Category: Events

Town & Village Renewal – Acquisition of Land for Community Projects

In May 2021, Dónal McCormack and Maeve Foreman of Community Gardens Ireland presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development, and the Islands. Our presentation contained a list of issues surrounding the provision of allotments and community gardens in Ireland and included a proposal for a fund to be made […]

A Guide for Design & Implementation of Community Gardens & Allotments for County Carlow

In recent years, Carlow County Council successfully applied to be part of a URBACT Network called RU:RBAN. URBACT’s mission is to enable cities and towns to work together and develop integrated solutions to common urban challenges, by networking, learning from one another’s experiences, drawing lessons and identifying good practices to improve urban policies. RU:RBAN was […]

Sarah Cecelia Harrison and the Allotments Movement in Ireland

Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941) was the first woman elected to Dublin City Council in 1912. From here she worked to promote women’s rights, helped those in poverty and established the allotments movement in Ireland. In the 1910s, Britain had legislation governing allotments but Ireland lagged behind. World War 1 and food shortages saw the establishment […]

Community Gardens Ireland’s submission on the Planning & Development Bill

Help us improve the law on community growing in Ireland In February 2023, Community Gardens Ireland became aware of upcoming changes in the draft Planning and Development Bill. The draft proposed to do the following: We immediately got in contact with all members of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government & Heritage. We also […]

Community Gardens Ireland 2022 End of Year Update

It has been another busy 12 months at Community Gardens Ireland! We are all volunteers and have decided to put together a brief report detailing exactly what our committee have been up to. Supporting new and existing gardens A lot of queries we receive are in relation to the setting up of new gardens, support […]