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, 5 June 2017

Next Saturday's BioBlitz link and some updates....

All is well and growing at speed at Empty Common. Summer is coming soon. The pond has now some tadpoles and it's a nice place to ...

Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Save the date: 10 and 11 June 2017

Wednesday, 3 May 2017

A chilly, variable spring, but we do have a pond now!

Charlotte writes that the frosts have been damaging and our beans were affected. It is unusual to have frosts in late April and early May a...

Sunday, 9 April 2017

Easter wishes & update from glorious garden... so sunny!

Rebecca took this dreamy pic This morning an email brought a smile to volunteers' faces. Our coordinator gave a speech at our par...

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Visit from a local group & recipe for Swedish tea bread

Our welcoming tea spread by the flag On Sunday we welcomed a group from Trumpington who want to develop a community garden. We decide...

Monday, 6 February 2017

Spring is in the air... plus recipe for citrus cleaner

Thank you, John, for this harvesting pic! Yesterday Empty Common had a stall at Seedy Sunday . We had photos of our garden, a ma...

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Happy New Year from Empty Common Community Garden

It is a cold January but the Garden still looks green and lush. A few crops are still growing outdoors (Brussels sprouts, turnips, parsnips)...

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