Volunteers needed for Carrick-on-Suir Library community garden project
The garden is being developed by Carrick Library in partnership with the Grow It Yourself Learning About Ecosystems and Forests Programme, Carrick Lions Club and Carrick Men’s Shed.
Caption for picture above: Pictured at the LEAF week event in Carrick-on-Suir Library were from left: Tom Cullen, Carrick Men's Shed; Brian White, Carrick Lions Club; Pat Callanan,Carrick Men's Shed; Gearóid Fitzgibbon, Community Energy Mentor for Tipperary under SEAI Sustainable Energy Communities Programme; Jane Ryan, Energy Project Coordinator; EcoVision, Máirtín O'Méalóid, Manager EcoVision; Zeinab Gohi, LEAF Coordinator; Stephanie Woods, Branch Manager Carrick Library; Paddy Fitzpatrick, SICAP Development Officer; Maria Madden, Carrick-on-Suir Lions Club; Terry Flynn, Carrick Men's Shed; Dan Dineen, Carrick Men's Shed; Tinu Kotheril and Pradeed Chacko of St. Kuriakose Indian Orthodox Church, Carrick-on-Suir.
A community garden at Carrick-on-Suir Library is being created and volunteers are needed to get it in full bloom.
The garden is being developed by the Library in partnership with the Grow It Yourself Learning About Ecosystems and Forests Programme, Carrick Lions Club and Carrick Men’s Shed.
The garden project is being organised following a talk at Carrick Library by GIY and LEAF Programme Coordinator Zeinab Gohi on growing your own food from small spaces to larger community areas and the nutritional value of home grown vegetables and fruit.
The event also included a talk on retrofitting and energy upgrades by representatives of EcoVision, the trading name of Energy Communities Tipperary Cooperative. They outlined the supports available for community based energy projects and how to access them.
They also outlined ways to save on energy bills by making the home more energy efficient, the benefits of retrofitting and insulating homes and the grants available to help with the cost of these projects.
Carrick Lions Club and Carrick Men’s Shed members and other local community groups attended the talks and GIY seeds packets were available for everyone to take home.
Anyone interested in getting involved in the community garden should contact Carrick Library at (051) 640591 or email carricklibrary@tipperary. All are welcome.