Dear friend, I hope you have all enjoyed the Bank Holiday Weekend, let’s hope the sunshine we had is here to stay! Would you like to get involved with STAA? We are hosting a Get Involved Fair on Saturday 11th May from 11am! This is a chance to come and visit the site, have a…
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Dear friend, Thank you to everyone who contributed their photos last month for the Spring features; we received so many beautiful shots. See a selection of some of them below. We had our first school groups join us from Claremont Primary and Sycamore Primary who enjoyed the open space of the Orchard and didn’t mind…
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Dear friend, We all know that Spring is an exciting time of year for many reasons. The nights get brighter and the days get longer; we hear more bird songs in the air and my personal favourite – it’s cherry blossom season. On site, we continue to do our pre-Spring tidies: removing leaves and weeds,…
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Dear friend, Spring is in sight! The evenings are slowly getting lighter and the sun is rising just that little bit earlier. We look forward to the return of our Play, Grow and Eat session this half term, plus the increase of our youth provision through regular sessions every 2nd and 4th Saturday on the Orchard…
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Lucy K shares a few thoughts as she reflects on her time with STAA so far! 20th January marks my ‘sort of’ 10 year anniversary working for STAA. It’s sort of, because I actually started volunteering at St Ann’s Allotments circa 2007 with Urban Nature, but was thrilled to get a paid position in 2014. In…
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Dear friend, We hope you enjoyed the holidays and have had a good start to the New Year. We look forward to continuing those special relationships we have built with you all on and around this beautiful site of St Ann’s Allotments and excited for the connections we are yet to make. As most of…
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