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Visit one of our Growing sites

Wonderful community projects taking place in Sopwell

Map of Sopwell showing plant growing sites
Image credit: Michelle Mackenzie

Thanks to Michelle Mackenzie for our amazing updated map showing our four growing sites:

  • Berners Drive Community Garden. Seasonal fruit and veg grown by the community and free to harvest, alongside bug hotel and wildflower area. We have plans to bring in a bench for people to rest and enjoy the garden, as well as to provide seating for our outdoor workshops and talks.
  • Martyr Close wildflower meadow. We’re building a wildlife rich area with longer grass and native wildflower species, along with two bug hotels to encourage small mammals and insects. There is some seating for visiting school groups or people who just want to enjoy nature.
  • Abbots Avenue Planters. Free to pick herbs in one bed and free to enjoy flowering bulbs and bushes in the other.
  • Cottonmill Community and Cycling Centre. To expand on the fruit trees and wildflower area at the Centre, we are looking at further tree planting for shaded seating and some raised beds for more veg planting.

Keep an eye out on our website posts or on our Facebook page for more information and upcoming events.

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Berners Drive Community Garden working party: Thurs 15th March. 10-11am

We will be going ahead on Thurs 15th March unless it’s very very wet!

We will sow rainbow chard and other salad leaves, check on our weekend sowings, update our signage and check in on the wildlife.

Everyone is welcome to join us. Bring gloves and hand tools if you have them, otherwise we can provide.

Hope to see you there!

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Come help develop the Martyr Close wildflower area Sunday 5th March

Community planting session

Bug hotel with mixed materials

Come along from 10 am onwards ’til 2 pm on Sunday 5th March 2023 to Martyr Close, AL1 2LL. Help us plant wildflowers and make bug hotels. Bring along bug hotel ingredients such as twigs, small branches, toilet rolls, bamboo canes, palettes, broken terracotta tiles or pots if you have them or help us build one with the bits we have. Donate wildflower seeds or help spread the seeds we have. Let’s make this patch of land a local wildlife haven!

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Join our working parties in 2023

Everyone is welcome to help out in the Community Garden!

We welcome experienced gardeners through to absolute novices, as we are all learning together. Jobs include sowing, watering, weeding, digging, pruning and harvesting. Bring along tools if you have them but we can provide if not. Just turn up at the dates and times shown below.

Dates and times for the Berners Drive community garden working parties.