We are excited to announce that the second national Allotments and Community Gardens Week will be taking place in Ireland from 12th – 19th October 2024!

We are running this event to raise awareness of allotments and community gardens, to highlight how important they are and to detail the huge benefits of community gardening for communities, individuals, biodiversity and the local environment. 

The 2024 theme is “Healthy Soil” and we hope as many allotments, community gardens, school gardens, tidy towns and local growers in Ireland can get involved. Last year’s National Week involved over 30 events organised throughout the island of Ireland, encouraged discussions on community growing in communities throughout Ireland, and also saw the first ever Community Gardens Bill proposed.

To register a event for National Allotments and Community Gardens Week 2024, send details of your event to info@cgireland.org, including the address of your event (or online link if virtual), and the time of the event. We will then publicise the event on our website.

Some examples of activities during the week would be: 

1) Organise a tour or an event (in person or virtual!) at your allotments or community gardens! 

2) Hold an online discussion or start a local network of community gardens and allotments! This could be something as simple as giving gardens an opportunity to meet and network, and share ideas.

3) Post photos and videos online during the week about what actions you are taking with healthy soil at your allotment or community garden! For example, let us know if you have a community composting area, a wormery or are taking other actions to help protect and promote healthy soil!

4) Publicise the week – we will be posting information on our social media in the coming weeks, so please share and like! #NationalAllotmentsWeek #NationalCommunityGardensWeek
#HealthySoil #cgireland #communitygardensireland #nationalgrowingweek

If you don’t have social media, you can email us any photos or videos and we can post them online and tag your community garden or allotment. 

If you are going to run an event during this week, please let us know by emailing us at info@cgireland.org and by tagging Community Gardens Ireland on social media during the event (12th – 19th October 2024). 

To align with the start of Allotments and Community Gardens Week 2024, we are currently organising our Yearly Gathering of Community Growers.  

This year it takes place at Airfield in Dublin on Saturday 12th October where we will be visiting and seeing first hand the amazing growing activities and community garden at Airfield!

To book your ticket, check out the EventBrite link here.

If you wish to help support or sponsor this event, check out our donate page here!

Got a question for Community Gardens Ireland? Drop us an email at info@cgireland.org, or check out our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram!