This Saturday at Sims Hill we will be planting peas and flowers starting at 10 o'clock. Bring a hand trowel if you have one, a big drink, and a picnic for lunch about half past twelve. It would be good to do a bit more clearing up by the railway trucks too, if anyone fancies … Continue reading Peas and Flowers Planting Day 23 April!

Great fun was had on Saturday with all generations enjoying the potato planting and tractor rides!

Along with a host of other committed community growing groups, Sims Hill will be hosting a stall 16-17 April on Merchant St. South as part of the Allotments Fair at the Bristol Garden Life Show. But don't expect the same old flyers and pitches you might be used to at these events. We are planning … Continue reading Sims Hill comes to the Allotments Fair 16-17 April!

This Saturday's workday is potato planting day! We have 3 main crop varieties to plant, that's 75 kg of seed potatoes! At the last workday twenty-eight of us had great fun planting 400 hedging plants (blackthorn, hazel, crab apple and dog rose) as well as planting a willow coppice. Planting starts at 10 am. Bring … Continue reading Potato Planting Day – Saturday 9 April