Join us for two mapping workshops in Trafford, looking for land suitable for growing fruit and vegetables.
We are working with the Everyday Growing Cultures project and Open Data Manchester to run two mapping workshops in Old Trafford, looking for land which is suitable for growing fruit and vegetables.
If you would like to see a greener and more productive Old Trafford and would like to learn how to use technology to make it happen, join us!
We will run a workshop on the opportunities for growing veg in urban areas. We will then be walking the streets & identifying spaces – collating the data and uploading onto a map.
When & Where: 1 or 15 May, 5.30 – 8pm. Supper provided. St John’s Centre, St John’s Road, Old Trafford, M16 7GX
The Centre is on St John’s Road, behind the big red church (St John’s) on Ayres Road in Old Trafford.
Agenda for the evening:
5.30 Welcome – project objectives
5.40 What are we looking for?
5.50 How to record the data
6pm Supper! and Q&A
6.15 Walking the streets – data collection (in pairs)
7.15 Return to St John’s Centre – upload data – feedback
7.45 Presentation of populated map – Q&A
8pm Finish
Please contact Kirstin at Kindling for more information and to register a place: kirstin@kindling.org.uk or 07947 715715
See www.596acres.org in New York for an idea of what we’re getting at!
Posted on behalf of Erinma Ochu PhD FRSA, Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow, Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester