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Green Gym keeping the Madeira Drive green wall tidy

Portslade Green Gym have done another great job removing persistent weeds from the bed of the green wall at Madeira Drive.

This is important work, as it keeps the bed clear for other plants to grow and keeps ivy off the edges of the beds. It also keeps the footpath nice and clear for pedestrians, buggies etc – so why not take a stroll down the green wall and enjoy the emerging flowers this Spring.

The other good thing about the Green Gym folks, of course, is they are volunteers doing this for the love and for their own fitness. They’re a sprightly bunch!

Proud of the partnership Building Green, the Council, the Ecology Consultancy and Green Gym have formed. Photos courtesy of the Ecology Consultancy.

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Green Architecture Day – lineup confirmed

Green Architecture Day line up has been confirmed for 2017.

Taking place on 25 March, it includes the following speakers:

  • James Farrell and Lee Evans from Building Green and Organic Roofs – green walls and roofs
Building Green DIY Green Roof workshop crew hearing about the special green wall at Madeira Drive, Brighton
The ‘chalk downland’ green roofs of the Crew Club community centre, Whitehawk, Brighton
Building Green DIY Green Roof workshoppers taking a tour of the Velo Cafe, Brighton
Whitehawk home – carefully grown and tended ivy as a home for wildlife and attractive front garden. Brighton
Lee Evans of Organic Roofs at his HQ
  • Duncan Baker-Brown – The reuse atlas
  • Jasmine & Simon Dale – The Lammas eco village and building Hobbiton
  • Bill Knight & James Shorten – Why do planning experts grow mushrooms?
  • Cath Hassell – SuDS in the City – Sustainable water solutions
  • Sandy Halliday – Pushing the envelope – putting the eco in economics

For tickets etc, please visit https://brightonpermaculture.org.uk/courses/greenarchitecture

Come and say hello!

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Building Green at the Hanover Action public meeting, 28 October

Building Green founder James Farrell is speaking at the next meeting of Hanover Action, Friday 28 October.

The meeting is from 6.30 pm at Hanover Community Centre on Southover Street, and there will be talks and plant stalls. More details here.

The subject is ‘Greening our urban landscape‘, and James is speaking about the potential to plant up your building surfaces.

Joining James is Organic Roofs head honcho Lee Evans, and Paul Norman from the One Planet Living Group.

Come along – it’s free! – learn stuff, make friends, get inspired!

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DIY green roofs – learn how to do it yourself on 29 & 30 October

The next opportunity to learn how to ‘do green roofs yourself’ is coming up.

On the weekend of 29 & 30 October, Building Green with Organic Roofs and Brighton Permaculture Trust, is running a workshop on the subject.

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For bookings go here.

These highly successful workshops have been running for several years. Don’t miss this opportunity to have a fun weekend of learning about this fascinating subject, picking up new skills and quizzing the experts on how to ‘do it yourself’.

For bookings go here.

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Green Gym planning a workout at the green wall

Portslade Green Gym volunteers will be at the Madeira Drive green wall again this week, working up a sweat whilst maintaining our natural heritage.

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Madeira Drive Green wall below Paston Place, 10 October 2016

They will be tidying up the vegetation along the footpath, helping to maintain the biodiversity of the area whilst keeping things shipshape for pedestrians.

Why not pop along during the morning of 13 October 2016.

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Madeira Drive green wall and Duke’s Mound from the air, 1935

Building Green is working with the Council and volunteers to protect this Victorian green wall – planted c1850 – and in time restore it along its length. It is the longest of its kind in the UK, and was planned alongside the unique listed Victorian ironwork of Madeira Terrace, the Shelter Hall, and the Volks Electric Railway.

Find out more here – more coming soon.

 

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Green roof course taking bookings for October

The DIY Green Roofs course is open for bookings, and takes place October 29-30.

It’s a highly successful weekend course that gets great feedback, and draws participants from across the UK and beyond.

More information, and bookings, here.

Lee Evans of Organic Roofs at his HQ
Building Green DIY Green Roof workshop crew hearing about the special green wall at Madeira Drive, Brighton
The ‘chalk downland’ green roofs of the Crew Club community centre, Whitehawk, Brighton
Happy course participant with their green roofed bird box
Building Green DIY Green Roof workshoppers taking a tour of the Velo Cafe, Brighton
Course participants DIY-ing their bird boxes
Lee Evans, course tutor, talking participants through the benefits and technical aspects of green roofing at Organic Roofs HQ
James Farrell, course tutor, talking participants through a container green roof at Organic Roofs HQ
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Bookings now open: Parks and Open Spaces Summer Conference 14 June – Celebrating the power of volunteering!

Open Session: Parks and Open Spaces

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Community Works Members’ Summer Conference:

Celebrating the power of volunteering!

Tuesday 14 June, arrivals and networking from 1.15pm

The Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton BN1 1YD

Bookings are now open for our Summer Conference, due to take place on Tuesday 14 June.

Book your place by Monday 6 June at the latest (early booking is recommended to secure your place):http://bhcommunityworks.org.uk/members/services/events-networking/

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