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!
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We’ve been busy over the last week making a #shortfilm about one of our #growingprojects at Fisherton Street where, since 2015, we have been assisting residents with #growingtheirown #fruitandveggies . Here is one of the lovely residents with a Bengal #pumpkin that he grew this summer! There are twenty growing boxes in total and over 46 different varieties of fruit and vegetables have been grown here over the years! Watch this space for the release of the film!
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At Ravenscourt Park Glasshouses today our resident robin made the most of the sunny weather with a good old splash about in our makeshift bird bath 🐦
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The @londonharvestfestival is 22 years old this Saturday! To celebrate, they are inviting the world to participate in the #buzzing life of London’s #cityfarm and #gardencommunity by going online. You'll get the opportunity to join in with a variety of live #harvestfestival activities including animal shows, #competitive fruit-and-veg displays, craft-a-longs, cook-a-longs, #miniaturegarden making, #photography , and an online #fireside evening #celebration . For more info and to book your FREE tickets go to:
https://www.farmgarden.org.uk/london-harvest-festival
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School gardening sessions are back up and running at St Mary’s Primary in RBKC! Thanks to the amazing school caretaker who watered the beds over the summer, there is a glut of #raspberries that staff and pupils have been enjoying!
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Grow Well - socially distanced - but together again 🙂
Time to weed the beds in the walled garden: at this weeks community gardening session at Ravenscourt Park Glasshouses. V therapeutic 🌱
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We love the colours of autumn @ Ravenscourt Park Glasshouses
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Aaaand that’s a wrap! That was the final week of our summer play scheme in collaboration with @urbanwiselondon ! It was so lovely to meet all of these local families and share our love of nature and food growing with them all! 🌿🌞 Thank you to @hfcouncil for supporting this project
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We were thrilled to host the Wild Readers reading catch up programme this summer and it was fantastic to celebrate the children’s achievements at the prize givings last week! Thank you to all funders for supporting this project @w12together @thefoodbank @caritas_westminster Thank you to @UPG for hosting sessions at the community centre and to @jacolynd for masterminding and coordinating the project!
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@hammersmith_community_gardens goes even greener! Thank you to the @GLA and @Mercer’sTrust helping us finance the new #electricvan. It’s our trustees’ commitment to invest in an even greener future for the charity!
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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!
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We’ve been busy over the last week making a #shortfilm about one of our #growingprojects at Fisherton Street where, since 2015, we have been assisting residents with #growingtheirown .Here is one of the lovely residents with a Bengal #pumpkin that he grew this summer!
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City farms and community gardens would simply not exist if it wasn’t for the wonderful people working & volunteering for them, looking after the animals & the land, and educating the next generation.
The #LondonHarvestFestival is here to celebrate them
http://londonharvestfestival.org.uk
And finally, a big Thank You to all our supporters. Without you none of this incredible work would be possible…
