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.

Intercultural Street Food-Cooking & Lunch

Friday, September 20, 2024 at

Cooking session and Community Lunch & potluck in the Hilltown Park.

Saturday Plant Swap

Saturday, September 21, 2024 at

We are holding our monthly Plant Swap in the Garden. Come along for a browse or just have a wander in the garden. We always have spare plants and maybe even a few seeds at this time of year.

Harvest Celebration in Fairmuir Community Garden

Saturday, September 21, 2024 at

Come and enjoy some ukelele music, homemade soup & snacks, help us start a food forest foraging trail with Lucy Wakefield.

PLANTLETS AT TAYPORT COMMUNITY GARDEN

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at

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!

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Volunteer

Find the right opportunity for you

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.

Fintry Community Garden Helpers

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.

Digital Gardener at Ninewells

This volunteer role is intended to support the creation of specific digital tools within the Ninewells Community Garden and is expected to involve:

Dudhope Gardens Gardening

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.

Plant a bog Garden at Shiell St

Come and help plant a bog garden. all equipment provided. Contact maryholligan@gmail.com

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Latest Garden News

Dundee City Food Festival

The Community Growers were all delighted to be involved in the new Food Festival in the City Square this summer. We used the occasion to showcase all the work that goes on in the Growing spaces around the City. We served up over 250 free Mocktails made with herbs and flowers from the gardens. We had loads of fun and told visitors all about how to grow more plants for bees, how to make compost and how to sow seeds. We even made pots out of old newspapers. It was also a great chance to tell everyone about some of our volunteer opportunities and this shiny new website!

Resources

Ideas, advice and connections

For community groups and for anyone wanting to grow food. Click here to join the online Grow Dundee Facebook page to connect.

Hardwood cutting workshop-plants for free

Hardwood cuttings are one of the easiest ways to take cuttings and can be done without the need for special tools or compost.

Grapevine Pruning

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.

Help for your community growing space

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

Maxwell Garden Tool and Seed Library

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.

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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!

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

Volunteer

Find the right opportunity for you

Latest Garden News

Resources

Ideas, advice and connections

Submit

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