Community Garden Resources

Here are some of our favourite resources, we hope that you find them useful. 

Two young girls standing at a table with a cup to fill with seeds

Schools Resources

WWF Schools Resources 

RHS School Resources 

My Earth -NI Environmental Resources, including schools resources 

GIY Schools Resource Pack 

Leek, carrot, parsnip and oat seeds laid out on a sheet of paper with their names hand written beside them

Regenerative Horticulture: Seed Saving

Gaia Foundation Seed Sovereignty Programme 

Irish Seed Savers Association 

Brown Envelope Seeds 

True Harvest Seeds 

Wolf Seeds 

A compost heap with mushrooms growing on it

Regenerative Horticulture: Composting

Composting in the Community Network 

Garden Organic  

Model of Community Compost Coop (Brighton) 

Using a fork to flip compost

Regenerative Horticulture: Soil Health

GrowIN 

KPM Soils 

Matt Powers Regenerative Soil 

Belfast Food Partnership leadership team on the Brink! Belfast Stories site

Policy

Tim Lang’s Just in Case report on Civil Food Resilience 

SF&G Benchmark Standard for Community Growing Provision in NI 

The Belfast Garden Gathering Report 

A Space to Grow 

Community Gardens Ireland: Let’s Get Growing 

Food Growing in Parks 

Ards and North Down Growing Resilience at Comber Community Growers space standing in front of a growing bed

Organising a community garden

Carlow County Council Community Growing Guide 

Community Food and Health Scotland 

Social Farms & Gardens Community Growing Resource Pack (free for members) 

Belfast Uke Orchestra, Miracle Way, Belfast Community Garden Open Day

Governance

Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action 

A group of volunteers at an indoor event in a community hall

Managing Volunteers

Volunteer Now 

NICVA 

A photo of two children in their wellie boots and waterproof onesie, playing in the Mud Kitchen at Cloghmills

Design

Permaculture Design 

A photo of Community Growing Ireland and the Community Garden Support Committee standing in the sunshine

All Island Links

Community Gardens Ireland  

Cultivate.ie (Cloughjordan) 

Síolta Chroí 

Talamh Beo 

A Belfast Food Partnership ceilidh, with a range of ages and nationalities dancing together in the Black Box

Accessibility

Thrive 

Trellis Scotland  

Accessible Garden Design 

A group of LGTBQ+ growers at the Grow NI community garden in Waterworks, with a large equality banner

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Chillies and Roses –inspiring Multi Ethnic Involvement 

Out of Bounds –Equity in access to nature 

Pauline and Sean building a clay oven

Funding

Social Farms & Gardens produces a paid-for bimonthly funding and resources Roundup for members.  

Live Here Love Here 

Awards for All 

A group digging ground, preparing it for growing

Accessing Land

Community Land Advisory Service 

Guide for Growing on Contaminated Land