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, 29 April 2023

Our blog is popular!

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We received an email that this blog is at number 16 of the top 60 gardening blogs on the web... although they believe we are in Cambridge, M...
Sunday, 16 April 2023

Permaculture and ECCG

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  The PechaKucha talk our coordinator Charlotte did for the Cambridge Zero Festival 2022. A brief video on permaculture and a visual history...
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Hello Spring! Welcome to our meeting hut

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We had a weird winter: cold, warm, cold and snow in March! Today is the first day of spring, with meadows full of daffodils and crocuses. On...
Thursday, 12 January 2023

Happy New Year and a post about fabulous fungi

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  We love fungi's other-worldliness and are happy that they are finally getting the attention they deserve. Fungi are brilliant at break...
Wednesday, 21 December 2022

Happy Xmas from the ECCG

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  We had snow in Cambridge and this is the meeting hut looking like a fairytale image in a wintry landscape.  If you are considering donatin...
Saturday, 19 November 2022

Our annual review and our fundraising goals for 2023

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  November is upon us. It is rainy and colder but it's not as cold as in previous years. Despite the dry summer we had really good crops...
Sunday, 16 October 2022

October at ECCG and exciting hut updates - please donate!

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The ECCG this month   Autumn is in full swing but the garden is still so green and pleasant. There has been great progress with the meeting ...
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