Something to shout about

Past events, celebrations and success stories

Spring Thing! 2010
A celebration of all things Spring! With our Friday Club we built a scarecrow. Everybody did something, either sowing, sawing, nailing, hammering, stuffing, planting and we entered 'Gary Scarecrow' to the Chorlton Big Green Festival.




Potato Day 2010
Potato expert Bill Whitehead, and his assistant Steve, were on hand for advice and information with their extensive display of heritage and rare seed potatoes ! Warm soup and bread and fire were de rigueur ...





Apple & Pumpkin Day 2009
Thank you to Abundance Manchester for sharing the city's harvest of apples and a big colourful
thank you to Siobhain for her amazing face painting skills.




Summer Party 2009
Bands playing were: At Swim Two Birds, Sarah Brannan, Spencer Cloud & The Range Brothers,
James H Jacob, Matt Dickson from Matt & Phred's.






Compost Day 2009




In 2004, HCGC entered the Tatton RHS Show and won a Bronze Medal! We proposed an urban garden, a sitting area and raised beds bursting with vegetables, flowers and herbs along with a composting facility and a stepping stone patio planted with sented compact herbs like camomile and thyme.

Bronze Medal		Monty Don with the team