Education
and the Arts
ACE
sales barrow brings in £200
Thanks to a donation
from the Brixham Town Council the ACE Trustees were able to
purchase a barrow to sell the vegetables and plants raised in
their gardens at Brixham College. ACE is a charity that supports
physically disabled people enabling them to attend adult education
classes alongside able bodied people. |
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The initial ACE
garden has bloomed and been extended with a polytunnel donated
by the Co-op. More recently the area adjacent to the new disabled
parking bays has been reshaped to create a mound that will become
a Devon bank planted with fruit trees and meadow flowers. In
front are the wooden raised beds to be used for growing vegetables.
These have already been very prolific with onions, broad beans,
peas, lettuce, and beetroot grown and sold on the new sales
barrow. |
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The Thursday group had a BBQ last week and used the produce
for their salad lunch. Flowers and vegetables were on sale after
the musical interlude from the ACE Music class conducted by tutor
Mick Stokes. £70 was made on this occasion and with ongoing
plant and vegetable sales over £200 has been raised to aid
the sustainability of the garden. |
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Tutor, Katie Babbs, is keen to encourage more able bodied people
to get actively involved in this project helping plant, grow,
water, weed and maintain the garden Garden project participants
will be able to take home items for their garden and will be encouraged
to bring plants and cuttings to the centre. |
Volunteers
are needed to support the ACE Friday gardening class where most
of the work gets done. Katie Babbs will be teaching gardening
classes on Wednesday mornings in September and these sessions
will help participants understand the theory behind the practical
work.
ACE is
a charity run by and for disabled people offering educational
opportunities at Brixham Adult and Community Learning. For further
details of how to join or support this project contact Yvonne
Ramos on 01803 853302.
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