APWGG CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
FOR CHARITY COMMISSION REPORT 2022/2023
The year 2022/2023 has been very successful in terms of revenue, events, number of visitors, number of volunteers and the volume and quality of the crops we have produced. All produce grown is offered to visitors for a nominal donation, which covers the cost of seeds and plants for the following year.
We’ve hosted educational visits for 3 schools, when children have had the opportunity to plant and harvest potatoes and learn about ‘sowing and growing’ and we’ve held several family events, including wassailing, family picnics, nature trails, heritage garden games, scything, composting and juicing with fruits from the orchard.
We have a team of about 14 regular volunteers, who garden Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings and we have a couple of volunteers who cannot commit on a regular basis, but they are always happy to help on specific projects when required.
The neighbouring community centre and nursing home have both allowed us to use their greenhouses. This has been a great help and enables us to grow more produce.
We are an organic garden concentrating mainly on growing heritage varieties, but we have recently introduced vegetables usually grown in foreign countries, this has added interest to the garden and is proving very popular with our visitors.
We look forward to another successful year.
Nina Kennedy Chair APWGG 25[th] January 2024
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