Big Dig Day – 16th March 2013
We Need You! On 16th March over 200 urban community gardens will be taking part in the Big Dig Day.

The Big Dig Day is all about getting people down to their local community garden to get growing. Whether you are new to gardening or an experienced gardener we need your help to make your local community garden grow.

Renowned gardener, Alys Fowler has been supporting Urban Veg, in Birmingham which is part of the Big Dig project. She believes the Big Dig Day offers a great introduction to gardening and says “If you fancy a go at gardening, but are a little unsure how to start, if you don’t have any dirt of your own or you just want a fun day out meeting new people, now is the time to get involved with your local community growing project. The Big Dig wants to recruit as many volunteers as possible to get the nation growing, so on March 16th community gardens and growing spaces across the country will be opening their doors to welcome you in. So go along and find out for yourself and help make this the biggest ever community food growing day”

The Big Dig is organized by the charity Sustain – the alliance for better food and farming and Taunton Transition Town are proud to be a small part of the national big dig day. There is nothing like freshly grown vegetables – particularly if it comes from your local park!

There are 3 opportunities of helping out over the weekend of the 16th and 17th March.

• Somerset Square, just outside the Brewhouse Theatre – 11am – 1pm – 16th March
• The Old Aviary, Vivary Park, top of High Street – 1pm – 4pm – 16th March
• Comeytrowe Community Park, end of College Way – 11am – 3pm – 17th March

If you want to volunteer for one or all of the events then please either contact Vicky Briggs – shuunyanet@gmail.com or go to the Big Dig website and sign up there – http://www.bigdig.org.uk/taunton/ .

We also have some volunteer opportunities running up to the day.  If you could help hand out some cards about the Big Dig then we would be very grateful.  We will be handing out information:

• at the Farmers Market – 7th and 14th March around 11am.
• outside the Brewhouse – 9th March at 11am, then on to the High Street about 12 noon.
• Comeytrowe shops at 10 am on the 9th March.

If you could lend a hand please contact me Vicky Briggs or just come along.