Dundee's Food Growing and Community Garden Network
A place to connect and get involved with food growing in Dundee.
What's On
Food growing workshops and events
Come along to our friendly and fun events to learn about food growing and nature: music, food, workshops, open days, mindfulness or craft, for all ages and abilities. Most events are free.
The group meets on Tuesdays at the Community Garden’s Forest Garden from 10.15 till 11.30 am. It is parent/carer led and is free for anyone with a child who is not in school. No need to book, just come along. We do growing and gardening!
We need volunteers with all sorts of talents to help our community gardens thrive. Learn new skills, meet local people and discover nature on your doorstep. Sign up now.
We are meeting in the garden and tackling many jobs! From pruning to working on our mixed orchard, you can join in whether you have got lots of gardening skills or simply a willingness to get stuck in and learn. We'll also have time for a cup of tea, a sweet treat, and a wee chatter in the community pantry. Everyone is welcome! Hope to see you there!
Volunteers can be involved with gardening tasks, designing new areas of garden development, planning and running events. We are always keen to build on volunteer’s interests, skills and experience and therefore encourage suggestions and ideas and volunteers from all walks of life.
As a volunteer with the Ardler Community Garden you can help with weeding beds, planting new plants and harvesting produce both for the gardens and for sharing with the local Macmillan cafe. More experienced gardeners share their knowledge with the rest of the group who are keen to learn.
We are seriously addressing food insecurity, carbon emissions and the malnutrition associated with a hyper-processed diet as well as offering educational and therapeutic spaces in our fabulous community market garden located in Camperdown Country Park.
We have been out and about at Dundee Uni. We've been spreading the word about the opportunities available in our Community Growing spaces and gardens for volunteering. The students had a chance to ask all about the gardens and how to get involved. We gave away free seeds and made a few herbal tea bags. It was so much fun to meet lots of new faces and chat to lots of bright sparks! Hoping to see a few of them over the coming weeks.
Ever tasted Dandelion coffee? It's not as bad as it sounds, it is surprisingly delicious! Save money and boost your health with some tasty root herb preparations.
We had an introduction to making our own Terrariums and had lots of fun getting creative! We used small Aloes, Jade plants (Crassula) and Fittonia with bright variegated leaves. Hoping for minimal watering over the next few weeks as the lid of the Terrarium helps to retain the moisture.
The Lovely Manuela who is doing a Degree in Fine Art agreed to run a Printing workshop and show how we can use ink and paper along with nature to create a beautiful image.
As a Growing Network we held our first seed swap at the start of 2025 at Campy Growers. The seed swap was designed to encourage swapping of excess saved seed and excess bought seed. As a group we have been experimenting with saving our own seed from a number of flowers like Cosmos and Calendula plus Tomatoes and chillies. All the seeds are open pollinated so there are no guarantees that they will be exactly what you expect but that can be part of the fun. We had a great turn out from all sorts of folk, some new beginners and some experienced growers. There was plenty to share as well as the seeds!
If you are one of the network growing spaces you can share news, events or volunteering opportunities so they can be included in the website. If you aren't a member yet but would like to be, just get in touch with us!