Do you want to set up a repair café? Have you got a passion for recycling you can share with the community? Does your community project help the community waste less stuff? Find out how you can get funding 👇🏼 orlo.uk/up5xF

North, East, South & West each one of the balconies will face its own unique growing challenges. I've led a team of students from Manchester Metropolitan University with no horticultural background to create 4 gardens at the RHS Urban Show with a budget of £500 each for renters!

Now Open! 📣 The Recycle for Greater Manchester Community Fund has up to £20K available for projects that aim to waste less, reuse more and recycle right ♻️

Visit: recycleforgreatermanchester.com/community-fund/ #GMGreenCity

Up to £20K available for projects that aim to waste less, reuse more, and recycle right.

Find out more 👉🏼 recycleforgreatermanchester.com/community-fund/ #GMGreenCity

Polytunnel Appreciation Post! Polytunnels are popular additions to #GreenSpacesFund projects. They provide protection to plants during the colder months & also allow fruit and vegetables to be grown off-season 🍓🫑

📸 Photos from Green Collyhurst, Brotherhood Peace Garden & BUG.

I'll be exhibiting at the #RHSUrbanshow at Depot Mayfield. My project RHS City Spaces: Cloudscape will take you through 7 gardens in the 'Cloudscape' development taking on challenges like container gardening, shade, budget, renting & will explore how we can make our towns greener

A new green skills hub has opened at Stockport College in a bid to tackle the UK's green skills gap.

The College now offers hands-on practical sessions on air-source heat pumps, solar PV, and EV charging. ⬇️

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We’ve been busy over the last few weeks teaching AQA in sustainable gardening Jigsaw Homes North Tracy Townson 🌱

Sustainable gardening practices not only contribute to a healthier ecosystem but also enhance the quality and enjoyment of your garden 💚

GM Green City

Happy Friday! Lovely to see these progress photos from the Bury Centre Garden; a Green Spaces Fund project by Mental Health Charity - Creative Living Centre 💚 Also - loving that bug hotel 🐝

@gmgreencity Greater Manchester Combined Authority

#GreenSpacesFund #GreaterManchester #Bury #GMEF

Rochdale Council switch on brand new solar farm in Heywood!

The largest publicly-owned solar farm in Greater Manchester has powered up and is now live - providing power to over 2000 homes 🏡🔋

📰 Read the full story here -
greenergreatermanchester.com/posts/rochdale…

The Big Seed Sow is back! 🌱

This year it’s even bigger as part of our new Grow With It programme. Join us between Mon 29 April – Sun 12 May for a sowing celebration.

Sign up to get your free celebration pack and seeds:
rhs.org.uk/get-involved/g…

#RHSGrowWithIt #RHSBigSeedSow

Fantastic Food Waste read by one of our Community Fund groups 💚

Caritas use leftover food from school lunches for compost in their allotment, so they know their food waste stuff!

caritassalford.org.uk/food-waste/

🐝 #BeeNetZero partner Green Economy, part of The Growth Company, has launched a new white paper to help energy-intensive organisations across GM to decarbonise without losing productivity.

Read more 👇beenetzero.co.uk/insights/green…

#Decarbonisation #Sustainability #GreaterManchester

📢 Oldham council have announced Failsworth solar farm is in the next phase of development.

📌The council are searching for a contractor to design, construct, operate and maintain the solar farm

Read the full story here 👇

greenergreatermanchester.com/posts/construc…

Fantastic first day opening of our Eco shop at Stretford Mall. Great to meet so many local people who were incredibly supportive of the business. Our students had a great time talking about the products and making sales. Thank you to #LizzieGimblett and everyone Pupils Profit

Have you heard about our brilliant school eco refill shops? 💚 We're helping ten schools across GM manage a fully sustainable, eco refill shop - find out more here: gmgreencity.com/greater-manche… #GMGreenCity

🤩 Our top tips to waste less food…

💚 Batch cook
💚 Cook your peels
💚 Leftover lunch

#FoodWasteActionWeek

Find out more 👉 orlo.uk/Plvdd

🐝This morning, we were at The Green Skills Academy to launch Bee Net Zero Trafford Park, a new partnership between Trafford Council @GreaterMcr & The Growth Company to support businesses on the park to reduce emissions and help decarbonise Europe’s largest industrial estate #BeeNetZero

The Stretford Community Dye Garden is a #GreenSpacesFund project run by Stitched Up & Victoria Park M32 💚 They're create a community dye garden in Victoria Park... what an amazing, creative idea!

Greater Manchester Combined Authority GM Green City Trafford Council