We’re delighted to share that we’ve been awarded £15,550from the National Lottery Community Fund to improve thecar park at the community garden. This much-neededupgrade will make the garden far more accessible,particularly during the wetter months of the year.The community garden shares its grounds withOkehampton Men in Sheds, a group with a strong andactive membership. This … Continue reading Okehampton Community Garden celebrates funding from the National Lottery!
Green Thumbs, Happy Minds: Why Gardening Matters
Have you ever wondered how gardening can change your life, inside and out? Whether you’re looking to improve your health, connect with nature, or simply grow your own food, gardening offers endless rewards. Gardening is an amazing way to get outdoors and really make an impact on your local community, and environment as well as … Continue reading Green Thumbs, Happy Minds: Why Gardening Matters
Our Beautiful Community Garden
Our community garden is situated along Fatherford Lane with an amazing view of Dartmoor. It’s a space where you can find inner peace and tranquility sitting at the picnic tables in the wildflower garden or in front of the Heart Space, or the benches dotted around the fruit and veg garden, where you can pass the … Continue reading Our Beautiful Community Garden
Apple Pressing Day with Wren Music
We borrowed an apple press from friends of the community garden, Kay and John. We used up all the remaining apples from the community garden orchard and the juice was delicious. The apple press all set up and ready to go! Everyone got busy collecting apples, chopping and crushing...producing the sweetest fresh apple juice...looking forward … Continue reading Apple Pressing Day with Wren Music
Junk Music Day with Wren Music
This was great family activity organised by Wren Music. Both adults and children had fun in equal measure. A few people starting to make a noise A bit of instruction before everyone gets stuck in It got quite noisy in the community garden for a little while as everyone got into bashing their drums and … Continue reading Junk Music Day with Wren Music
Summer Celebration with Wren Music
The sun was shining and we even had a visit from the local Mayor! Morris Dancers jingled and the tea and cake flowed! Things get a bit jingly with the Morris Dancers A Swedish traditional song and dance around the floral arch
The Geodesic Dome
This has been a fun little project to do. It took us a couple of goes, but we got there in the end! The first layer was easy! Then a few more people got involved, and things started to get complicated! Then the 'Sisterhood' got together and put the dome up in no time at … Continue reading The Geodesic Dome
Show The Love Campaign – Green Hearts
The Climate Coalition set up a campaign to show how many people share the desire to see action to tackle climate change and protect nature. #ShowTheLove - Green Hearts campaign has been growing for 10 years, to find out more and how to get in involved go to theclimatecoalition.org Thanks to Fran Rickwood for coordinating … Continue reading Show The Love Campaign – Green Hearts
Wassail with Wren Music
We had a fabulous time at our Wassail this year! Wren Music always show a warm welcome, lovely folk songs and very loud drumming. With mulled cider and a hearty winter soup after waking up the apple trees. Let's wake up some trees with lots of noise! Our tree being blessed, wassail songs being sung … Continue reading Wassail with Wren Music
Donating
We are often asked "how can we donate?" Well, we have just made it easier! Follow the link to our PayPal page https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PF22RN2MFFPG8 We currently have numerous projects running at the garden. We hold regular well-being sessions, such as Tai Chi, Meditation, and Sound Baths. We try to raise funds to help keep the cost … Continue reading Donating
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