to do something like that... but i think it will be on a very small scale as it is on the other side of the country. im up in dublin during the year... where do you meet?

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