Penarth’s Green Spaces Where Communities are Growing Have you taken a walk recently through the Zig Zag path and noticed the beginnings of an orchard, and the re-discovery of a stream? Have you taken a stroll through The Kymin, to experience stepping out into the wild on our doorstep? Perhaps you’ve noticed the electric blue of the chicory in the raised beds, what a wonder. Perhaps you’ve popped along to Victoria Square, and enjoyed the enthusiasm of the group for the wildlife there, making homes in the hibernacula, or tasting some herbs from the raised beds, the lemon balm and its pungency ..read more

Join us at the Kymin on Saturday 24th September, 10am – 2pm, to celebrate local green projects and environmental action, as part of a nationwide campaign to highlight the need for urgent action on climate and nature.  With community stalls, a Growing Good Mood Food workshop and kids activities, it’s a chance for the community to come together and find out about local projects including Penarth Growing Community, Penarth Tree Forum, Benthyg Penarth and Plastic Free Penarth, and Gwyrddio Penarth Greening, plus many others. See the full list and book here. It coincides wi ..read more

A blog to accompany the Grow Food Eat Well workshop at Kymin Community Gardens on 27th August 2022. Water. It’s been a challenge these past few weeks. With hot hot weather we have all begun to think about how we might need to change the way we manage water in our gardens, as we adapt to more severe weather and less water in the future. Here are a few handy tips I’ve collected from a variety of sources, in response to the question: How can we manage water wisely in our gardens and future proof them to make them resilient in the face of weather extremes and climate change? (Resilient means we ha ..read more

A Food Forest In Your Garden Growing an edible garden This is a compilation of information gathered from various sources to illustrate the principles involved in growing a forest garden. It was created for the Grow Food Eat Well workshop ‘A Food Forest in Your Garden – Growing an Edible Garden’ at Kymin Community Gardens on Sat 28 May 2022. A Note on Terms We can use the words food forest, forest garden, edible garden, home garden and foragers garden interchangeably – they all relate to the same thing. Our Temperate Forest Geography  Where we live, woodland is our true nature. If left alo ..read more

Hosted by Green Communities Grangetown on Monday 9th May 2022. We were invited by the Grangetown Place Rangers to take part in the panel discussion about green initiatives, and what makes them work. Speakers included: Sally Hughes – Penarth Growing Community Louise Gray – Greening Riverside – Growing Together Steven Watts – Ediculture Poppy Nicol – Global Gardens Isla Horton – Grow Cardiff ————– A bit about me and what’s shaped how I have got here – Sally Hughes I worked in Further Education as a lecturer and manager for a decade. When I left I worked in a charity and for a social enterprise ..read more