It's not Rootstock without the irreverent Andy Sneaks
We call it the quiet before the storm, hoping for nice weather but whatever happens down at Rooted today, there will be good food, live music, stalls and fun so don't miss it 🙂🎸🍕
See you all tomorrow for Rootstock. Pizza, soup, arts, crafts, and live music. All the fun starts from 12pm.
We often do well to approach life from different angles, allowing us to see a problem more clearly. Also, using this angle led to discovery of some “slugduggery,” Eggshells and natural wool make for an uncomfortable running surface, and will allow us to eat the veg we grow at harvest time, rather than having to share with our slimy friends!
Our third Rootstock festival takes place on Saturday 22nd June. The weather has been fantastic for the first two, so lets hope it behaves itself on Saturday. The festival is outdoors and the attractions are accessible for all. Our site is alcohol free. There is no booze, making the entire day an enjoyable experience for all.
Rootstock, our annual free music festival starts at 12pm in just over a fortnight’s time, on Saturday 22nd June 2024
Recognising that we’re not allowed to plant permanently on our site, Emma and Keith from Hull college installed their latest art piece down in the wild garden at Rooted. Symbolising the importance of communication, they call it the “Wood Wide Web.” Come and have a look, it’s got a telephone on top and everything!
Our annual Rootstock Festival is happening again on Saturday 22nd June!
Here's a look at what you missed last year, don't make the same mistake twice (unless you want to 😉)
We've just told the bees and they don't care, but it's World Bee day today, its creating quite the buzz etc
Another great advert for Hull city, just in case anybody missed it (as we did 😆).
You might be able to get planting on a patch near you! Let us show you how to get started, there's plenty of people willing to help, and they're all over Hull, have a watch!
If you have been to an event at Rooted before, then this post is not for you because you already know! The rest of you, watch this video and then take note of where Harry Baker will be performing live next week. We’ll be firing up the oven and serving pizza from 6:30 pm until we run out. Wednesday 15th May!
Hull leads the way with the Right to Grow motion.
Today many of the spaces in the city were featured on BBC Morning Live including our very own Rooted in Hull on St Peter's Street. The full feature is available on the BBC iPlayer, but here's a snippet for now.
#RightToGrow
#BBCMorningLive
#lotteryfunded
We are still working out the finer details of our live nature streaming. Here are a couple of the stars we have discovered so far!
A special guest spotted at the Rooted ends
We're hoping Urbunnys are wise to sly friends!
Who fancies summat to watch!
Rooted in Hull does Breaking Bad starring Martin and Daz!
“Bees love Borage!”
Martin talks to Tom Heap’s The Climate Show when he visited last week and made a short piece about the recent ‘Right to Grow’ announcement in Hull.
Black Friday Announcement
Our Fridays are all special, no need to award a special colour. We don’t need special gimmicks to promote the good work we’re doing. Although, it is Friday and our live performance area is inside a purpose built, red shipping container.. so, Rooted in Hull presents…
Vendredi Rouge
Every Friday, for as long as we can!
Kicking us off is Peter K Rollings, with his Experimental Sonic Machines that he engineers and builds himself.
CAN’T HELP IT THE BOY CAN’T HELP IT
The young people from HANA have become regular visitors to Rooted this year. Here’s them performing a little chant about their day that they made up for us! Rhythm section was held together by Cole, The Human Beatbox, aka “THB”!
The final jar of honey has departed, heading to one lucky winner for just a quid in the draw. To celebrate, we drafted in a team of choreographers. The result? Three words: Innovation, Rhythm, Style.