Ninewells Community Garden

The garden is located in the arboretum in the grounds of Ninewells Hospital and aims to promote physical activity and good health through community gardening; supporting wellbeing, therapy and rehabilitation. The garden includes wheelchair accessible paths, herbaceous borders, vegetable beds, picnic area, garden room and mud kitchen.

https://ninewellsgarden.org.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/ninewellsgarden/ https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=ninewells%20community%20garden

e-mail

outreach@ninewellsgarden.org.uk

Phone

07394 921559 or 07512 076294

Opening Times

Open 7 days

Refreshments

Refreshments are available at the hospital next door. Refreshments provided for volunteer sessions.

Are dogs allowed?

yes on a lead please.

Toilets

yes

Access to Garden produce

Volunteers have access to the excess garden produce.

Additional Activities

Volunteer sessions, Yoga, mindfulness, craft workshops, wildlife workshops

Where?

Address

The Arboretum, 7 Tom MacDonald Avenue, Dundee, DD2 1NH

Area

MENZIESHILL

Postcode

DD2 1SG

Access

https://ninewellsgarden.org.uk/find-us/ The garden is located to the rear of Ninewells Hospital at the edge of the Arboretum. If you use What3Words, the reference phrase for our main gate is clouds.layers.code (view as a satellite image for best results).

The Garden is accessible from the hospital grounds on various paths, although in the garden some paths have rough, bark surfaces.

Transport Links

There are excellent pedestrian routes from inside the hospital, from bus stops and from the local neighbourhoods. There is bicycle parking. Regular buses from the city centre to the hospital, bus nos 22 and 73. 10 min walk from the bus stops. By car, park at the Hospital carparks but they can be very busy. Charges may apply

https://www.xploredundee.com/services/TRDU/6

Volunteering opportunities

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:

Student volunteering at Ninewells CG

Student Volunteering is back! As spring approaches learn to grow (and eat) tasty vegetables, tend to plants and care for our bee colonies This is a drop-in session, but feel free to message us with any questions or accessibility requirements.

Contact

Would you like to contribute your time as a volunteer to this organisation? We welcome your interest and invite you to get in touch with us by using the contact form below:

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