New Contract For 2007

Participaction has secured a contract to grow plants for the North Yorks Moors Railway. In 2007 Participaction will grow bedding plants for all the railway stations on the steam engine line between Grosmont and Pickering.

Summer Barbecues

The Great Summer Weather this year has allowed the Participaction members to enjoy some great barbecues this year. The new Brick barbecue built by the big lads team has been put to good use

Summer Sunflower Competition 2006

The Annual sunflower competition was a close run thing this year with only a a few centimeters between most of the competitors. The eventual winner was Heather who just sneaked Sean's gigantic effort in the last couple of days of the competition. The Prize for the sunflower with the biggest head was won by Michelle.

Michelle's big head - Huge sunflower head summer 2006

Farewell To Sue !

The start of the summer saw Sue Hodgeson, one of the Participaction founder members, leave the project and set off on a round the world voyage with her partner Dave. It was a tearful moment for all to see Sue a great friend to everyone at Participaction leave after so long at the project. Currently Sue and Dave are in Ireland and plan to head off into the Med for the Winter months. Anyone wanting to read about Sue and Dave's adventures can do so at their blog (internet diary) called Yaucht Fiona by clicking here

Member Profile -Dennis Brown

 Dennis was born in Ugthorpe and attended the local school there. He is proud to be a Yorkshireman and boast that he has always lived in the area. Dennis came to the Garden Project at Stainsacre in Sept 2004 and says he feels very much at home at Stainsacre. Dennis enjoys the outdoors and is a member of the local rambling club. He Enjoys nothing more than setting off for a long walk and is very familiar with all the villages surrounding Whitby. Dennis is a Very health conscious and is a keen bodybuilder who believes seriously in keeping himself fit and healthy. In his spare time Dennis enjoys TV and sport, and in particular football. Whilst Dennis enjoys his food he admits that he does not like cooking. However now that Dennis has discovered gardening he says he would like to learn to cook the vegetables he grows at the garden. Dennis' ambitition is to have his own plot of land at the garden and perhaps learn how to grow flowers

Water Project Complete

The project to collect water from the drainage area at Stainsacre is now  complete. Under the supervision of Tony Murphy project members have set up large water Troughs to collect drainage water in the woodland at the bottom of the participaction site at Stainsacre. 

The water is then pumped (generator powered) to the water butts on site.

Guttering and and drain pipes leading to onsite water butts have also been erected.

Marrows Gone Mad

The early season heatwave followed by a damp but warm spell through August has given perfect conditions for the courgettes and marrows. This Wheel barrow full is just a a small percentage of this years fine crop.

Plant Sale

Despite the horrendous weather at this years annual bedding plant sale, at our site in Stainsacre, sales were better than ever. An Excellent turnout from the public meant that yet again most of our plants were sold over the 2 days of the sale. Participaction would like to thank Nicky and all involved for braving the weather this year and making the sale a fantastic success.