Tiding in October and ready for winter.

May/June 2025 Communal poly tunnel is back in action! Happy growing!

Saturday 8 June 2024 clean up

Many thanks to all involved in the clean up on Saturday and for the tremendous work achieved.
You have made a significant difference. Well done to all.

An Taisce National Spring Clean initiative at Powerstown Allotments 20 April 2024.

A huge thanks to all everyone who participated and for all your hard work.

Please have a look at the slides and photos.

Annual General Meeting 2024

The AGM will took place on Saturday 23 March 2024 at 11 am in Blanchardstown Library.  Thank you to everyone who took part!

PODCAST.

Listen to interview with Sarah Blake and Committee Member Ritamary a her guest on Green Sense. The podcast is in association with Earthology and Phoenix FM

‘The podcast is all about what you can do to go green in your business and community. From local clubs and community groups to businesses and gardening. We talk to people about their eco actions and ideas for saving the planet. We want you to take these top tips and share them far and wide’ Green Sense.

TYRELLSTOWN HOUSE AND GARDENS VISIT.

Saturday 12 August was a great day to visit our neighbours Tyrellstown House and Gardens.

Lance Smith gave us tour of the Gardens, bee works, and also got a chance to see the historical house’s front rooms.

We were treated to tea/coffee/lemon water with delicious biscuit/cake slices, served by Ali Smith and her team.

Our thanks to all for making it a great afternoon.

FUNDRISING

On the 24th of June we hosted fundraising coffee morning in aid of St Francis Hospice Dublin 15.

Plot holder Bronwyn presented the Powerstown Allotments donation of €420 to Bernadette, who manages the fundraising at St Francis Hospice Dublin 15.

Very many thanks to all who came to support the event, on a roasting hot Saturday. Everyone was so generous with their time, baking skills and money. Well done!

SALE

A sale of our very own honey , homemade jam, and preserves took place on site on Saturday 29 April.

Donations from plot holders, of such delectable, delightful, and delicious goodies  were accepted for sale on the day and big thanks to everyone who contributed

All proceeds (over €250) will go towards the development and improvement of Powerstown Allotments.

Many thanks for your support 

The AGM was held on Saturday 18 February 2023 at Mulhuddart Community Centre (many thanks to the staff for their hospitality on the day).

Food Waste Reduction , a very timely topic in this time of rising prices was held on Saturday 8 October at 11:30 am in the Blanchardstown Library.

Craig Benton (Dr. Compost) delivered a talk on food waste reduction as part of our composting talk series. Preventing food waste is one of the most important ways of reducing our carbon footprint. The average Irish household throws away about €800 worth of food each year. Aside from saving money, we are also protecting our environment.

In this workshop:

*we looked at the big picture related to food waste worldwide and what is going on here in Ireland,

* we explored the steps all of us can take to prevent food waste and save money. The ‘Stop Food Waste’ challenge begins with separating our food waste for a week to understand the reasons why we are throwing away good food,

*we learned all of the tips and tricks to reduce our food waste including how to plan our meals, become a better shopper, store food properly, prepare and serve food more efficiently and how to reuse good food before it becomes waste,

*all attendees received a pocket guide and other food waste prevention tools to help us turn good ideas into action.

The workshop ended with a Q&A session and we discussed all ideas related to preventing food waste at our homes.

For those who could not attend here is the link to a copy of Craig’s presentation.

The talk was supported by the Dublin Airport Authority.

Craig gave us some leaf mould cages after his talk.

Read more about leaf mould here

Nice photos from article in Dublin Gazette capturing a wonderful day at our allotments. Great photos by Alison O’Hanlon!

Thanks to Senator Emer Currie for taking the time to visit our site on Saturday 24th September.

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much to everyone who came to our Composting talk on Saturday 17th.

Michelle from Diversion Green was a full of knowledge.

Thanks to Mayor Howard Mahoney who opened the event, and to TDs Roderick O’Gorman, Paul Donnelly and Jack Chambers, Councillors Mary McCamley, Siobhain Shovlin, Angela Donnelly, JK Onwumerah, Tanya Doyle, Breda Hanafy and Pamela Conroy.

Many thanks to all who contributed the delicious food, and donated to our produce tent.

Thank you also for lovely Tweets!

The Powerstown Allotment committee held a brilliant community event today. Delighted to join Minister Jack Chambers, Cllrs Tom Kitt, Mayor of Fingal Haword Mahoney and other reps to reflect on the imperatives of biodiversity, composting, growing and eating healthy organic foods. pic.twitter.com/uVjyE422ew

— Cllr. JK Onwumereh (@JKOnwumereh) September 17, 2022

Lovely morning at the Powerstown Allotments Open Day. Thanks for the delicious herbs and jam 🤤 pic.twitter.com/yBpQTa7CKn

— Roderic O’Gorman TD (@rodericogorman) September 17, 2022

Beautiful morning in @powerstownallot for their open day. Learning all about composting Do's & Do Not's. Enjoying nature in Fingal! @MayorofFingal @Fingalcoco @powerstownallot #lovenature #growyourown pic.twitter.com/jkUdm1mkdc

— Fingal Community Dev (@fingalcommunity) September 17, 2022

Congrats to @powerstownallot today for an excellent event this morning!

The committee held a composting workshop, showcased their amazing locally grown produce and demonstrated their brilliant community spirit.

Well done to all of Powerstown Allotments Committee!#LetsGetGrowing pic.twitter.com/EkM2M0S1y7

— Community Gardens Ireland (@CommunityGrdns) September 17, 2022

Thank you Powerstown Allotments for inviting me up today to your Autumn Harvest and for all the lovely produce 🌺@powerstownallot pic.twitter.com/8uLdj3ksPA

— Siobhan Shovlin (@siobhanshovlin) September 17, 2022

*the composting talk supported by the Dublin Airport Authority.

AUGUST clean up

Before and after pictures

Tea, coffee, cake and sandwiches break 🙂

• The joys of community forest gardening: a conversation as part of the “Together WE CAN” open space.

Monday 23rd May 19:00 to 20:00+ UK time

It’s is about at how can community forest gardens help solve many environmental & social issues (food security, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, clean air, social, etc)

Register for this session: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZ0rcu6srzkrE9AV…

• Skip on site for clean up weekend Friday 29 April to Monday 2 May 2022.

• Meet and greet with local Fingal county councillors Saturday 30 April, take a look in Dublin Gazette article about the event, pages 6 and 14.

• The AGM 2022 was held at 11am Saturday 2 April 2022 in Blanchardstown Library.

• Sign our petition to save the allotment site! https://powerstownallotments.com/save-powerstown-allotments/

• Read the Powerstown Allotment Committee proposal.

2017 Annual Open day:

Sat 4 Feb 2017 @ 2pm in Blanchardstown Library.

The speaker this year is John Harrington, who recently retired from his post as Senior Gardener for Fingal County Council. John has worked in the horticultural industry for more than 40 years, and has a in-depth knowledge of all things gardening. The talk will be followed as usual by tea & refreshments & chat.