Empty Common Community Garden & Meeting Hut

This is the official blog of the award-winning Empty Common Community Garden, which is in Cambridge, UK. It is open to all and is very inclusive. It is based on the principles of permaculture and we grow food and flowers to encourage wildlife (bees, insects, etc). We use no pesticides.

Saturday, 28 February 2026

Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) and the Horsetail

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This Lunar New Year was celebrated in the garden and we look forward to the Year of the Fire Horse where the energetic ways of the horse com...
Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Midwinter in the Garden

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 The Saplings group continue to have a wonderful time at ECCG through the midwinter. They write: We had a really lovely session last Saturda...
Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Fractals are Fun

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Fantastic Jack Frost play on my windows this morning. Magically, he’d been growing ice crystal gardens as I slept. Nature, so complex, is al...
Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Little Ones Connect with the Garden

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We're thrilled that the new Sapling Group has kicked off! This local group of children, parents, care-givers and early years professiona...
Monday, 6 October 2025

Thriving Summer at the Garden 2025

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  It’s been a very busy and productive summer at ECCG (even though the blog has been neglected…) We grew so much beautiful veg and flowers...
Sunday, 23 March 2025

Spring Gardening Workshop

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Today we had a super productive Sparky Sundays - the ECCG sign on Brooklands Avenue is now well-decorated with garden tools. We also held a ...
Tuesday, 18 February 2025

2025 at Empty Common

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 We're excited to start a new year with a new poster to advertise our Sparky Sunday meetings! Drop in every Sunday at 10:30am or 2pm, a...
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