Our core team of community gardeners is core to our work in and around the city centre spaces and we are looking to grow the team that supports the gardens in Millennium Square and in Castle Park on Thursdays from 10-2. The core team is made up of people who are able to commit to […]
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We are partnering with Yeo Valley to ensure equity in growing education.
Never has it been more important to create an equitable food system where individuals and communities can take back control of the way they buy and eat food. Food growing skills are being lost, and despite being in a city that has more than 91 languages spoken with in it, and that is rich in […]
Get Growing at our Cultivation Place!
For the last few months we have been working hard behind the scenes on a space at our Cultivation Place at Speedwell, creating what is the equivalent of a tiny urban back garden, or a tiny yard space. We are so aware that for many renters, house sharers and flat dwellers, for people from marginalised […]
Opening Up In A Post Covid World
The last year has been incredibly challenging for everyone and whilst we have continued to grow food and ensure it gets to those who needed and continue to need it, in order to keep everyone safe we have been unable to offer the drop in volunteer community gardening that is at the very core of […]
Community Garden Week-If You Eat You’re In!
This week is Community Garden Week which obviously is close to our hearts. Gardens supported and run by communities, whether for food, for pollinators or to improve an area are really vital for neighbourhoods to feel that they are empowered to find their solutions to the global issues of the day. Community gardening is often […]
Success with Seeds-an online opportunity!!
Every season gardeners and growers tell us they have failed to grow crops and flowers from seed, so we have created this opportunity for people to come along and to learn from our founder and lead, Sara Venn, about failsafe methods of growing productive plants from seed. Whether you need increased confidence, help at certain […]
Join our Incredible Flower Club and get beautiful blooms all summer long.
Recently we have turned our thoughts more and more towards what sustainability means. Whilst we will always be reliant on funding to some degree, what we know is that as funding is harder and harder to get, we need to focus on creating sustainable funding streams based on what we know we can do well. […]
Food Justice, seed and food sovereignty in Bristol and beyond.
Our founder, Sara, recently gave this talk both to the Bristol Seed Swap and at the Kew Lectures. It covers food justice and movements in the US that inspired and continue to inspire Edible Bristol. TwitterFacebookemail
Community Engagement Opportunity with EdibleBristol
We are beginning a project that will include us reinvigorating the Bearpit Garden and have secured funds for a short-term project to look at inclusion in the garden and barriers to inclusion. The job description is below along with details of how to apply. We look forward to hearing from you! MK-draft_Communities-consultation-JOB-DESCRIPTIONDownload TwitterFacebookemail
Our How To Grow course is open!!
Our online course is now open for sign ups once again. The course will begin on June 1st This course will be six weeks, with an expectation of 3-4 hours of work per week, which will include a webinar, an online Q&A session along with written materials and resources to give a basic, but thorough, […]
