For many people arriving to seek asylum in the UK, community growing spaces can offer vital and unique opportunities to find community, improve mental and physical health and to learn and share skills. These resources have been designed to encourage and support community growing groups to...
London has the largest concentration of city/care farms and community gardens of any UK city, so there are loads of places to visit, volunteer or support. London's network of farms and gardens offer services to business, schools and health commissioners; corporate volunteering, venue hire, landscaping, workshops, creches, after-school clubs, social/care farming, mobile farms and much, much more. Take a look at the following video to find out more:
FCFCG has plenty of information about London's community growing scene, including:
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London Harvest Festival: This year's event, on Saturday 29th September, will mark 20 years of the London Harvest Festival. Held by London's community growers each year, this is a great day out for all the family. There's also a new venue - Woodlands Farm in Greenwich.
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London Map: (published 2014). A colourful map of London's city farms and community gardens. Many of these sites are open to visitors or offer opportunities for volunteering, work training or education.
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Resources Page: There are lots of useful information resources available for London community growers in our resources section.
See also below, for a map view or list of local community growing sites, as well as local news, events and case studies.
London
London
| City / County | |
|---|---|
| Dorset Road Allotments | London |
| Forest Farm Peace Garden | Hainault, Essex |
| St Luke's Community Centre | London |
| Green Shoots | London |
| Belmont Childrens Farm | London |
| Glengall Wharf Garden | London |
| Tom's Farm - Nightingale School | London |
| Cordwainers Community Garden | London |
| Friends of Grenville Gardens (FROGG) | London |
| Red Cross Garden | London |
| Olden Community Garden | London |
| Friends of Abbey Gardens | London |
Get Involved
Amber Alferoff, London Project Officer
Email: amber@farmgarden.org.uk or london@farmgarden.org.uk
Tel: 07761 920 776
Usual working days Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday
Latest news
The School Farm Awards 2018, held on Monday 2 July, celebrated and recognised the achievements of school farms, their schools and students from across the country. The Education Alliance partners were delighted to again to hold the Awards at the Royal Agricultural University, following a highly...
Upcoming events
CEVAS (Countryside Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme) has announced dates for 2018 training events. The scheme offers training for individuals who are working – or plan to work – with groups of school children, young people or clients with additional needs.
We are delighted to be working in partnership with Dobies who, as well as offering discounts on their products for our members, are sponsoring a year’s worth of vital training for members of Social Farms & Gardens. This training will support members to grow a healthy community garden and a...
Start / End Date: 25th January 2019, 09:30 to 16:30
This is the first event in our 'Growing a healthy community garden' programme, sponsored by Dobies. We are delighted to be working in partnership with Dobies who, as well as offering discounts on their products for our members, are...
Useful Case Studies
Our member groups provide the inspiration for these videos, created as part of our Tyfu Pobl programme in Wales but of interest to viewers across the UK, which shows our members in action and illustrate how our support has helped in their development...