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.

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

A variable summer at Empty Common

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It is hot, it rains, it gets cooler, it warms up, the sun scorches... It's a British summer but on balance not a bad one... John has sen...
Monday, 5 June 2017

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

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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 ...
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Tuesday, 16 May 2017

Save the date: 10 and 11 June 2017

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Wednesday, 3 May 2017

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

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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!

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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

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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

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