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!
Come along to this FREE event in the Hilltown Park. We are surrounded by the beautiful colours of Autumn. Learn how to find out more about this by joining us in the park for FREE Autumn crafts: Bird feeders, autumn leaf crafts, nature bingo and more. Identify trees and enjoy some soup or a hot drink.
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.
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.
We are building Dudhope Castle Gardens to make a welcoming space for humans and wildlife. We want this space to be a place for people to build their awareness of and connection with their local environment.
We created a documentary film about the highs and lows of Community growing and what gets in the way as we try to overcome barriers to Community growing. The film was funded by Social Action Inquiry Scotland. With thanks to Jek and Shan who put the film together.
January is the best time of year to prune a vine while it is dormant and the sap won't be leaking. We were lucky enough to welcome along Adrian Miles. Adrian is a well known local gardening expert with over 25 years experience and he is a judge for 'Keep Scotland Beautiful'. We were shown how to remove all the old growth and spindly stems and to cut back to the main trunk where there will be lots of dormant leaf buds. These will grow out in the Spring to produce strong new stems. The grapes will form on one year old wood so the vine has to be pruned every year.
Dundee City Council Allotment Officer Kate Treharne supports new gardens with advice and resources like compost and raised beds. Contact her by email: kate.treharne@dundeecity.gov.uk
Check out here our catalogue of over 200 gardening tools and books you can borrow for just £1 a year. Nicky and the team can also share experience and give you one-to-one growing advice for your own space. Open every Thursday for collections and returns.
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!