Grandparents help children to grow veggies
Children at Haydonleigh Primary School have received special support to get their organic growing off the ground – from their grandparents.

Grow food in your community

Not everyone has the knowledge, confidence or space to grow their own crops. Growing as a group within the community has the advantage of bringing together a wide range of people offering a variety of skills and experience. A community garden provides a haven where people of different cultures and generations can share a growing space and develop a great sense of community solidarity and belonging.

Growing fresh organic produce in a community garden can also provide people with an affordable range of nutritious seasonal food that they may not normally be able to obtain. There are a number of organisations who provide help, guidance and training to enable communities to set up their own gardens. 

Local Groups

Garden Organic has an extensive network of local groups. Local groups provide an opportunity to socialise with like-minded people, learn more about organic gardening and a range of related topics, visit places of interest, help spread the organic message and support Garden Organic.

For more information visit the Local Groups area on the Garden Organic website 

Grow food at home

Growing food at home can be a very rewarding experience and an enjoyable route to a healthy lifestyle.

Nothing can be more local or environmentally friendly than stepping out of your house and picking organic fruit and vegetables fresh from the garden.

Organic gardening connects us to the earth and the environment around us, and provides us with a release from the stresses and strains of modern everyday life.

It’s very easy to begin to grow your own organic fruit and vegetables at home and Garden Organic provides lots of help and advice for its members.

Join Garden Organic

Benefits for members include:

• Access to our expert advice team
• Quarterly magazine
• Information factsheets
• Members only web pages
• FREE access to Garden organic's three demonstration gardens
• FREE or discounted admission (for one) to over 20 gardens across the UK
• Savings on Organic Gardening Catalogue orders