Tips for the first-time food grower – Key tips for getting started with food growers, including for those with little to no outdoor space. We also explain what basic gardening terms means.
Growing food on a budget – How to grow your own without breaking the bank! Includes ideas for upcycling materials so you can reduce your environment impact. Check it out here.
Growing in small spaces – Ideas for growing food when you only have a small garden, patio or balcony.
Composting at home – Home composting is the most environmentally-friendly way to deal with kitchen and garden waste. Known as black gold by gardeners, compost is a nutrient-rich product that your plants and flowers will love!
Community growing
Thinking of starting a community garden or growing space? There are lots of excellent resources available to you and we have compiled a few of them below to get you started.
Bridge Street Community Garden Playbook: written by Tila Rodriguez-Past in collaboration with their amazing volunteers and community partners. This is a vibrant, digital guide to starting a community garden, designed to connect you with your local community, grow food and support wildlife.
The Making of a Community Garden: From Idea to Action and Growing Together: Our Community Garden Story a two-part guest blog by Sarah Brown detailing their journey to create Dunmore Farm Estate Community Garden; a community haven for people and wildlife.
Edible Streets – A Guide to Community Growing in Urban Streetscapes: offers tips and advice to turn ideas for local growing projects into reality, especially in small urban spaces.
The Story of a Forest Garden: follow the story of Marston Forest Garden from it’s conception in 2019. The annual photo stories illustrate the transformation from overgrown allotment plots to a flourishing verdant community space where good food is grown sustainably in harmony with nature. Read our blog post to find out more about forest gardens.
Check out our other blog posts:
- How to make a mini worm farm
- Looking after composting worms
- How to make leafmould
- Planting fruit or nut trees
- Tree planting guide by Harvest@Home
- Hot and cold composting: what’s the difference?
- Composting indoors: the bokashi method
- How to prune and propagate currant bushes
- How to keep rats out of your compost pile
- Ten ways to use water wisely in the garden
- What is a forest garden?
- What are annuals, biennials and perennials?
- Getting started with seed saving
- Bringing back the art of scything
- Introduction to ‘no dig’ gardening
- Boosting crop yields with ‘green manure‘
- Tackling weeds – without chemicals
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