Local Gardening Groups
Education and Charities
As one of the oldest secular intentional communities in the UK, and an educational trust, Braziers Park is a continuing experiment into the advantages and problems of living in a group. Community members share responsibility for running the mansion house (a Grade II* listed building), 55 acres of land, an organic kitchen garden and facilitating courses and organising events, assisted by visiting volunteers from around the world.
| Location: | Ipsden, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 6AN |
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| Contact details: | Will Simpson, Grower Email: admin@braziers.org.uk |
| Web site: | https://www.braziers.org.uk/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/BraziersPark |
Five A Day Market Garden is a community supported project open to people of all ages and abilities. We are a not-for-profit community supported project which aims to engage the rural and urban community by: - growing and selling affordable, healthy, naturally grown produce - educating children, adults and older people within an outdoor therapeutic environment, with a focus on art, nature and fruit and vegetable production - encouraging people to get involved through volunteering - offering a unique team building experience to corporate organisations
| Location: | The Street, Englefield, Theale RG7 5EL |
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| Contact details: | Yvonne Redgrave, Secretary Telephone: 07555 184343 Email: info@fiveaday.org.uk |
| Web site: | https://www.fiveaday.org.uk/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/5adaygarden/ |
Everyone can learn the magic of growing their own fresh vegetables and salad, right in their own neighbourhood. F4F has a network of community gardens and allotments that run regular drop-in sessions. They can organise a beginner's growing session for you, and help you set up some small veg beds. And they run short cookery courses to turn all the fresh vegetables into tasty meals.
| Location: | Reading |
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| Contact details: | Email: food4families@risc.org.uk |
| Web site: | https://www.food4families.org.uk |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Food4FamiliesReading |
a) Recycling and prudent use of environmental resources b) Education in the field of horticulture c) Social inclusion through group horticulture projects d) Raising awareness through training, local actions on global warming concerns
| Location: | Reading |
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We help people to learn new skills, regain lost skills and improve mental and physical health in our beautiful garden in East Reading. If you are living with disabilities or facing mental or physical health issues, gardening can help you feel better about yourself. Here at Ridgeline Trust, we provide structured gardening sessions where you and the garden can grow together.
| Location: | 25 Whiteknights Road RG6 7BY |
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| Contact details: | Siân Hooley, Development Manager Telephone: 07535 636018 Email: admin@ridgelinetrust.org.uk |
| Web site: | https://www.ridgelinetrust.org.uk/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/RidgelineTrust/ |
The Conservation Volunteers help hundreds of thousands of people each year to reclaim local green places. We are a charity that has been established for 53 years. Our work supports, encourages and celebrates volunteers and volunteering, focussing on helping people give some of their time, skills and enthusiasm to create and sustain environmental action with local communities.
| Location: | Reading |
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| Contact details: | Buffy Harris-Jones, Senior Project Officer Telephone: 0118 956 8959 Email: volunteer-reading@tcv.org.uk |
| Web site: | https://www.tcv.org.uk/southeast/volunteer-south-east/day-projects/berkshire-biodiversity-action-team |
Thrive is a national charity working to help people living with a disability or mental ill health use gardening to transform their lives. Advice is offered to disabled people whether they want to garden at home, on an allotment, in a community setting or alternatively wish to attend a structured therapy programme at one of its garden projects. Thrive is the leading charity in the UK dedicated to the use of horticultural therapy for the benefit of disabled people. We also carry out research and train professionals offering practical solutions so that those with a disability can enjoy gardening. For enquiries about attending our Trunkwell Garden Project in Beech Hill (near Reading) phone 0118 988 4844.
| Location: | Trunkwell Garden Project, Beech Hill |
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| Contact details: | Helen Beer, Client Services Coordinator Telephone: 0118 988 5688 Email: trunkwell@thrive.org.uk |
| Web site: | http://www.thrive.org.uk/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/thecharitythrive/ |