Plant Bulbs and Grow Community at Open Havelock

Come and help with planting  Winter and Spring of Bulbs family event on Saturday 26 October from 12-3 pm. Plus Free Seeds will be available to take away. This is a fun and simple activity for all the children to enjoy. Meet the community at Open Havelock Community Centre, where Urban Trailblazer will be running this activity.

Bulbs are one of the easiest and most rewarding garden plants to grow. The RHS think bulbs make a beautiful display planted in containers or borders, especially daffodils, snowdrops and tulips in spring. For more information from the RHS on planting bulbs.

Bulb planting at Open Havelock

Urban Trailblazer

Urban Trailblazer CIC is creating beautiful herbal community gardens and fostering educational growth. Their journey is rooted in nurturing in how to benefit from nutritional, aromatherapy & medicinal green spaces. All this will benefit people’s lives.

Established in 2021, Urban  Trailblazer CIC has grown from one container on a London Underground station to five locations . This includes workshops and community gardens. With their focus  on medicinal, nutritional & aromatherapy  herbs we aim to educate and bring benefits to  the community

Join us in making a positive impact on the community! At Urban Trailblazer CIC, they are always on the lookout for dedicated volunteers. They need volunteers to help throughout the seasons at their allotment located in Manor Way, Southall UB2 4JJ.

They need your support with various tasks, including weeding, composting, seeding, watering, and mulching. Additionally, if you have any spare seeds, tools, a fence, a greenhouse, or a water butt that you can contribute to Urban Trailblazer, please get in touch.

Open Havelock community centre

Open Havelock Community hub in Southall offers outstanding facilities for people to exercise and socialise in. As part of the Open Havelock project, 36 abandoned garages and 2,000 square metres of empty space went through a transformation into a suite of new facilities for the community. The hub includes a multi-purpose room, workshops, children’s play and learning spaces, a community kitchen, changing rooms and secure storage facilities. With these they plan to build the connections of the community at Open Havelock.

Open Havelock is located underneath homes that make up the Willowbrook blocks of the Havelock estate. Their entrance is found off Willowbrook Road. You’ll see signs for Open Havelock as you turn off the Havelock Road. 

There are a variety of spaces available to hire:

• Multi-purpose room, Willowbrook South: Including kitchen, toilet and shower shared access (heated and ventilated). Available for one off or regular use.
• Play Pods, Willowbrook North: Including Kitchen and toilet shared access (heated and ventilated). Available for single let on 12-month basis (or shared between up to two organisations). Can be used for Community, Play, Learning, education and early year’s provision, Arts or music classes
• Leisure store unit, Willowbrook South: Including Kitchen and toilet shared access. Single let on 12-month basis (or shared between up to two organisations). Can be used for Leisure, Sport or other recreational activities including water-based sports
• Workshop unit, Willowbrook North/South: Including kitchen and toilet shared access. Single let on 12-month basis (or shared between up to two organisations). Suitable for Micro selling, Artist studios, Bike fixing and workshop.

To express an interest in space at Open Havelock, please complete the form.

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