Stories Schools / Communities

Ed Bond a Science teacher who is also part of the Horticulture team at Redwood Park Academy leads the student group sessions as part of the schools weekly timetable. Groups from year 8 to 11 learn and work in the gardens across the week, developing and maintaining the growing spaces for all of the school…

In the space of just three short years, the team at Hammersmith Academy have increased engagement with their garden from 30 students per academic year to over 500. Starting with a single greenhouse and a handful of raised beds in September 2015, the garden now has its own brood of chickens, an orchard, a new…

Since summer 2017, the team at The Clare School have been working to rejuvenate their garden. An area that used to be inaccessible to disabled pupils is now a beautiful green space with a full-functioning, accessible greenhouse. About the garden The Clare School’s project began when they started work on disused scrub land, featuring a…

St Peter’s Garden group was formed in 2008, to provide gardening activities for the parish of St Peter’s Church, residents, children and vulnerable people in the community. About the garden In 2008, the area around St Peter’s Church was completely overgrown. After deciding that the area should be turned into a community garden, volunteers set…

Summary Springvale Community Garden was started in 2008 in Sheffield, when a small group of volunteers cleared a disused industrial site which had once been the local sewage works. Now, almost four acres of wilderness have been turned into a valuable community resource. About the garden Blessed with plenty of space, Springvale Community Garden features…

The Green Grafters are a team of volunteers who beautify disused and scruffy community spaces in their local area. Their main projects are Tarrant Grove Community Garden and the allotment at Tennial Lane, which stretch along a bus route through a local estate and are flanked by a set of low-rise flats. Following the success…