It’s been wonderful getting to know one another in the garden, and exploring new ways to reshape our space and connection with gardening. We’ve already scaled and planned a community guerilla garden which we will start to shape over the next months together.

In the meantime we’ve been busy cutting back the tomatoes for the last bit of ripening and revamping our space for the busy year ahead. We sorted hundreds of pots for planting and crafting, planted lots of garlic , echinacea and poppies and attended a jobs fair to share the wonderful news of our gardening mission to change Notts. We’ve cleared the beds of weeds, mowed the grass, picked tomatoes, planted cabbages in the poly tunnel and garlic outside, catalogued all our seeds, did some soil testing and had a load of fun in the process!

We’ve also got to work right in the middle of Bestwood. We’ve transformed 3 huge planters in Bestwood Precinct built by the City Council , clearing them of rubbish and dead plants and replanting them in 3 different themes: Flowers, Food and Herbs.

Pulp Friction also joined us for our 2x Harvest Festivals, bringing along their iconic smoothie bike for some fun!

But best of all, we’re getting to grow and get to know one another. Because it’s way more than just gardening: it’s connection, it’s creativity, it’s community and it’s JUST getting started.