In the summer of 2019 we launched our first Aylesbury Garden Town Community Food Growing project, in partnership with Community GROW and St Peter’s Church, in the heart of the neighbourhood in Quarrendon.
Community Food Growing supports local sustainable food production and helps people to create a garden together on a piece of land that they all have access to. The fruit and vegetables that they grow are shared with one another and the wider community as well.
The project is based on ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’:
1. Connect with people
2. Be active
3. Take notice of the world around you
4. Keep learning and try something new
5. Give some time to help others
We’ve seen the pleasure and satisfaction community food growing gives to everyone involved, bringing together lots of local groups including neighbours, families, retirees, volunteers, faith groups, schools and businesses.
We have a number of Community Food Growing Projects now underway in Aylesbury Garden Town. As well as St. Peter’s Church in Quarrendon, these include one at The Healthy Living Centre at Walton Court and our latest addition, the Bierton Community Allotment. If you’d like to be part of a Community Food Growing project, or event start on yourself, just click the link and Get Involved.