The Time Exchange promotes a cleaner, greener environment and is happy to help residents make the area a better place to live.

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES:

The Time Exchange offers food growing opportunities to residents, encourages environmental activities in the local area and enables members to earn credits and learn gardening skills by working on a community garden.  Members grow healthy fresh produce, which can be “purchased” for credits by all members.

We are currently focussing our gardening activities around maintaining the local Street Planters, and regular food growing sessions in The Greening Wingrove Bike Garden, a community garden in Nuns Moor Park.  See below for more information on all of our projects.

We would welcome anyone who would like to come along and help with any of our projects and learn more about gardening.

STREET PLANTERS

For the past 17 years the Time Exchange has worked with local residents to improve the street planters in the Arthurs Hill terraces.  There are over 100 street planters in the local area which the Time Exchange looks after.  Time Exchange members can earn credits for every hour volunteered.  We run regular sessions working on street planters which include weeding, litter picking and replacing plants and shrubs.  If you’d like to get involved please contact the Time Exchange for more information.

ADOPT A STREET PLANTER

We can also support local residents who would be interested in adopting a planter near their home.  The Time Exchange can provide advice, information and access to tools and plants.  If you’re interested in adopting a street planter, please contact the Time Exchange to arrange to speak to Helen, our gardener.

THE BIKE GARDEN

The Time Exchange has worked in partnership with several local groups to transform a disused bowling green in Nuns Moor Park into a community space and garden, with lots going on for the local community.

The Time Exchange runs weekly gardening sessions in the Bike Garden.  If you’d like to get involved, please contact the Time Exchange for more information and to find out when Helen will be in the garden.

To book the garden for a private party email: gw.bikegarden@gmail.com

Contact the Time Exchange office on 0191 2450663 for more information on any of our projects