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.

Monday, 27 July 2015

Great weather for thinning and planting out, and eating currant muffins

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Sunday was a very wet day, yet nine volunteers braved the elements to add bedding plants around our big oak tree. Having decided they couldn...
Sunday, 19 July 2015

The garden in July

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This is how the Empty Common Garden looks right now. This picture was taken from the shed's roof. The school holidays are looming so...
Monday, 6 July 2015

Retrieve, reinvent, reuse‏ - the three Rs of recycling

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Adrian, the River Cam's warden with his 'catch of the day' The Empty Common Community Garden is doing well. This week...
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Thursday, 2 July 2015

We are having a heatwave...

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The weather has hotted up nicely so a watering rota has been running in the past weeks. Thank you to all those who have volunteered so fa...
Monday, 22 June 2015

Empty Common Garden in June

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Yesterday I joined the volunteers for some weeding with my daughter in tow and took my camera with me to take pictures of what the Empty Co...
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Monday, 15 June 2015

Our first 'homegrown' salad social!

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The Sunday before last, all volunteers gathered to eat the first communal salad of the year. In the salad bowl they mixed  homegrown le...
Saturday, 6 June 2015

Happy composting in June: hints & tips

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Composting in action & BBQ whatever the weather! In a big open space, you run out of composting bins pretty soon, so here is how we...
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