News from The Organic Centre

A FREE event in conjunction with the ‘North Leitrim Women’s Centre’s Positive Relations Project, which is supported by Peace III. This year the annual women’s day at The Organic Centre features a number of talks and workshops focused on the theme of “Women’s Health and Well-Being”, everything from food to lifestyle, gardening to relaxation. There will be guided tours around the gardens and a talk from a local cross border community garden project. The workshops include a healthy food demonstration and natural alternatives to supplements and personal development and confidence building. The women’s day is part of the Organic Centre’s events during National Organic Week to highlight the benefits of organic and local food.

After our successful Mushroom Hunting course in August, where we found amongst others beautiful Cep, we offer another outing with Tina and Alan. The morning will be spent in the classroom getting to grips with the basics and after a lovely organic lunch we will go down to the forest to find, identify and collect those wild foods. Fee all inclusive is €90.

The course "Working with Horses" in Co.Clare with Jim Cronin is now scheduled for Saturday 11th of September and there are still a few places available.

We have just published a new Growing Together Schools booklet, available for €4.00/ summer offer. Also available again is the "Year round organic school garden" from Kerry Earth Education Project with the Irish Seed Savers Association. They have produced a wonderful resource for teachers and parents who wish to set up or progress their school garden.  Simply presented and packed with useful information, this book takes you through the tasks associated with the garden for each month, offers many ideas for projects no matter how small your available space is, and demonstrates clear links as to how the gardening activities can be fully integrated into the curriculum.  With class by class plans, glossary of terms, resource lists and photocopyable forms for classroom use, this is a book the school gardener will use again and again.

Wednesday 1st September, 8.30pm. Eddie gets some advice from The Organic Centre.

The Eco-shop is delighted to announce that we are now agents for Chillington Tools, a wonderful brand of top quality, long lasting gardening tools. 

Canterbury Fork Hoe, Heavy Duty Hoe, Ridging hoe, Baby Hoe and other tools.  Makes a wonderful lifetime gift for someone special!

Organic Centre Gift Vouchers make an ideal gift at Christmas or indeed at any time of the year.  They can be bought for any amount, they have no expiry date and they can be used for any purchase, in whole or in part, including seeds, courses or shop.  They can be ordered over the 'phone or online at www.shopinleitrim.com if you pay by credit card.  You can also send cheque / postal order made out to the Organic Centre with details of where you want the voucher sent to: The Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co. Leitrim.