Each year we hold an in-person gathering of community growers on the island of Ireland. This event is also the yearly launch of National Allotments and Community Gardens Week, which is a week long celebration of community growing projects throughout Ireland. This year we are delighted to announce that our friends in Airfield, Dundrum, Dublin […] The post Autumn Gathering of Community Growers 2024 – Saturday 12th October, Airfield, Dublin 14! appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

Earlier this week, Community Gardens Ireland received some good news that community gardens are set to be defined in Irish law for the first time. In recent years, Community Gardens Ireland have presented at various Oireachtas Committees on the poor legal status that both allotments and community gardens have in Ireland. As our 2022 “Let’s […] The post Community gardens to be added to Irish Law for the first time appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

Great news – we are delighted to announce that Community Gardens Ireland are a finalist in this year’s Digital Town Awards! We have been shortlisted for the Digital Community category and Maeve Foreman from our committee has been shortlisted in the Digital Local Hero category! So many brilliant projects on the shortlist – Best of […] The post Finalist in Digital Town Awards 2024 appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

Community Gardens Ireland has been selected by Lush Cork as a charity partner. We will be in store the weekend of the 6th and 7th of April. All sales of their Charity Pot will go to supporting Community Gardens Ireland. Would you like to help promote Community Gardening in Cork? Can you spare a couple […] The post Calling all Cork Community Gardeners – We Need Your Help! appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

On Saturday 2nd March @ 11am, the Community Gardens Ireland (CG) and Social Farms and Gardens Northern Ireland (SFGNI) Spring Gathering event was held on Zoom. This was the third time our two organisations had worked together on this event. In recent years CGI and SFGNI we had a grant to directly support this activity. […] The post Community Growers Spring Gathering 2nd March 2024 – Report appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

Community Gardens Ireland are a voluntary, independent, inclusive group that works with all agencies and groups that promote environmental awareness and support community gardening and food growing in all parts of the island of Ireland.  Similar to the Local Elections in 2024, the European Elections in 2024 will also be incredibly important. Over the coming […] The post European Elections 2024 – Plant for the Future appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

On Saturday 2nd March 2024 at 11am, Community Gardens Ireland and Social Farms and Gardens Northern Ireland are organising our 3rd annual online gathering of community growers! This is always an incredibly popular event and is the largest online event for anyone interested in allotments, community gardens and community growing across the island of Ireland. […] The post 3rd Annual Online Gathering of Community Growers, 2nd March appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

Community Gardens Ireland are a voluntary, independent, inclusive group that works with all agencies and groups that promote environmental awareness and support community gardening and food growing in all parts of the island of Ireland.  Community Gardens Ireland strongly believe that the Local Elections in 2024 will be one of the most important elections in […] The post Local Elections 2024 – Plant for the Future appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

Insurance and funding for insurance is something that we know comes up from time to time from discussions within allotment and community gardening groups across Ireland. Community Gardens Ireland have been in contact with the Alliance for Insurance Reform, who are looking to hear from communities across Ireland. If the cost of insurance is something […] The post Alliance for Insurance Reform, Community Gardens & Allotments appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more

Molly Garvey (Committee Member of Community Gardens Ireland) was moderating a discussion on market gardening and keeping an eye on some of the main points at the yearly Oxford Real Farming Conference today! If you missed the first day of the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2024, check out Molly’s report below! Day one of the […] The post Oxford Real Farming Conference – Day 1 Report! appeared first on Community Gardens Ireland ..read more