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Abbey Gardens

Abbey Gardens is a unique open community garden on the site of a 17th Century Abbey. We’re run by the community working together through the seasons, using the garden as a place to pause, to grow, to meet, to make. Building a beautiful, healthy and sustainable garden that everyone can benefit from. What will your harvest be?
Open every day from dawn till dusk with community gardening workshops weekly on Sundays 3pm-6pm between April and October. Gardening clubs are every Sunday 3-5pm. Enjoy a free herbal tea during garden clubs. We grow together and harvest together from the garden. No experience or skills necessary, we welcome beginners to pros and all ages!

Ways That You Can Volunteer

PLOTS and BEDS – To help maintain plots, beds and the wider garden on an ongoing basis. Please note however we do not operate like an allotment. Maintenance, garden tasks and harvesting is communal and shared between our garden members.
SPRING GARDEN CAFÉ – The Spring Garden café is open 1-5pm every Friday, Saturday and Sunday serving coffee and delicious home cooked vegetarian food. The cafe serves daily vegan hot bowls, toasties, egg rolls and garden grown salads and provides local produce such as honey, herbs and sourdough. ​ We are always on the hunt for people to help run the cafe.
BEES – This is the first year of our bee enclosure! We’ve welcomed our first hives into the garden, with a viewing window to watch the bees at work. Monika is our resident beekeeper. We want to make them feel at home, so please get in touch if you’d like to help look after our bees. ​
EVENTS – We hold seasonal events from Easter, to Fiber festival, apple day, heritage events, halloween and arts and craft days. We also host educational workshops delivered by the local community centred around nature. These are open events for everyone to come together and enjoy the space in the garden – and we welcome all ideas and contributions for these events! Get in touch if you would be interested in organising them or helping us to manage them on the day.
Trustees – We are currently looking for a treasurer to manage out finances. If youre interested, shoot us an email. ​

Corporate Volunteering

Specialist Volunteering Requirements

Various opportunities available
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Volunteer, Newham

Abbey Gardens, Bakers Row, London, E15 3NF

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https://www.abbeygardens.org/copy-of-bee-keeping

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admin@abbeygardens.org

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