It’s cold but work never stops!
Despite the cold weather activity has continued in the Garden. Along with continued planting of the new hedging, work to install the new fence has begun. Now awaiting permission from …
Updates
Ongoing updates and information from the Community Garden Group.
There came a Wassailing…
On Sunday 15th January the Community Garden joined the Trumpington Community Orchard to celebrate Wassail – an ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition. People gathered at the Orchard to start where we all …
Hedging and prepping the lawn ready for summer picnics
Thank you to Ian from the Council Open Spaces team and his volunteers and all the local volunteers (11 in all) who braved a damp and windy Saturday morning to …
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A year of growth in the garden…
2022 has been a year of growth for the community garden. From the new plants and veg sprouting up and blooming, to the big projects and the community events, there …
A Christmas extravaganza – what a turn out!
On Saturday 3rd December Santa made a special visit to the community garden whilst touring around Trumpington and we put on a Christmas event. It was amazing to see the …
Picturing the garden in October…
During the course of October we opened up to the public and the local community a challenge. Clay Farm Community Garden Photography Challenge October 2022 – What can you see …
Carving out a success
A big thank you to Waitrose who kindly donated the pumpkins 🎃for our Annual Pumpkin Carving Event. It was another great success for the kids (as well as for some …
It’s been a busy week in the Garden
After a week spent weeding and spreading the first 17 bags of the (rather smelly) mulch and starting on the second delivery this morning a few volunteers have now almost …
Rain stopped play
Madingley Mulch, at the request of the Council, delivered 17 bags of spent mushroom compost on Friday. More is due to arrive soon! Made from a mix of composted straw …
Time to prepare for the winter and spring growing season- greenhouse staging installed and mushroom composting begins
We hope you like our new greenhouse staging and newly composted raised beds.