Located one minute from Manor Park Railway Station is Manor Park’s Community Garden which has just won new funding from the Council’s Community Assemblies, voted for by local residents.

The organisers are working together to make it a peaceful green space for residents or those who work in the area to use for rest or retreat. It will also serve those who live locally and may not have a garden of their own.

It will also be a space for residents to get gardening skills and learn simple ways to green their streets, balconies, front gardens and flowerpots.

There are volunteering sessions most Saturdays between 10am- 3pm. Some weeks there will be specific themes. The next two planned events are:

Saturday, 2 October: Designing the garden – come along to vote on key aspects of how the garden and how the funding is spent.

Saturday, 9 October. Community Dugnad Day – come along to help maintain the beautiful planting beds around the garden.

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