GIY (Grow it Yourself) Westport is a new initiative aimed at getting people interested in growing their own food and providing them with the practical skills they need to do so successfully.
The group will get growers together on a regular basis to talk, learn from each other and exchange tips, produce and share war stories.
GIY activities include monthly meetings, talks and demos; garden visits, seed and seedling swaps; produce bartering, mentor panels and grower's meitheals.

Not only has the weather been fantastic this summer but the summer fruiting trees and bushes are laden down with ripening fruit.
Blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries are producing a bumper crop of delicious fruit.
Late June is an ideal time to plant fruiting plants in your garden and many plants ready for planting are carrying fruit even as young plants.

Early June signals the start of the summer flowering trees and shrubs and one of the most popular summer flowering trees is the lovely golden rain tree.
This small to medium size tree produces a mass of foot long flowers from early June to create a stunning show of colour. The golden rain tree is easy to grow and will suit most soil types.