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Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales this weekend

Bring and Buy plant sale
Bring and Buy plant sale at Hagg Lane allotments

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society are hosting Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales this weekend.

The events are scheduled for Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 May, 9.30am-2.30pm.

Organised by local volunteers, the sales take place at Back Lane allotments. The non-profit making group hopes to raise funds towards a new trading hut for the benefit of the allotmenting and wider local community Refreshments will be available.

Below are some of our planned surplus fruit, vegetable and flowering plants they hope to have on offer. Hanging baskets will also be on sale.

Vegetables:

Tomatoes (10+ Varieties) Tomatoes-Tumbling Tom Cucumber Lettuce (inc cut and come again) Aubergine Beetroot Broad Beans Broccoli Butternut Squashes Cabbage x4 Cauliflower Chard Chilli Peppers Collard Courgette Fennel French Bean Heritage Cabbage Jerusalem Artichoke Kale Leeks Pak Choi Parsnip Peas Peppers Pumpkins
Rhubarb Runner Beans Spinach Sprouts (3 Varieties) Sprouts (Club Root Resistant) Swede Sweet Corn

Flowers:

Begonia Chrysanthemums Cosmos Dahlia Echinacea Foxgloves Geranium Lavender Lobelia Marigold (4 Varieties) Pansy Petunia Rudbeckia Streptocarpus Sunflowers Sweet Peas Fruit Blackcurrants Blueberries Melons Gooseberries- Red Gooseberries- White Strawberry Plants

Plus various herbs.

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society

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Green waste sacks available again

If you’ve had a busy Easter weekend in the garden, you’ll be pleased to know that green garden refuses sacks are available once again and the collection service appears to be back in full swing.

It seems that you can once again pick up green plastic sacks for garden refuse from all the places across the city we were using such as libraries, housing offices and First Point locations.

Having filled between three and 12 bags it is your responsibility to contact Veolia on 0114 273 4567 to arrange collection which will be within the following 20 working days. Soil, rocks, large logs will not be collected. If you do not ring Veolia they will not pick up your sacks even if they are left out on the path or verge.

Meanwhile, the reusable hessian sack scheme for green waste that was announced last November has been scrapped following the budget cuts to local authority spending. Plastic sacks were seen as a more affordable alternative.

Green waste collection in Sheffield

Green waste sacks
Plastic green waste sacks: more affordable than the proposed hessian bag scheme
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Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales

Bring and Buy plant sale
Bring and Buy plant sale at Hagg Lane allotments

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society are hosting several Bring and Buy plant and vegetable sales over two upcoming weekends.

The events are scheduled for Saturday 30 April and 1 May, and then again on Saturday 14 May and Sunday 15 May,  9.30am-2.30pm.

Organised by local volunteers, the sales take place at Back Lane allotments. The non-profit making group hopes to raise funds towards a new trading hut for the benefit of the allotmenting and wider local community Refreshments will be available.

Below are some of our planned surplus fruit, vegetable and flowering plants they hope to have on offer.

Vegetables:

Tomatoes (10+ Varieties) Tomatoes-Tumbling Tom Cucumber Lettuce (inc cut and come again) Aubergine Beetroot Broad Beans Broccoli Butternut Squashes Cabbage x4 Cauliflower Chard Chilli Peppers Collard Courgette Fennel French Bean Heritage Cabbage Jerusalem Artichoke Kale Leeks Pak Choi Parsnip Peas Peppers Pumpkins
Rhubarb Runner Beans Spinach Sprouts (3 Varieties) Sprouts (Club Root Resistant) Swede Sweet Corn

Flowers:

Begonia Chrysanthemums Cosmos Dahlia Echinacea Foxgloves Geranium Lavender Lobelia Marigold (4 Varieties) Pansy Petunia Rudbeckia Streptocarpus Sunflowers Sweet Peas Fruit Blackcurrants Blueberries Melons Gooseberries- Red Gooseberries- White Strawberry Plants

Plus various herbs.

Hagg Lane and District Gardeners’ Allotments Society

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Crosspool in bloom, March 2011

Over the last couple of weeks, it seems that Spring has sprung in Crosspool. These photos, taken over the last few days, show some of the daffodils and blossom on view as you walk around the neighbourhood.

You can view them using the slideshow or gallery below.

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S10 daffodils on verge outside Crosspool Tavern
Manchester Road daffodils
Welcome to Crosspool, Manchester Road
Manchester Road daffodils
Manchester Road daffodils
Coppice View daffodils
Coppice View/Manchester Road
Stephen Hill Road/Manchester Road
Delph House Road/Manchester Road
Manchester Road/Stephen Hill Road
Lydgate Gardens
Blossom on Watt Lane
Blossom on Watt Lane
Blossom and daffodils
Blossom and daffodils
Daffodils in Crosspool precinct
Manchester Road/Lydgate Lane
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Friends of the Botanical Gardens 2011 programme

The Friends of the Botanical Gardens 2011 programme (Word document, 32KB) has been published, which may be of interest to Crosspool gardeners.

It includes details ofvarious events throughout the year including talks, meetings, plant sales and outdoor activities.

Friends of the Botanical Gardens was set up in 1984 and aims to support the gardens and also provide the opportunity for gardeners of all abilities to meet, socialise and learn more about horticulture.

New members are welcome, but you can also attend any event for the modest fee of £2.

Friends of the Botanical Gardens website including information about meetings and events

Friends of the Botanical Gardens 2011 programme (Word document, 32KB)

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Den Bank Drive tree removed

Remains of tree on Den Bank Drive
Remains of tree on Den Bank Drive

On 21 December, residents of Den Bank Drive returned from work to discover that a tree had been removed without warning from a grass verge on the street.

A card was left to say that the tree was dead, although according to residents it had full blossom last Spring.

Further enquiries to Street Force reveal that the tree had been inspected earlier on in the year and was diagnosed as infected. There is no budget available to pay for a replacement tree in the current financial year.

Den Bank Drive resident Mark Shipman commented: “I am upset that the tree was removed without any communication until afterwards.”

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Crosspool Festival 2011 dates announced

Crosspool Festival will return in 2011 from 2 to 10 July.

Plenty of events are being planned for everyone in the community, so put the dates in your diary and watch this space for details of what is happening. There will also be opportunities to get involved.

One highlight that will definitely return as part of next summer’s festival is Crosspool Open Gardens, a money-raising charity event that sees members of the community open up their gardens for others to enjoy.

If you think that you may be interested in opening up your garden for the day then do get in touch with Roger Kite on 0114 230 6194.

Crosspool Festival 2010

Den Bank Close garden featuring a model railway at Crosspool Open Gardens, July 2010
Den Bank Close garden featuring a model railway at Crosspool Open Gardens, July 2010
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Crosspool wins Sheffield in Bloom award

The photos below, taken over the summer, show some of the dozen hanging baskets and four planters in the precinct at Crosspool.

Entering the Lord Mayor’s Sheffield in Bloom for the first time this year, Crosspool Forum’s impressive displays were successful in winning the Community Silver award.

Our thanks go to Norton Nurseries for making up such vibrant and spectacular displays, and Streetforce for maintaining them so admirably throughout the summer.

Funds allowing, and with the help and support of precinct businesses and shops, Crosspool Forum will be aiming for gold in 2011.

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New Welcome to Crosspool flower box

As you enter Crosspool via Manchester Road, keep an eye out for the new flower box under the Welcome to Crosspool sign.

The £20 box was prepared by Valleyside garden centre and paid for by Crosspool Forum.

New Welcome to Crosspool flower box on Manchester Road
New Welcome to Crosspool flower box on Manchester Road
New Welcome to Crosspool flower box on Manchester Road
New Welcome to Crosspool flower box on Manchester Road
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New green waste collection system announced for Sheffield

A new collection system for green waste has been announced by the council and Veolia.

The city-wide scheme includes Crosspool and will see the introduction of reusable green sacks instead of green plastic bags.

Households can expect delivery of the reusable green sacks and a collection calendar in February and March next year. The collections will run every four weeks.

The new system means that residents will no longer need to collect sacks from distribution outlets or contact Veolia to arrange collection.

Veolia announced new green waste collection system

Final green sack collection of 2010

Crosspool householders are reminded that the final collection of plastic green waste sacks is this week (commencing 8 November 2010) in S10.

After the November collection and before the new system is introduced in 2011, the service will revert back to the previous procedure, where residents are required to to phone Veolia on 0114 2734 567 option 1 and then leave them outside property boundaries for collection on the arranged date.

Green sacks
Green plastic sacks will soon be a thing of the past for the Crosspool green waste collection service