Our community garden is situated along Fatherford Lane with an amazing view of Dartmoor.  It’s a space where you can find inner peace and tranquility sitting at the picnic tables in the wildflower garden or in front of the Heart Space, or the benches dotted around the fruit and veg garden, where you can pass the time, watching the birds and bees, soaking in the view.  To enjoy the tranquility of the garden there is no need to become a member.     Our lovely tea hut, The Heart Space. On a sunny day it is such a beautiful spot to sit and soak in the stunni ..read more

We borrowed an apple press from friends of the community garden, Kay and John. We used up all the remaining apples from the community garden orchard and the juice was delicious. The apple press all set up and ready to go!Everyone got busy collecting apples, chopping and crushing…producing the sweetest fresh apple juice…looking forward to next year when we do it again ..read more

This was great family activity organised by Wren Music. Both adults and children had fun in equal measure. A few people starting to make a noiseA bit of instruction before everyone gets stuck inIt got quite noisy in the community garden for a little while as everyone got into bashing their drums and pipes ..read more

This has been a fun little project to do. It took us a couple of goes, but we got there in the end! The first layer was easy!Then a few more people got involved, and things started to get complicated!Then the ‘Sisterhood’ got together and put the dome up in no time at all!It adds a bit of interest in the garden, it’s going to look lovely when it’s all filled up with plants ..read more

The Climate Coalition set up a campaign to show how many people share the desire to see action to tackle climate change and protect nature. #ShowTheLove – Green Hearts campaign has been growing for 10 years, to find out more and how to get in involved go to theclimatecoalition.org Thanks to Fran Rickwood for coordinating our lovely group of volunteers to make the Green Hearts to go up around Okehampton. We think they look super, well done ladies. The ladies get busy in the Heart Space creating the green hearts The hearts look great with the light behind themThese are going to look great around ..read more

We had a fabulous time at our Wassail this year! Wren Music always show a warm welcome, lovely folk songs and very loud drumming. With mulled cider and a hearty winter soup after waking up the apple trees. Let’s wake up some trees with lots of noise!Our tree being blessed, wassail songs being sung to promote a bountiful harvest ..read more

We are often asked “how can we donate?” Well, we have just made it easier! Follow the link to our PayPal page https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PF22RN2MFFPG8  We currently have numerous projects running at the garden. We hold regular well-being sessions, such as Tai Chi, Meditation, and Sound Baths. We try to raise funds to help keep the cost down for participants who may struggle to access regular exercise and relaxation classes. We have recently secured funding to help us run a community lunch project. We offer a simple home-cooked meal, such as soup, and warm space wh ..read more

This year the community garden is celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary and we had a lovely opportunity to work with Wren Music, thanks to funding from Arts Council England, to bring to the community an afternoon of ‘folk and frolicking’ – floral headdresses – folk music – maypole dancing – songs around the fire and a barbecue ..read more

We began 2021 with great deal of optimism. With life slowing down and changing in unexpected ways during 2020, some people discovered the community garden for the first time, and were pleasantly surprised by what goes on right on their doorstep. This encouraged us to apply for some funding to help us extend our offer. Writing funding applications has never been a strong point and we are extremely grateful to everyone who has funded us in the past. National Lottery Community Fund Thanks to funding from National Lottery Community Fund we created a ‘secret garden’ for our well-being activities an ..read more

Spending time enjoying the outdoors lifts the spirit, coupled with some gentle Tai Chi and the beautiful backdrop of Dartmoor, it’s very easy to lose time in the community garden. We don’t take things too seriously, we seldom rush and we always have time for a cuppa. We are proud of the variety of thing we do here now. Next year will be our ten year anniversary and we hope to fill it with some really fun projects, both of the gardening variety and more well-being events. We are already talking about holding a storytelling workshop with Katy, with funding from Literacy Works. This year we broug ..read more