{"id":1689,"date":"2022-05-06T21:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T20:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/?page_id=1689"},"modified":"2024-11-18T10:36:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T10:36:28","slug":"grow-green-spaces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/grow-green-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Green Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grow Green Spaces Stortford (GGSS) has emerged from the Community Climate Gathering organised by Bishop\u2019s Stortford Climate Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grow Green Spaces Stortford aims to grow flowers, fruit, vegetables or herbs \u2013 whatever is appropriate \u2013 in unloved spaces in Stortford to increase biodiversity in the town;&nbsp;to make Stortford a greener, better place to live and to encourage community involvement in gardening to the benefit of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GGSS is working with the <a href=\"https:\/\/canalrivertrust.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canal &amp; River Trust<\/a> to improve the banks of the River Stort along the town centre section. Once a month volunteers join forces with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/saveourstort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Save Our Stort<\/a> to clear sections along the towpath which are going to be sown with native wildflower seeds and shrubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work groups meet on the third Sunday of every month from 11.30am-1.30pm. Bring your own spade, fork, gloves and a drink. Homemade cake and good company provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch out for our Sunflower giveaways to encourage everyone in Stortford to grow some sunshine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out all the latest news by liking and following Grow Green Spaces Stortford on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Grow-Green-Spaces-Stortford-106223545365011\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Grow-Green-Spaces-Stortford-106223545365011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to join a GGSS work-party or be a part of the steering group please contact Wendy Gordon on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:wendy@wellbeangardening.com\" target=\"_blank\">wendy@wellbeangardening.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GARDENING-PARTY-ON-THE-RIVER-BANK-30-04-2022.-1024x700.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GARDENING-PARTY-ON-THE-RIVER-BANK-30-04-2022.-1024x700.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GARDENING-PARTY-ON-THE-RIVER-BANK-30-04-2022.-300x205.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GARDENING-PARTY-ON-THE-RIVER-BANK-30-04-2022.-768x525.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GARDENING-PARTY-ON-THE-RIVER-BANK-30-04-2022.-1536x1051.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GARDENING-PARTY-ON-THE-RIVER-BANK-30-04-2022.-2048x1401.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grow Green Spaces Stortford (GGSS) has emerged from the Community Climate Gathering organised by Bishop\u2019s Stortford Climate Group. Grow Green Spaces Stortford aims to grow flowers, fruit, vegetables or herbs \u2013 whatever is appropriate \u2013 in unloved spaces in Stortford to increase biodiversity in the town;&nbsp;to make Stortford a greener, better place to live and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/grow-green-spaces\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Grow Green Spaces&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1689","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2543,"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689\/revisions\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bishopsstortfordclimategroup.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}