Eco-Friendly Garforth

08/08/2026

So approximately 1.5 billion cows in the world, all burping out methane and pooing a lot! How much is something we asked Matthias at Breeze to help us to calculate, and he got us off to a great start..Thanks Matthias!
Each cow produces on average 30kg of manure per day, so thats about 10 tons a year.
Multiplied by 1.5 billion cows thats a lot of manure....about 15 billion tons!
Worse still it contains nitrous oxide, another powerful greenhouse gas. So rearing cows to satisfy increasing demand for meat uses a lot of land, a lot of water and produces lots of methane and nitrous oxide which contribute to global warming.
Good enough reasons to eat less meat?

08/08/2026

And we have a winner, Miss Wong! Thanks to Vix for doing the Draw. Congratulations and enjoy using rainwater when it comes, to water your garden

08/08/2026

It's all happening g down here at Breeze! Free draw to win a water butt, printing with Faye our youth worker and learning about vegetable growing with slugs and Trellis. Not to mention our spinner quiz!

10/07/2026

Add permaculture design to your toolkit with the Leeds Permaculture Design Course (Leeds PDC)!

Based at inspiring venues around Leeds including Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, TCV Hollybush, Bedford Fields Community Forest Garden and more...

This course includes:
2 full weekends (September and May) for an immersive beginning and closing of the course.
7 Saturday sessions (one each month, Oct-April)
Several inspiring visits
2 online seminars
You will go on to join the community of practice in Leeds

Doing the Leeds PDC you will:
• develop your permaculture skills and understanding
• have a good overview of what permaculture is and how it is being used
• produce and implement a site design (e.g. for a house, garden, farm, woodland, park)
• learn how to apply permaculture to your own life
• recognise and develop your own skills
• work collaboratively, share ideas and know how to contribute to the wider community
• be inspired and meet new people
• have fun!

Comments from previous participants:

'Brilliant, thought provoking sessions'
'Good mix of practical and theory'
'You gain knowledge about permaculture and gives a great insight.'
'I would highly recommend. Fun, fascinating and good for the soul'
'What I didn't expect was how much I'd build friendships and community with the other participants''

Check out our instagram and facebook for more feedback and testimonials from previous students.

28/06/2026

Garforth Repair Café - Clothing Special

The next Repair Café will be at the Methodist Church Hall on Sunday 5th July from 2-4pm.

The café isn't just about fixing equipment and sharpening tools we also have a skilled group that can do alterations to clothes such as fix zips, sew on buttons, hemming (pants, skirts, sleeves), waist adjustments (taking in or letting out seams) etc!

24/06/2026

Youth group postponed due to weather

This heatwave is even hotter than our hot pot chillis!
Due to weather warnings, Fair Shares youth group will not be running tomorrow.
We’ll be back on Tuesday 13th July, in a new location, so keep an eye out for more info, coming soon!

19/06/2026

Lovely hosting 1st Garforth Rainbows at the community garden last night! They explored this now much Wilder space, made Summer crowns and completed their Outdoors badge. Congratulations all! Unfortunately we were too busy playing to take photos! But here are a few from last month in the garden. After our almost 3 month absence Nature has really claimed the land back ...so great for wildlife. In the light of our now temporary tenure we re not doing too much to change that, so the Rainbows may have been our last group event!

15/06/2026

Garforth Allotments Association has some vacant plots at Bank Row which are located off Barwick Road. Until recently there hasn’t been any drive access, there is now a permanent drive to drive into the allotments.

31/05/2026

Next Repair Cafe: Sunday 7th June, 2-4pm at the Methodist Church Hall

Find out more on our website:

https://ecofriendlygarforth.org.uk/repair-cafe/

Note the change from our usual venue.

Repair Café We live in a throw away culture. When something breaks, we tend to throw it away and buy new. Electronics are a particular problem – globally, we generate over 60 million tonnes of e-waste every year. The Garforth Repair Café helps to change that. We want to rekindle the lost arts of...

10/05/2026