A little bit about us…
Growing Plants, Growing People, Growing Communities.
Hammersmith Community Gardens Association is a local environmental charity set up in 1984, we manage four community gardens in Hammersmith and Fulham.
HCGA has a range of projects which include conservation training schemes, volunteer gardening sessions, health and wellbeing projects, environmental playschemes and environmental education in local schools.
We also assist local groups in the design, plan and management of their green spaces. We promote environmental sustainability within the borough and manage our sites to maximise biodiversity and encourage wildlife.
Check out what we’ve been up to in the community recently!
OUR INSTAGRAM FEED
Here are the ‘after’ photos of the new #beefriendly #plantingscheme on the Terrace on Ten @245hammersmith ! It was a long, HOT day of gardening but we got it done in the end! 📸 credit: @tektamu
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#rooftopgarden
#londonrooftop
#plantsforpollintors
#communitygardening
#gardeningforwildlife
#droughttolerantplants
#summer2020
#London
@beesandrefugees
Produce grown by pupils from @hammersmithacademy in their school garden! The harvest is collected by @thefelixproject and donated to local charities 🌿
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#growninlondon
#growyourown
#gyo
#schoolsgrowingveg
#schoolgardens
#horticultureinschools
#notofoodwaste
#communitygardening
A brilliant, informative #beehivedemonstration from Ali @beesandrefugees last week in our garden at Ravenscourt Park Glasshouses! Thank you for the amazing work you are doing! Helping to increase the #beepopulation in London whilst also providing #therapeutic and #educationalopportunities for #refugees to learn new skills and build links within their #community
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#increasethebees
#beepower
#honeybees
#londonhoney
#supportrefugees
#communitygardening
#savethebees #organicgardening #plantsforpollinators #plantsforbees
Planting day @245hammersmith Before photos! After photos to come later today! 🌿#beefriendlyplants #greenthecity #plantsforpollinators #greeneventspace
Delighted to be hosting the summer Wild Reading scheme at Phoenix Community Farm in White City. Thanks to funding from @w12together @urbanwiselondon
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#W12Grant
#W12Together
#summer
#natureactivities
#willowreadingden
Any estimates on the height of these giants at Phoenix Community Farm?! #giantsunflowers #summerflowers #sunflowers🌻 #sunflowercompetition2020
The most exciting stage in the prep work for our planting design for @245hammersmith .... buying the beautiful plants!! 🌿
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#beefriendlyplants
#rooftopgarden
#containergarden
#organicgardening
#londonrooftop
#eventspace
We plant #sunflowers all over the site at Phoenix Community Farm as they are packed full of #nectar for #pollinators and we leave the #driedseedheads standing as the #birds love nibbling them through #autumn. If you leave the stems over winter, it may even provide a home for #overwintering #insects!
If you are growing sunflowers this summer take a photo, post it on Insta and tag us, with the height, by 7th September and you might win our competition!
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#sunflowercompetition
#tallestsunflower
#sunflowersforbees
#plantsforpollinators
#sunflowersforbirds
#naturalbirdfeeder
#organicgardening
#beneficialinsects
#getgrowing
#heliotropism
#followthesun
One of our star plants in flower this month and next at the Glasshouses:
Allium sphaerocephalon (roundheaded garlic or drumstick allium).
The bees love it. We love it.
#ravenscourtpark
#glasshouses
#hammersmith
#lbhf
#allium
#communitygarden
#summerplants
#pollinaterplants
Out comes the sunshine & out comes the peacock butterfly at Ravenscourt Park Glasshouses
#ravenscourtpark
#glasshouses
#communitygarden
#peacockbutterfly
#nature
#wildlife
#urbangardens
#hammersmith
#w6
Watch our video celebrating over thirty amazing years of our history in the community!
Our gardens may be teeming with wildlife, but it’s not just the birds who are tweeting!
OUR TWITTER FEED
Here are the ‘after’ photos of the new #beefriendly #plantingscheme on the Terrace on Ten @245hammersmith ! It was a long, HOT day of gardening but we got it done in the end! 📸 credit: @tektamu
#londonrooftop
#plantsforpollintors
#communitygardening @RefugeesBees
And finally, a big Thank You to all our supporters. Without you none of this incredible work would be possible…
