Community garden group Panton Hill

Join our weekly sessions with an experienced Volunteer Coordinator in our community garden at Panton Hill Living & Learning Hub.

Whether you are an experienced gardener or absolute beginner‚ everyone is welcome to join this volunteer group and participate.

Being in this group means you get to:

• share gardening skills, tips and tricks
• meet new people
• grow fresh food to share
• learn new skills and information
• ask lots of questions
• enjoy the health benefits of gardening
• make new friends and share gardening tips.

Participants will share knowledge and learn skills together, such as:

• site assessment and microclimates
• soil types, testing and amendments
• seasonal planning: food crops and crop rotation
• companion planting and cover crops
• plant propagation
• the soil food web: nutrient cycling, soil and plant health
• composting: various methods to recycle food and garden waste
• worm farming
• wicking beds: raised beds and containers
• no-dig gardens
• straw bale gardens
• mulch and sheet mulching
• create fertiliser teas
• garden maintenance
• integrated pest management (IPM)
• Panton Hill seed library: saving and storing seeds.

You can join at any time. It's free – we just need you to register once. Feel free to drop by Panton Hill Living & Learning Hub to have a look at the garden and to find out more.