GROWING COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIPS
PARTNERSHIPS
SUSTAINABLE DISPLAYS
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Norwich City Council have been working in partnership with City College Norwich for well over 10 years supplying compost, pots, plug plants and seeds that are grown on by learning difficulty students into mature plants mainly for civic plantings on highways, housing and parks and gardens but also for community led plantings.
In 2018 through Norwich City Council's Enabling Team a pilot project called "Growing Communities Partnerships" was set up and successfully ran for one year, more community groups have been invited to Get Involved in 2019.
PURPOSE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS and NETWORK:
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Provide an opportunity and enable City College Norwich Students to grow plants in their living classroom (greenhouses), learn at real life locations about horticulture, social interaction and value.
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Provide plants for floral and sustainable displays of horticultural excellence to attract visitors and trade to the City of Norwich and benefit residents through living landscapes giving a feeling of well being.
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Provide plants for natural and bio diverse landscapes, that help supply a food source for native insects and wildlife and habitat.
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Provide an opportunity for community groups and volunteers to support and Get Involved in a city wide initiative to produce cost effective plants for their groups to use in local neighbourhoods plantings.
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Be of mutual benefit to all partners economic, educational, awareness, well being and social value.
City College Grown Sustainable Perennial Display
Cattle Market Street - Norwich 30th May 2018
Sponsored Barford Van Hire "Bloomobile" Mini Bus
City College Norwich Greenhouses 30th May 2018
Growing Communities Partners Select Seed
23rd January 2018
Growing Communities Partners with Seed Packets
31st January 2018
Floranova Donated Geranium Seedlings
City College Norwich 31st January 2018
THE INITIATIVE:
Invite partner groups and volunteers with knowledge and facilities to sow seed at their own homes in seed and module plug trays and grow on seedlings until they are large enough to handle and ready to transport to City College Norwich for the plug plants to be potted and grown on to maturity by City College Norwich students.
Once the plants are fully grown partner groups can have up to one third of the plants they grew from seed plus a share of other plants grown by other partners and City College Norwich students.
THE PILOT PARTNER GROUPS 2018:
Lakenham & Town Close Green Spaces
Heavenly Gardens
St. Stephens Church
City Hall Volunteers
TCV (The Conservation Volunteers) Lakenham
Friends of Norwich in Bloom
Geraniums in Module and Seed Trays
City College Norwich 4th April 2018
John Attoe Watering Erigeron Profusion Seedlings
City College Norwich 31st January 2018
Jo and Reg Chiddick In Their Home Greenhouse
Growing Perennial Seedlings 20th May 2018
TYPES OF PLANTS GROWN FROM SEED:
A selection of plants used in Civic and Community plantings across Norwich:
1. Summer Bedding and Basket Plants
2. Autumn Bedding and Basket Plants
3. Herbaceous Perennials
4. Native Wildflowers
5. Possible Hanging Basket/Pot Tomato Plants For Schools
6. Herbs in particular those attracting beneficial insects including Borage, Chives and Marjoram
Verbena Venosa Seedlings - City College 4th April 2018
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Seeds Supplied by Norwich City Council (But groups were welcome to purchase their own)
Many Seeds were kindly donated by Floranova.
Plug Plants - Friends of Norwich in Bloom purchased 2,000 perennials from two national suppliers.
Compost Supplied by Norwich City Council.
Plug Module Trays, Seed Trays and Pots Supplied by Norwich City Council.
50 Seed Trays and 2 pallets of compost kindly donated by Notcutts
Fertilisers
Gloves
Tools Shovels, Wheelbarrow and Dibbers
Hosepipes, Watering Cans and fine roses
Geranium and Marigold Production
City College Norwich 30th May 2018
John Attoe Shows Geranium's Ready To Plant
City College Norwich 6th June 2018
City College Geraniums and Verbena in Notcutts Maintained
Flower Bed - Ipswich Road Norwich 15th August 2018
City College Students Grow and Help Plant Up Displays
The Assembly House Norwich 29th August 2018
Jo and Reg Chiddick With Amberol Barrels
Planted Up Using City College Grown Plants
St. Stephens Church - Norwich 18th July 2018
2018 PROGRAMME:
January Partners meet up at City College Greenhouses on a Wednesday afternoon to be briefed, receive seeds, seed trays and bag of Durston seed compost.
February Sowing of seed started depending on types of seeds grown and conditions required.
April If successful seeds sown will be mature enough to handle and potted on at City College.
June Summer Bedding & Basket plants ready for collection for civic and community plantings.
June Sowing of seed started depending on types of seeds grown and conditions required.
September If successful seeds sown will be mature enough to handle and potted on at City College.
October Autumn Bedding & Basket plants ready for collection for civic and community plantings.
City College Norwich also sowed many annual seeds including 5,000 Geraniums Horizon Scarlet, over 1,000 Geraniums were distributed by Friends of Norwich in Bloom and Notcutts to Norwich Sheltered Housing Schemes.
City College Norwich has strong links with Hockering Nursery who also supported the initiative.
Spring Planted City College Grown Sustainable Perennials in St. Stephens Church Flower Beds 29th August 2018
Growing Partners Grew Over 2,000 Plants 5th September 2018
City College Students Mixing Compost
City College Norwich 12th September 2018
Tutor Fiona teaches Hope how to pot up plants
City College Norwich 12th September 2018
John Attoe Explains About Seeds and Seed Sowing
To City College Students 31st October 2018
PLANTING PROJECTS USING CITY COLLEGE GROWN PLANTS 2018:
Assembly House Norwich Bed and Planters
Beaumont Place
Castle Bridge Planters
City Hall Flower Borders
Civic Plantings (Various Highways, Parks and Gardens)
Cranworth Gardens
Community Requests through NCC Enabling Team
Eagle Walk Play Area
Globe Place
Golden Ball Street (Norwich Norse Environmental)
Heavenly Gardens (Various Churchyards)
Jubilee Park
Lakenham and Town Close Green Space Areas
Regina Road
Rupert Street
Southwell Road
St. Stephens Church
St. Peter Mancroft Church
Tuckswood Library
Tuckswood Green
Vauxhall Street
Victoria Street
Walpole Street/Manchester Place York Street.
Royal Norfolk Show City College Promotional Display To Show Partnerships and Support
Growing Communities Partnership Project
NCC Citizen Magazine Winter 2018
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