Welcome to the Community Garden Homepage!
The Community Garden's here on campus aim to be creative and relaxing places on the University campus - a time and space out from work or study. Anyone is free to wander through the gardens and for those wanting to get more involved, come along to one of the regular gardening times at either garden to meet others, take part in some hands-on gardening and learn new things. No previous gardening experience is necessary, and volunteers get to take home their share of the fresh produce collected that day!
There are now two community gardens here on campus: Okeover Community Garden and Dovedale Community Garden. Okeover was established in 2002, while Dovedale is still in its very early stages as it was established in late 2010, yet there has already been harvest from this amazing space on the College of Education campus! Read below for more information.
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Garden Diary & Regular Events
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Okeover Regular Community Garden Working Time Fridays 12:00-5:00pm. All welcome! Come along and help out in the community garden, and take home your share of fresh produce harvested that day as your reward. See the Volunteers Page for more information. |
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Dovedale Regular Community Garden Working Time Thursdays 12:00-4:30pm. All welcome! Come along and help out in the community garden, and take home your share of fresh produce harvested that day as your reward. See the Volunteers Page for more information. |
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UC Gardening Group Wednesdays 12 - 1 pm in term time, Okeover Community Garden (cancelled if wet) All welcome to lunchtime sessions to meet other gardeners, talk about gardens and swap plants, seeds and ideas from your home garden. |
Where are the Okeover and Dovedale community gardens?
The Okeover Community Garden entrance is via the walking path from Engineering
Road beside Okeover Stream (see map below). 
The Dovedale Community Garden entrance is via the road from Solway Avenue (see map below).
More Information:
- How it all began: Okeover Community Garden.
- Permaculture and Organic definitions.
- Read the month-by-month gardening column by Matt Morris, published in The Mairehau, to see what you should be doing in the garden this month.
- Okeover Community Garden Annual Report 2010 (184 KB).
- Miscellaneous recipes and notes related to the Okeover Community Garden.