We are living in unprecedented times and as such, and with little leadership from government, we are finding ourselves tasked not just with the safety of ourselves, but also our community gardeners and those with whom we work. Because our number 1 priority is and always will be our incredible community of gardeners, we have […]
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A Peat Free Promise
Peat free growing will support the city in it’s fight against an ecological emergency and the wider picture by stopping the extraction of peat. Twitter Facebook email

Response to the Declaration Of An Ecological Emergency in Bristol
Over the 6 years that Incredible Edible Bristol has been working, across the 50 sites we have supported there has always been conversation around growing food with nature and providing food for pollinators, birds and other creatures who are an important part of the city’s ecosystem. Twitter Facebook email

2019-An Incredible Year in Bristol
As we head into 2020 we thought it might be good to look back at our achievements in 2019 and look at plans coming in 2020. In many ways 2019 was a difficult year so before we go onto achievements we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone across the city who helped […]

We’re a Beacon Group!!
As you will all know, we are a part of a large movement of Incredible Edible towns and cities that span not just the UK but also the globe. This movement was inspired but the work of Incredible Edible Todmorden and has been supported by the Incredible Edible Network, founded by Pam Warhurst, since around […]

On Being Given A Garden…….
Plants are always one of our biggest challenges and we are very fortunate to have some local nurseries and garden centres who regularly donate to us, either stock they can no longer use or plants that we have cheekily asked for. However, gardens such as the Bearpit and the Quakers Burial Ground, our Edible Park, […]

Ross’s Incredible Story…..
Incredible Edible and Me It’s been almost a year since I met Sara Venn and the amazing folks at Incredible Edible Bristol and it’s one of the best things to have happened to me over the past few years. At the time of meeting I’d had a pretty rough couple of months. I’d lost my […]

A Volunteers View
Last week our lovely Volunteer Kirsten joined us in Millennium Square and then wrote us a blog…… Today I joined Incredible Edible Bristol for a volunteer session in Millennium Square. I met community horticulturist Sara Venn & volunteer Fred for a morning of planting, weeding and chatting. There is 5 raised beds in the […]

Edible Park Update
Excitingly we have been awarded a grant for the ongoing work in our Edible Park at the Quakers Burial Ground opposite St Mary Redcliffe Church. Plans are afoot to not only turn the space into an exciting space, filled with edibles that are both beautiful and productive, but to make the space one that can […]

The NHS 5 Steps to Mental Wellbeing and Us!!
When we began Incredible Edible Bristol we were very aware that there were a lot of people in the city who firmly believed that as they didn’t have a garden, growing food and gardening was something that was off their radar. Part of what we are trying to achieve is to say to the whole […]