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We encourage you to have your say by commenting on our social media posts. We won’t censor comments - even if they are critical of Northern Roots. However, we do have a few rules everyone must follow and will remove posts that don't meet these standards. Monitoring

Although we try to manage the content our social media channels inside office hours, we can't moni

tor posts 100% of the time. We will remove any content that doesn't fit within our guidelines as soon as we see it. Respecting others

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We reserve the right to block users, without notice if necessary, for seriously breaching or continually breaching these rules about acceptable use. We reserve the right to change these rules, without notice, to better align with our values and other online protocols.

To celebrate summer and the abundance of harvest, we invite you to GATHER at Northern Roots👋GATHER: Grown in Oldham, Mad...
08/08/2025

To celebrate summer and the abundance of harvest, we invite you to GATHER at Northern Roots👋

GATHER: Grown in Oldham, Made in Oldham on Thursday 14th August 2pm – 4pm

🍅🥬Pop along to our Urban Farm produce sale where you can buy vegetables, herbs and flowers grown on our farm, talk with our Growers and relax in our Community Garden, with live acoustic music from master kora player Jali Nyonkoling Kuyateh.

🍯Grab Northern Roots honey produced by Hive5 Manchester
🍰Delicious treats from Cake o'clock Oldham
💭Have a moment of calm with Karma Heart reiki
🎨Buy handmade paper artwork and from Glimpsing Light
⚒️Treat yourself to handmade metal keyrings and trinkets from blacksmith Yggdrasil Forge

Plan your visit👉 https://northern-roots.uk/gather/

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08/08/2025

Fuelled by our love of good food, we’re experimenting with a traditional wood-fired pizza oven!🍕

With help from local young people from I love Oldham Virtual Schools programme and our , we’ve collected natural clay from our site and excess straw from our wheat harvest and moulded it into outdoor pizza oven🔥

We want local people and young people to feel connected to the natural environment and the food they eat. This has also allowed us to test traditional methods, re-use natural materials, actively learn and pass on skills, and - most importantly - have creative fun outdoors.

🍽Looking for an immersive, outdoor dining experience? Don’t miss our very special farm to fork feast at Northern Roots by Gwafuvegan Enjoy a three courses vegan meal and a selection of delicious drinks, all made using produce grown right here at the Urban Farm.

Only on Thurs 14th August 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Tickets £25 for local residents and £30 for general admission.

Secure your seat now - https://farm-to-fork-gwafu-vegan.eventbrite.co.uk

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📢 Important research survey opportunity!📢🌳 What do you think of Oldham's parks, woodlands and other local nature spaces?...
07/08/2025

📢 Important research survey opportunity!📢

🌳 What do you think of Oldham's parks, woodlands and other local nature spaces? The GreenME Project would love to hear your views, which will help improve Oldham's nature for its people and communities.

🌳Chance to win a £30 food voucher for a local growing community cafe & shop - Veg in the Park, Waterhead Park.

🌳Please have your say! It takes 10-15 mins.

🌳Click here https://tinyurl.com/GreenMEsurvey2025 or scan the QR code.

🌳This research is run by The University of Salford, in partnership with 7 other countries, investing in Oldham's spaces and people. Read more about the project at GreenME Project by visiting their Linked In page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/greenme-project/

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Are you coming to our Urban Farm produce sale today 2pm - 4pm? We've got a variety of tasty tomatoes, cucumbers, courget...
07/08/2025

Are you coming to our Urban Farm produce sale today 2pm - 4pm?

We've got a variety of tasty tomatoes, cucumbers, courgette, beetroot, garlic, runner beans, broad beans, mixed salad bags, a variety of fresh herbs, edible flowers and much more!🍅🥬🧄

Everything is being harvested this morning by our dedicated and Growers, so it's a fresh as can be. Northern Roots honey is £10 per jar, limited to one jar per family🍯

You'll get to see the apiary where our honey is produced, explore the poly tunnels and our rows and rows of veg, chat to our welcoming team and relax in our community garden. Everyone is welcome👋

Can't make it today? Our produce sale dates are...
🥬Thursday 21st, and 28th August
🍅Thursday 4th, 11th and 18th September
⏱️Between 2pm and 4pm

Cash and card accepted. Northern Roots, Kings Road, , OL8 2BJ. Visit our website for full details and parking information - https://northern-roots.uk/events/urban-farm-produce-sales/

Northern Roots Young Creatives, Tamikka and Hassan, delivered a brilliant, playful session for Youth Voice at Spark Oldh...
07/08/2025

Northern Roots Young Creatives, Tamikka and Hassan, delivered a brilliant, playful session for Youth Voice at Spark Oldham last night.

Youth Voice are an impressive group of young people from and who meet weekly to discuss the things that matter most to them - and how they can make change.

Tamikka, Hassan and Chloe(who couldn’t be with us last night) designed the session to understand what young people would like to do, see and create at Northern Roots as we move towards opening new buildings and facilities in summer 2026, and to ask them what matters most to them.

From good coffee, games, and a safe space to hang out and socialise in, to the challenges of violence, discrimination and gaining employment, it was a privilege to see so many ideas and conversations flowing in the session. Thank you for hosting us guys 😊

Northern Roots Young Creatives is a paid, 9-week programme designed to enable young people (18-24) from Oldham to curate and produce an entirely youth-led, youth-focused event for young people at Northern Roots this autumn. The event will take place on Sunday 21st September – so save the date, details coming soon!

Our three Young Creatives bring an incredible range of skills, experience, and energy to the programme. With the support of the Northern Roots team, they will develop new and existing skills across pitching and developing ideas, production, marketing and evaluation, and feed young people’s ideas and needs into our new Arts and Culture Strategy.

We have incredible young people in our communities. The future is bright.

Northern Roots Young Creatives is made possible by funding from Arts Council.

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‘’It’s inspired me. I’m going to buy some paper and charcoal and I’m going to sit and do some nature drawing. I feel com...
06/08/2025

‘’It’s inspired me. I’m going to buy some paper and charcoal and I’m going to sit and do some nature drawing. I feel comfortable with that now. I’ve really enjoyed today’s session and it’s given me oodles of confidence – thank you!’’

Thank you to artist Jo Blaker for bringing your creative flair to Northern Roots and helping us embrace and capture the beautiful nature on our site🎨

This summer our adult programme includes wild food forging, folklore writing, a farm-to-fork feast, heritage walks and storytelling around the fire, with more to be announced very soon. Secure your place today👉 https://northern-roots.uk/whats-on/

Arts and culture is a key pillar of the Northern Roots charity, and our site will continue to act as venue, inspiration, canvas and source of materials for arts and culture programming🎭

Our ambition is to provide a platform for local, emerging talent, curate a high-quality offer that involves local communities, and use arts and culture to connect a wider range of people with the natural environment. Visit our website to learn more - https://northern-roots.uk/opportunities/arts-culture/

Have you ever tried tomatoes grown in Oldham? They're delicious!🍅Come to our Urban Farm Produce Sale this Thursday 7th A...
05/08/2025

Have you ever tried tomatoes grown in Oldham? They're delicious!🍅

Come to our Urban Farm Produce Sale this Thursday 7th August 2pm - 4pm and see for yourself👀

We'll have a variety of tomatoes, courgettes, beetroot, onions, runner beans and broad beans, kale, fresh salad, garlic, beautiful flower bouquets and much more!

Make a day out of it - grab your fresh veg for the week, explore the polytunnels and connect with our friendly, expert Growers. Everyone is welcome including little ones, and four legged friends kept on leads.

See produce sale dates here - https://northern-roots.uk/events/urban-farm-produce-sales/

And don't miss GATHER: Grown in Oldham, Made in Oldham on Thursday 14th August 2pm - 4pm, our produce sale with local makers market, where you can buy...
🍯Northern Roots honey
🍰delicious cakes from Cake o'clock Oldham
🥄handmade metal trinkets from our on site blacksmith Yggdrasil Forge
👀 and more to be announced!

Northern Roots, Kings Road, , OL8 2BJ. Cash or card accepted. Visit our website for full details and parking information – https://northern-roots.uk/gather/



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To celebrate summer and the abundance of harvest, we invite you to GATHER at Northern Roots👋GATHER: Grown in Oldham, Mad...
04/08/2025

To celebrate summer and the abundance of harvest, we invite you to GATHER at Northern Roots👋

GATHER: Grown in Oldham, Made in Oldham on Thursday 14th August 2pm – 4pm

🍅🥬Pop along to our Urban Farm produce sale where you can buy vegetables, herbs and flowers grown on our farm, talk with our Growers and relax in our Community Garden, with live acoustic music from master kora player Jali Nyonkoling Kuyateh.

🍯🍰Grab Northern Roots honey produced by Hive5 Manchester and delicious treats from Cake o'clock Oldham, and meet Manchester Fruit Tree Coop and Karma Heart reiki. More stalls to be announced soon!

Plan your visit👉 https://northern-roots.uk/gather/

Want to get involved? We’re inviting Oldham businesses to apply for a free trading pitch!

We’re offering a limited number of free stalls to local makers, growers, bakers, wellness practitioners and ethical traders. This will be a unique celebration of food, , community and and will take place on the UK’s largest urban farm and eco-park, right here in .

If you’re interested in joining us, please email [email protected] to express your interest.

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Don't miss Khushi Festival TODAY at Northern Roots. Get involved in…. 💃Mughal Miniatures by Sonia Sabri Company at 1pm a...
03/08/2025

Don't miss Khushi Festival TODAY at Northern Roots. Get involved in….

💃Mughal Miniatures by Sonia Sabri Company at 1pm and 2.30pm – Expressive dance, evocative puppetry and incredible music at the beautiful setting of Northern Roots.

🐐The Moving Meadow at 12.30pm and 2pm – A celebration of rich cultural heritage with beautiful puppet performance!

🎨Mandala Making Workshop at 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm - Unleash your creativity in this nature-inspired meditative session facilitated by Darshika Patel.

All performances at Northern Roots are free but must be booked in advance. Visit Oldham Coliseum’s website for full details - https://www.coliseum.org.uk/news/oldham-s-popular-festival-of-happiness-returns-next-month/

Brought to you by Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Women's CHAI Project - Care, Help & Inspire with support from I love Oldham. In partnership with Northern Roots.

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Don't miss Khushi Festival at Northern Roots on Sunday 3rd August! Get involved in…. 💃Mughal Miniatures by Sonia Sabri C...
01/08/2025

Don't miss Khushi Festival at Northern Roots on Sunday 3rd August! Get involved in….

💃Mughal Miniatures by Sonia Sabri Company at 1pm and 2.30pm – Expressive dance, evocative puppetry and incredible music at the beautiful setting of Northern Roots.

🐐The Moving Meadow at 12.30pm and 2pm – A celebration of rich cultural heritage with beautiful puppet performance!

🎨Mandala Making Workshop at 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm - Unleash your creativity in this nature-inspired meditative session facilitated by Darshika Patel.

All performances at Northern Roots are free but must be booked in advance. Visit Oldham Coliseum’s website for full details - https://www.coliseum.org.uk/news/oldham-s-popular-festival-of-happiness-returns-next-month/

Brought to you by Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Women's CHAI Project - Care, Help & Inspire with support from I love Oldham. In partnership with Northern Roots.

See full weekend programme here - https://www.coliseum.org.uk/news/oldham-s-popular-festival-of-happiness-returns-next-month/

This is a weekend you won’t want to miss! 💃🥁🌞

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We’re sad to announce that we have experienced repeated thefts of fruit trees from the Northern Roots Urban Farm over th...
01/08/2025

We’re sad to announce that we have experienced repeated thefts of fruit trees from the Northern Roots Urban Farm over the last few months.

We’re working very hard to create the second phase of our Urban Farm, a productive 4-acre growing space full of healthy produce and fruit trees, where local people and visitors can experience growing, learn new skills, and connect to nature and food production.

A significant number of fruit trees have been stolen. Young fruit trees are expensive and can only be planted at certain times of the year, so the impact is long lasting. These trees were proudly planted by our hardworking volunteers and young people on placement from Positive Steps.

These fruit trees have been stolen not just from the Northern Roots charity, but also from the local community who were set to benefit in the future, from our funders and supporters, and from the wildlife and biodiversity these trees would have supported. If you have any information relating to the theft of the trees, please get in touch.

Northern Roots exists to transform neglected land into a destination that is ‘of’ the local people of Oldham, but for everyone. Work has begun on a brand-new Visitor Centre with café, shop, meeting space and adjacent amphitheatre, a Forestry Skills Centre and the Phase 2 Urban Farm, and will be opening to the public in summer 2026. We are creating inspirational spaces, moments and opportunities for people to connect around food, growing, nature, learning, creativity, sport, work and play.

We want to thank all of you for following our journey so far. Your support and passion for Northern Roots is heard and inspires our team daily.

Thank you,
Northern Roots

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