Food Cycle

Dublin Cycling Campaign and Dublin Community Growers are organising a Food cycle, with visits to a number of Dublin's many community gardens.  There will be four rides, starting from different locations to visit several community gardens before converging for a picnic in Iveagh Gardens off Harcourt Street.

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The starting points are

• Finglas Community Garden, St Barry's National School for girls, Barry Avenue
• St. Anne's Allotments (the enclosed garden, off All Saints Drive - next entrance on left , after the tennis courts, on way to Watermill Rd)
• Pearse College Allotments, Clogher Road, Crumlin
• Cherry Orchard Community Garden, inside the railings of Cherry Orchard Equine Education Centre, at the end of Cherry Orchard Avenue

Further details of the rides below.

All rides start at 11am.  Please bring food for the picnic!

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Details of rides

Ride 1 (Finglas)

1. Start at Finglas Community Garden, Barry Avenue, 11am
2. Cabra Community Garden, Ventry Park
3. Sitric Compost Garden, Stoneybatter
4. Picnic in Iveagh Gardens

Ride 2 (St. Anne's)

1. Start at St Anne's Allotments, St Anne's Park
2. Visit Summerhill Community Garden, Summer Street North
3. De Courcy Square, Glasnevin
4. Great Western Square, Phibsborough
5. Picnic in Iveagh Gardens

Ride 3 (Crumlin)

1. Start at Pearse College Allotments, Clogher Street
2. Grand Canal Allotments, beside Priestfield Drive
3. South Circular Road Community Garden, Dolphins Barn
4. Ringsend Community Garden, Thorncastle Street
5. Pearse House Community Gardens
6. Picnic in Iveagh Gardens

Ride 4 (Cherry Orchard)

1. Start at Cherry Orchard Community Garden, Cherry Orchard Green
2. St. Andrew's Men's Garden, 468 South Circular Road
3. Sophia Housing, 25 Cork Street
4. Sundial House, 140 Bow Lane West
5. Picnic in Iveagh Gardens