Community Gardens Ireland 2021 Annual Gathering
Community Gardens Ireland Autumn Gathering @ Top of the City Community Garden, Waterford Saturday, 25th September 2021 This event is to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the idea of a community gardens network around the island of Ireland and was first muted at the GIY Harvest Festival in Waterford in 2011. Schedule: 11:00: Kick […]
CG Ireland Submission to The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands.
Proposal to Allocate Funds in 2021 Budget On Wednesday, 12th May, Donal McCormack and Maeve Foreman made a submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands. Many challenges affect Community Gardens today, like temporary licenses/agreements with the land providers (i.e. local authorities, private landowners) and lack of […]
Community Gardens Ireland AGM & Spring Gathering
To book a place to obtain a link to this free Zoom event, please see our Eventbrite page here. About this Event Agenda of AGM & Gathering will include: Opening Address by Malcolm Noonan, T.D. Green Party Feedback on recent survey of member gardens Annual report of Community Gardens Ireland A chance to hear from […]
Autumn Gathering in Donegal: Community Collaboration and Connection
The 2019 Annual Gathering will be in Donegal where we’re talking all things Collaboration & Connection
The Importance of a School Garden as a Community
“Nature inspires creativity in a child by demanding visualisation and the full use of senses…In nature a child finds freedom, fantasy and privacy…” Richard Luv, ‘Last Child in the Woods’ My first memory of gardening as a child was accompanying my grandfather to his allotment in the North of England every weekend. I loved helping […]