Author: Okehampton Community Garden

This year the community garden is celebrating it's 10th Anniversary and we had a lovely opportunity to work with Wren Music, thanks to funding from Arts Council England, to bring to the community an afternoon of 'folk and frolicking' - floral headdresses - folk music - maypole dancing - songs around the fire and a … Continue reading Midsummer Celebrations

We began 2021 with great deal of optimism. With life slowing down and changing in unexpected ways during 2020, some people discovered the community garden for the first time, and were pleasantly surprised by what goes on right on their doorstep. This encouraged us to apply for some funding to help us extend our offer. … Continue reading Gratitude

Spending time enjoying the outdoors lifts the spirit, coupled with some gentle Tai Chi and the beautiful backdrop of Dartmoor, it's very easy to lose time in the community garden. We don't take things too seriously, we seldom rush and we always have time for a cuppa. We are proud of the variety of thing … Continue reading Going with the Flow

We are lucky to have the Okehampton Men in Sheds as our neighbours, as we help one another grow through our community connections. A lovely lady, Michelle, who does some fundraising for the Men in Sheds, kindly knocked on our door and offered to help us make the community garden more child friendly. We have … Continue reading Community Connections

Since 2019 we have been hosting outdoor Tai Chi with Forest Chi, the financial support through Active Devon's Connecting Actively with Nature programme helped us get this off the ground. As the changes came along in 2020 so did the demand for outdoor well-being activities. Pretty soon we were working with other well-being groups, such … Continue reading Mind, Body and Soul

The beginning of February didn't just bring the great news about the funding from the lottery, it also brought blue skies and sunshine. Volunteers came along to help us dispose of rickety old sheds, extending the polytunnel as well as other jobs around the garden. The garden is run by volunteers and mainly funded by … Continue reading Blue skies and sunshine brings explosion of activity around the garden

The community garden is now in its 10th year and some of our facilities needed a bit of an upgrade. The space is now used in many different ways, we have regular campfire evenings, Outdoor Tai Chi and more recently, meditation sessions. Our neighbours are a pretty busy Men in Sheds group and so we … Continue reading A great start to the year!