Hot hot hot
The summer heatwaves burned the Garden dry and although the rain has begun to fall again but this has not changed the drought map of the UK significantly. https://www.drought.uk/ Apples
Updates
Ongoing updates and information from the Community Garden Group.
Employee Volunteers – doing the impossible in the impossible heat!
Employee Volunteers rescheduled their original June date, and despite the burning weather on Wednesday morning, braved the heat, and working hard achieved the impossible. They strimmed and raked the orchard
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A Summer from pouring rain to burning heat
Extremes of weather meant that our planned group of Employee Volunteers was unable to come to help with some garden projects at the end of June. They always contribute enormously
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Spring is on the way – Lend a hand and food trucks
A new year is beginning in the Garden. – So many jobs to be done – so few volunteers to help! Can you lend a hand? Mulching the beds, sowing
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Wassail 2026
On Sunday 11th January the Community Garden joined in with the Trumpington Community Orchard celebrating the ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition of Wassailing fruit trees . Led by the Lord of Misrule,
Christmas in the Garden
Thursday 11 December was our annual Christmas event with mulled wine, mince pies, Steak and Honour and VG Coffee’s delicious home baked cakes and hot drinks. The firepit glowed for
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Spooky Pumpkins at large
Look out for your strange new orange neighbours this week. Spooky pumpins were created by imaginative children (some with a bit of help from their parents) who took part in
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Garden Cry
A powerful song by the heart of the community garden. Stand and sing in unity along with our beloved green space in Trumpington. https://youtu.be/TAdoqUy4eZ8
Trees unleashed
A group of hard-working volunteers from Astra Zeneca under the supervision of “Employee Volunteering” spent Thursday removing the choking tree guards from the far side of Hobson Park and barrowing
Hot Summer Work for Volunteers
A special thanks to Charles Rivers volunteers for cutting, raking, strimming and wheelbarrowing the grass in the swale, and lawns in the West Garden in the blazing heat. Sadly, our
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