You can get involved

Growing around Town
Veggies are growing on Fielden Wharf, at the Abraham Ormerod Centre, outside the college, in the railway station car park and mixed with flowers in planters throughout the town. These all need planting, maintenance and cropping. If you can help contact iet_hothouse@btinternet.com.

Herb gardens
There is an established herb garden on the Burnley road opposite the Cricket Club, another to be developed shortly at the health centre, another soon at Fielden terrace and beds established on the railway station platforms (see Community herb gardens). These all need weeding tweaking scratching and sniffing! Just do it or to get more involved e mail helena.

Building Planters
We are building planters for veg growing round town, if you have carpentry skills to offer, or need planters contact nik639@btinternet.com

Guerrilla planting
Edibles are popping up all over, you just don’t know where those naughty seeds/plants/bushes/trees/forests will spring up next!

Look out for watercress in the streams in the park, this patch is behind the cricket pitch, help yourself, and if you would accidentally pop some in another stream…

Bag some council land
We have established a simple legal framework with Calderdale M.B.C to transfer council land to IET for growing. There are forms of licences for orchards,planters and growing plots. We are now able to able to bag spaces throughout the town. If you know of a good space, let us know at iet_hothouse@btinternet.com.

Orchards
There are 2 main plots planted in Harley Wood and at Woodlands avenue, 200 trees planted so far (see Orchards). We are looking for more orchard sites to plant in the autumn, if you know a good spot for trees let us know. If you want to get involved in grafting pruning or planting let us know on nik639@btinternet.com.

elf centre
We have a go ahead to change the planting in the health centre to edibles. We will shortly be making a start by swapping the larger trees, hefty help welcome, contact nik639@btinternet.com.

iet Kitchen
We have a go ahead to establish a iet kitchen,we will need help with appliances, fitting, electrics diy etc. If you can help email iet_hothouse@btinternet.com.

Growing memories
Todmorden was once a garden town with growing plots everywhere, Rachael Babar is going to collect and collate memories of food production in tod contact Rachael on rachael_babar@yahoo.co.uk.

Land bank
We are putting together a land bank of available local land. Contact us here if you have some land to offer. This idea is still in the making.

Your Great Idea!
Got a brillo growing idea? Let us help you make the future more foody groovy and green. Contact us at iet_hothouse@btinternet.com.

Got skills to offer?
We need all sorts of skills,if your fingers aren’t green we still need you, for example right now we urgently need someone with good management skills and a film maker to record IET activities. Other skills most welcome contact iet_hothouse@btinternet.com.