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What it is- The Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project (the seedy business) is a charity organisation for community gardening. It was started in 1994 by a group of friends renting an allotment.
What they are- They invite locals to garden in their nine allotments all year round, growing organic food, feeding from our enormous compost bins, with wildlife ponds, a compost loo, straw-bale eco cabin, bee hives and a bee garden. They even have an outdoor clay oven which is regularly used to feed volunteers.
Suggestions for the community- The Seedy Business offers horticultural, carpentry, woodland management, cooking, educational and social opportunities to everyone in the community are always willing to welcome new people. The charity also runs mentoring programs with local schools for students that struggle in conventional classrooms. They tailor the students learning to their specific needs and help them gain qualifications that will help move these young people into employment, work experience, apprenticeships or further training.