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!
Join in our FREE workshop all about how to prune your fruit tree in the Summer to give maximum fruit yield next year. We will be trying out a few skills on the trees. Beginners are Welcome. All materials supplied.
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.
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 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.
Who would have thought a jam making workshop would be such fun! We had 15 people, 6 flavours of jam and 3 hobs all on the go at the same time. Many of the participants had never made jam so we talked about mixing the fruit and the sugar and the role that pectin plays in setting the jam. Blackcurrants and gooseberries were ready to harvest in the garden and they are high in pectin so they featured in most of the jams. There are some recipes and more information here.
We are so lucky in Dundee to be surrounded by copious, healthy woodland. We wanted to learn a bit more about using wood so the wonderful Kiri Stone, Woodswoman, came along to deliver a workshop using local Birch wood. We were shown how to make a beautiful and unique mushroom.
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!