Community Gardens Ireland

Today community gardens were added to Irish law for the first time. This important step follows years of discussions & presentations. More work is needed but huge thanks to @noonan_malcolm @MarcKC_Green @stevensgreen1 & all TDs/Senators for the support. cgireland.org/community-gard…

Great day today for The Community Garden,as our well has been started, this is an absolute lifeline for us, the last 2 summers we have had to hand water as our rain water system kept leaving us down. We had another visit from a group of Italian students and more seeds planted🌱

Another lovely Saturday in our Community Garden 🌱 Seeds are going in, and the garden is slowly coming back to life after the winter. There’s something special about spending a few hours outdoors together,digging, planting, chatting, and sharing a few laughs along the way.

Today we had a visit from a group of students from Italy who are learning about sustainability and community projects. It was a great opportunity to share ideas, explore the garden together, and talk about how small local actions can make a big difference for our environment 🌱

Another Joyful day in our community garden 💛 @greenspacescork @CommunityGrdns @corkcitycouncil

Lots more oaks planted up today, a huge thanks to the @corkcitycouncil parks staff for clearing our paths today and edging around the whole garden. @greenspacescork @CommunityGrdns

Call to allot more allotments irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

Our garden is bursting to come to life, lots of new buds and growth everywhere, we had a morning to clear the beds without the rain, lots of garden maintenance this past week ready for spring planting, Maria made a warming Brazilian bean dish for lunch 🌱

Our Apricot and Plum trees blossoming in the warmth of the Polytunnell, Maria found a bucket of about 50 oak whips that are thriving, so the lads replanted them individually awaiting their forever homes in a future forest 🌳 back again Wednesday at 10 🌱

Kicking off 2026 with our first workshop on pruning with Chris Troy. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for a morning filled with learning. Great food from Maria and fantastic company, both familiar and new faces 🫂 Can't wait for Wednesday's session from 10 🌱🌱🌱

Today we potted 54 oak saplings that came from the Hollyhill Library duneman box. These will be returned to the library and remain in pots for another year before being planted out in their forever home. Maria made a Jerusalem artichoke soup for our first garden lunch 2026

Recycled old pull-up banners for reuse saves resources, cuts waste, and lowers carbon emissions while extending product life cycles. Its safe / cost effective for organisations, supports #CircularEconomy, and encourages responsible consumption - More @ wp.me/p6GviU-2S7

Beannachtaí na Féile Bríde, The beginning of spring, a time of new growth, and a time to look forward 🌱🌱🌱

Garden Clutter - Safely recycle old electrical/metal gardening equipment. Take them to a local recycling centre or Recycle IT is open for free drop off or cost-effective collections. Please avoid landfill disposal to reduce environmental harm. More @ wp.me/p6GviU-1sy

We are getting ready for 2026 growing season, can't wait to see all the new members grow in our community garden 🌱🌱🌱

We don't have acidic soil here but we love blueberries. So we grow them in pots. Every we year we cut up the Christmas tree and use it as a top mulch. The blueberries seem to love the acidity and we make good use of a dead tree...

What does Electric Picnic, President Higgins, Storm Éowyn, National Community Gardens Week & local authorities have in common? It’s the Community Gardens Ireland 2025 end of year report! Find out more about the work completed by our team of volunteers👇 cgireland.org/end-of-year-re…

Good news - community gardens and allotments will now be planned by local authorities throughout Ireland! Thanks @DublinGazette for highlighting this.

Great news - councils are now required to develop a strategy for sustainable places and communities, which includes the reserving of land for allotments and community gardens! Thanks to @corkindo for covering this. corkindependent.com/2026/01/07/cou…

A huge thank you to everyone who has taken action for pollinators in 2025. Pollinator numbers are in decline, but local populations are increasing where actions are being taken to help them. We'll be working even harder to help pollinators with a more ambitious plan for 2026-2030