Co-Designing Community Gardens

Co-Designing Community Gardens

Community gardening is a process of community engagement, but how to start? Join Jack and Alice as they walk us through co-design principles that the've used to embed community at the heart of Global Generation gardens. 

You will,

• Develop an understanding of Vision Mission Aims and Culture statements.
• Learn about facilitating the process of co-creating them.
• Gain an overview of the stages of design and construction.
• Understand how to engage key stakeholders and integrate organisational needs and key constraints in your site design.
• Learn a range of engagement strategies to employ throughout the design process and beyond.

Event Details

Where: The Paper Garden, Teredo St, London SE16 7LW

When: Thursday 15th February 2024

Lunch is included

Cost: The event is £20. We don't exclude on the basis of cost. Please email [email protected] if needed.

Any questions please contact Amber on 0776 1920 776 or by email.

Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

About the Trainers

Global Generation have been embedding community in the heart of new green spaces since 2009, working in their flagship gardens in Kings Cross, and more latterly at the Paper Garden in Canada Water. Alongside this, they support over 40 gardens in schools, estates and in the public realm. 

Alice is an architect, community build manager and lecturer at the University College London. Throughout her career to date she has worked collaboratively with communities to design and create spaces within the city. At Global Generation, as community build manager, her role is to manage and oversee the construction process of the gardens and to establish participatory methods of construction, providing opportunities for connection and education along the way. 

Jack is a facilitator, educator and community gardener. In Working closely with grass-roots initiatives, he identified that a common issue is a lack of direction and making decisions reactively, rather than proactively. Combining knowledge in social permaculture and group facilitation methods, he works with community projects to establish a collective vision that can be used to aid decision-making and plan for the future.