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Community Gardens

DOBBIES COMMUNITY GARDENS

Dobbies Community Gardens is our initiative that offers support to groups from across the UK to help transform, 
restore or start an indoor or outdoor green space

The competition opened in March 2024 to all types of community and charity groups

We received more than 660 applications from across the UK with each Dobbies store selecting their local winner

Dobbies Community Gardens

Our winners

We announced the winners at our free in-store Grow How sessions on Saturday 4 May, 2024

We are delighted to support the following projects this year:

 

Aberdeen – Middlefield Community Project

Altrincham – Old Mill House Community Garden

Andover – Vigo Primary School

Antrim – Kirkinriola Early Years Playgroup

Ashford – Kaleidoscope Childcare

Atherstone – Racemeadow Primary Academy

Aylesbury – Great Missenden Church of England School

Ayr – Newmilns Regeneration Association

Beaconsfield – Chiltern Rangers CIC

Birtley – Barley Mow 2nd Home Childcare

Boston – Stickney Primary School Gardening Club

Braehead – Accord Hospice

Brighton – St. Martin's Church of England Primary School

Bury St Edmunds – Brandon in Bloom CIC

Cadnam – Forest Court Nursing Home D2A unit

Carlisle – James Rennie School

Chesterfield – Deer Friends Group

Chiswick – Action for Children

Cirencester – Friends Of Cirencester Primary School

Clifton – Props Bristol

Derby – Honey Hope Farm

Dundee –  Friockheim Park Community Volunteers

Dunfermline – Glenrothes High School additional support

Edinburgh – Newtongrange Community Garden

Gailey – Elston Hall Primary School

Galton – Owermoigne Village Hall

Gillingham – Abigails Footsteps - Baby Loss Charity

Gloucester – Whiteshill Primary School

Gosforth – Westmoor Gardening Group

Hare Hatch – Age Concern, Twyford

Harleston Heath – Spectrum Northants

Havant – Mud Matters

Hungerford – Carbon Neutral Aldbourne

Huntingdon – Manea Community Primary School

Inverness – Hilton Primary School

Keston – 1st Edenbridge Beaver Scouts

Kings Lynn – The Close Residential Home

Leicester – Canine Partners

Lelant – Nancledra school

Lisburn – Molly and Mia Community Group

Liverpool – Friends of Halsnead Allotment Group and Food Initiative

Livingston – Ogilvie School Campus

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Milngavie – Kilmardinny Community Garden Project

Milton Keynes – West Bletchley Community Centre

Moreton Park – Weston Rhyn Primary School

Morpeth – The Full Circle Food Project

Northampton – Lumbertubs Primary School

Marple – Torkington Allotments

Pennine – Emley Millennium Green

Perth – Connections

Peterborough – Queen St Church Memorial & Garden Project

Ponteland – St John Vianney Primary School

Preston – Intact Community Centre

Reading – Thrive

Richmond – St Vincent de Paul Society

Royston – Barrington Primary School

Rugby – Willow Tree Nursing Home

Sandyholm – Highgate Care Home

Shenstone – Oak House Gardening Group

Shepton – Swallow Charity

Shrewsbury – Canopy Shrewsbury

Southport – Dale Park Care Home

Stapleton – Royal Court Residents

Stirling – Ladeside Primary School Garden Champions

Stockbridge – Silvermills

Stockton – St Francis of Assisi Church of England School

Stratford upon Avon – Freedom Day Centre

Swansea – Glyncollen Primary School

Swindon – Dementia Garden

Telford – Bishop Lonsdale Church of England Academy

Tewkesbury – CCP Polytunnel & Garden

Thornbury – The Keppers Wotton Area Community Hub

Westbourne Grove – Kensington Primary Academy

Woodbridge – Ravenswood Community Primary School

Woodcote Green – Sutton African Caribbean Cultural Organisation

York – Haxby Primary School

*Cheltenham – community group to follow

Our colleagues are passionate about gardens and plants, championing garden living all year round to create experiences that bring people and communities together

As part of Dobbies Community Gardens, we will donate plants, tools and gardening equipment to help bring your green space to life. In addition to this, there will be volunteer hours allocated

We will provide regular updates as each project progresses Ideally we are looking for projects to be completed by February 2025

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