Community Gardens
Ecoworks Community Gardens are located on 10 gardens on the Hungerhill Allotments site in St Ann’s, Nottingham. We have been on the site for fifteen years and are the oldest community garden in Nottingham.
We grow a wide range of fruit and vegetables but also provide a space that is beautiful and relaxing.
We have traditionally worked with users and ex-users of mental health services but our aim is to be inclusive and open to all.
What we grow
Our site is based on permaculture principles and so we grow a lot of perennials. These include fruit trees such as apples, pears, cherries, plums, apricots, medlars, quince and soft fruit such as kiwi, gooseberries, blackcurrants as well as more unusual edibles such as salt bush, juneberries and cornus mas.
We also grow a wide range of annual vegetables and share out the harvest between our volunteers.
When we are open
The Community Gardens are currently open two days a week; Tuesday and Thursday.
Tuesdays 10am-4pm
We have our resident willow worker on site who can teach people how to make baskets, plant supports and hurdles from the willow grown on site and also maintains the living willow structures such as the willow chairs and tunnels and domes that enhance the site.
Thursdays 10am-4pm
We work on our straw bale building. We believe this is the first straw bale building in Nottinghamshire. It is designed to be warm and spacious so that we can hold workshops and events inside. As well as being an energy saving building, care was taken to ensure that the energy used in the construction was also at as low levels as possible.
There is lots of work to be done maintaining the Community Gardens lawns and hedges and keeping the woodburning stove alight for making cups of tea!
Saturday 20 February - Introduction to Permaculture
An introduction to this fascinating and inspiring design system for sustainable living, applicable in the garden and beyond (£10 waged, free unwaged), 10 to 4.30, based in the straw bale building on Ecoworks Community Gardens. Bring lunch - teas and coffees provided. To book a place call 0115 962 2200 or email info@ecoworks.org.uk
Contact us
If you want to get involved in the Community Gardens, please contact Paul Paine, Ecoworks Garden Manager.
Email: paul.paine@ecoworks.org.uk
Telephone: 07973 116291