On Friday August 2nd, a team from Charles River spent the day in the community garden, clearing the west garden and swale. The job was to follow up after the […] The post Charles River volunteer! first appeared on Clay Farm Community Garden ..read more

As Summer got on away, the community gathered in the garden for 3 fantastic garden party events. First up, on Thursday 27th June, we saw the musicians from Oblique Arts group, which runs at The EDGE Café in Cambridge, play a catalogue of their own songs under the sunshine in the sky, with food truck – Guerrilla Kitchen, serving their tasty bao buns all evening. Next came a special evening of food. Thursday 4th July, saw the return of Azahar with their scrumptious paella, all freshly cooked on site. Despite the wind, which at first was a concern, we were able to help them get setup in front o ..read more

The feasting table has arrived! First the base Then the table growing fast Almost there Ready, steady, … … EAT Thank you to Marcus for the work he put in to getting this done. The post Ready steady eat! first appeared on Clay Farm Community Garden ..read more

Astra Zeneca volunteers headed by Volunteers at work and Diego again made a positive difference to the Garden and Hobson Park allotments last week. Through heavy showers and, at times, muddy conditions, mowing, tidying, weeding, building another mud kitchen – for the allotments this time – Their major job for the day was to dig out and move the heavy concrete slabs from the area  around the soon to be completed feasting table. Moving the slabs was challenging, not only because of the weight, but also because  ongoing construction on the feasting table base, hampered their w ..read more

On Thursday 16th May Addenbrookes Community Garden Project facilitated by  CUH Arts and Darwin Nurseries (NHS) held a session in the Community Garden.  This was the 2nd of 6 workshops taking place over two weeks in the Cambridge area to provide inspiration for a community garden to be developed at Addenbrookes. The focus of these sessions is centred on how to create, nurture and manage a garden to as an area of calm for both staff and patients.    Thank you to our volunteers who shared their experience of our Garden, the team members from CUH Arts, CUH Sustainability ..read more

Walk through the Garden to see the magnificent colours The debris from the pond clearing has now been removed – thank you to the persistent neighbours who managed to, at last, get action on this. We have visitors at our Garden parties, in June the Oblique Arts community band, in July the Community Choir. You can see which food trucks will visit by going to our website  https://clayfarmgarden.org/ or by joining Clay Farm Food on WhatsApp https://chat.whatsapp.com/ITHDPtfCOlQ86F7vcwy44h The post Blooming Garden! first appeared on Clay Farm Community Garden ..read more

Contractors having been preparing the base for the community picnic table behind the garden building. We hope the table will be in place by the summer. Volunteers have been hard at work; weeding,  laying mulch on the beds and continuing  to harvest veg for the local food hub. Preparations are being made for the new growing season on the vegetable plot:  planting seedlings, moving the A-frame support for runner beans, installing two new hand crafted gates along with a new “toe”  path along the inner edge to ease access to the plot for gardeners. The pond has now filled with ..read more

Despite the extremes of weather, events and work in the Garden Garden continued. On Sunday January 14th the Trumpington Orchard Wassail processed from the Orchard to the Garden where hot mulled apple juice was served Seedy Sunday at Trumpington Pavilion saw our gardeners chatting about the Garden to visitors and giving away seeds . Thank you to everyone who joined us and donated to our funds. Groups of volunteers from South East Rail (building the new South station) and from Cambridge Council Open Spaces spent a day helping in the Garden and clearing the overgrown pond. Chris and John started ..read more

A very special Thursday Garden party took place on December 14th. From toasting marshmallows around the firepit, to tucking into a Christmas roast (served by Rotisseroll), enjoying a cup of special homemade mulled wine and tasty treats or Emma’s (Beanissimo)steaming hot chocolate, everyone had a treat they could enjoy. The choir of St Mary & St Michael, led by Mandy the vicar, sang carols to put us in the Christmas mood. Why not pop along to their Christmas Tree celebrations this weekend (16-17 December) with free craft events for children. Photographer Gabriella Fuzi (gabriellafuzi.com ..read more

On Thursday October 5th 2023, we held our 2023 AGM. Read the minutes of meeting >HERE. The post Garden AGM 2023 – Minutes of Meeting first appeared on Clay Farm Community Garden ..read more