Syrian refugees welcome – thegreenerdream

Community spirit.

October 12, 2018September 16, 2019mariamayfleming

It has been just over a year since the Ballaghaderreen Community Garden was started. We are very happy and privileged to be part of the committee and to have followed this endeavour from an early age. We wrote about the starting up process in this post, about a year ago.

Open Garden for Amnesty 2018

January 19, 2018July 19, 2018mariamayfleming

Following on from last year’s very successful event we have decided to open our garden for two days this summer. On Saturday the 14^th and Sunday the 15^th of July, from noon to 5pm, you are welcome to stroll through our garden, peek inside our eco-buildings and enjoy some refreshments in our pop up Amnestea café. We are situated close to Ballaghaderreen, in the northwest part of County Roscommon. The weekend is in aid of Amnesty International Ireland and all proceeds will go towards their work.

A successful washout!

July 16, 2017October 11, 2017mariamayfleming

Yesterday was a very special day here at the greener dream. Our long awaited Amnesty Open Garden day had finally arrived.

A new beginning.

March 15, 2017March 15, 2017mariamayfleming

Work continues in our community for welcoming the Syrian refugees who are to arrive shortly. A pilot project, run by community volunteers has been set up called “Friends of the Centre”, Ballaghaderreen. The volunteers will work in collaboration with the Department of Justice and the Irish Red Cross to support the wellbeing and integration of the refugees into the Irish community.

Young swallows hatched in our garden last year.

A heartfelt welcome.

February 6, 2017April 17, 2017mariamayfleming

Last week we were honoured to be asked by the “Welcome to Roscommon” Movement to create the artwork for the welcome wall project. As some of you know already, Ballaghaderreen has been selected to host a number of Syrian Refugees in a transition centre, where they can rest, recuperate and get to know their new country a little bit before being moved to permanent housing across the country. You can read about the many wonderful projects the Welcome to Roscommon movement are initiating to make this transition as positive and easy as possible on their Facebook page.