SHARING WHAT WE GROW
Celebrating the joys of growing our own food and working together towards a fairer and more sustainable food system.
Sharing Fresh Produce with Our Community
Through our work, and in the context of climate emergency, we want to demonstrate that we have to and can grow more good food locally. Some of food we grow is shared among the volunteers at our gardening sessions. Some is sold on our stall at Emmanuel Hall and to very local businesses. It is also donated to be used in local initiatives like Love Food CIC’s lunch clubs.
Sharing Knowledge and Experience
Zero Mile Gardens is Good to Grow Coordinator for Exeter. Good to Grow is an online platform to support food growing in the UK, run by Sustain. The Good to Grow Network is all about getting people involved in their local community garden.
Zero Mile Gardens has been running Exeter Community Gardeners and Growers quarterly meet-ups since October 2024. If you are involved in a community garden or in community food growing project in Exeter, you can join our mailing list to keep up to date with community growing and gardening in the city and be informed of the upcoming meetings. See here for more info: https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/exeter_community_gardens_collective
We have developed with members of the collective and ECC Parks and Green Spaces team a working document to facilitate the cooperation between ECC and community groups working on council land. It is available here
Only through sharing knowledge and skill can we make a bigger impact on our practices and support the building of a sustainable food system and healthier planet. Our gardening sessions, workshops, and events aim to provide people with some skills and resources to grow their own food and be part of a good food movement.
We run many activities for children and young people including gardening clubs for home schools children. See our event page or email us for more info.
Collaboration and Community Events
We collaborate with local partners to run community events that celebrate the joy of growing and eating good healthy food together. These events bring people together, working toward a fairer and more sustainable food system and joyful resilient communities.
