Events
Forthcoming events from Sustainable St Albans and friends – across St Albans, Harpenden and the villages.
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Folly Lane Allotment Tour – looking at food growing, encouraging nature and carbon sequestration
June 12 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free
Site tour of the Folly Lane allotment site, starting at 2.30pm for 90 minutes. Please book your free place via the link below.
The tour will cover;
- Site introduction/ saftey
- What is needed for good crops : what is healthy soil
- Site resources organisation for growth and wildlife
- Example plots covering between them :-
- 5 composting/manure techniques.
- Dig and no dig.
- Encouraging wildlife particularly butterflies
- Regenerative allotment tending.
- Allotment Impact to combat global warming.
Refreshments will be available part-way through the session.
There are no toilets on site and the area could be muddy so please wear suitable footwear.
There is a small amount of parking on site but we encourage visitors to walk where possible.