Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens

General information

Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens is situated on Kirkby Gardens, off Wilford Grove, in the Meadows area of Nottingham.

Winter opening hours (Oct - April) 12 noon to 4pm Tuesday to Friday and Saturday 10am - 4pm

In 2001 a group of Meadows residents came together to improve a disused playing field strewn with rubbish. Work started to create the infrastructure of the community gardens in July 2003. The voluntary management group of local residents have worked hard to transform this part of the sports ground into an oasis in the heart of the Meadows.

The aims of Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens are to be at the HEART of the Meadows

HORTICULTURE: To grow reasonably priced organic fruit, vegetables and plants for sale to the Meadows community.

EDUCATION: To be an educational resource for local school children and the Meadows community, focusing on horticulture, the environment and healthy eating.

ACTIVITIES AND VOLUNTEERING: To put on a range of horticultural based activities for the Meadows community and foster volunteering as a valued and worthwhile activity.

RECREATION: To be a place where Meadows residents of all ages can work, rest and play and where events that reflect the community’s cultural diversity can be celebrated.

TRAINING: To provide vocational training for Meadows residents enabling them to enter into employment in horticulture.

The values that underlie all the activities of the gardens are: INCLUSION, INSPIRATION and PRIDE.

At the community gardens we provide a range of activities and events including Open Days, gardening and cooking workshops, group volunteering days, after school clubs, accredited training courses.

Become a member of the gardens to receive more information.

Would you like to get involved?

Come along and enjoy the gardens and buy your vegetables. We use organic methods to grow all our fruit and vegetables. A wide range of seasonal produce is available at low cost.

Becoming a member will make it even cheaper. Come along and see.

Gardening - Come and help in the gardens. Gain skills and knowledge about organic gardening with Rachael, the Community Gardener/Educator. You could give as much or as little of your time as you want. It could be a regular visit or just an hour every now and again.

Events – we need your help with the organisation and running of our Events i.e. catering, staffing stalls, helping with gardening or other activities and fundraising.

Work with children - If you enjoy being with children, would you like to help with our After School Gardening Clubs, during school visits, Play schemes, Story and singing group?

Publicity - If you are good at talking or writing, why not help to get the message about our gardens into the Community.

You could help with producing Newsletters, talking to local groups or leaflet delivery.

Become a Committee Member - The Committee is responsible for the day-to-day organisation of the Gardens, planning events and activities, managing staff, finances and legal requirements.