Wednesday 9 August 2023- trip around the Ouseburn with the Ouseburn Trust and a visit to Wild Roots community allotment.

We will meet at the SAW garden at 10am.

Shieldfield Grows, TopSoil and For Solidarity are working together to organise a series of trips over the next few months to community gardens. The third trip is with our neighbours in the Ouseburn - The Ouseburn Trust and Wild Roots from 10am to 2pm, and we would love for you to join us.

The Ouseburn Trust is a charity supporting the heritage, environment, buildings and people of the Lower Ouseburn Valley. We look after the green spaces and the river from the southern edge of City Stadium down to where the Ouseburn meets the Tyne. We have woodlands, meadows, mown grass, areas of wild scrub, planted beds and lots of other green in-between, and our hope is for all of these spaces to be loved by people and by wildlife.

Wild Roots is a community wildlife garden in Ouseburn. It’s for everyone and everyone is welcome to take part. The idea is to help nature thrive by creating habitats, growing food, learning about nature and in the process, rediscover our wild roots.

The trip is free and open to anyone involved in growing activities in Shieldfield.

We will have a pot-luck picnic lunch so please bring something to share with the group if you can.

Please wear clothing for being outside and dress for the weather.

It might be a hot day so we recommend bringing water and a sun hat.

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis, so please let us know if you would like to attend.

Image: Kaltouma Hassaballah