Canton Grows Wild
Canton Community Gardens
Canton and Riverside are high density urban areas with very little green space. The space also tends to have very little vegetation which creates uninspiring, underused often vandalised areas. We want to change this.
Visitor Information
Lansdowne Road
Cardiff
Caerdydd
CF5 1JQ
Anyone who lives in the area and wants to garden or just walk past and see the pretty trees and flowers! We are always open to visitors from further afield so please get in touch. They are lots of jobs we need help with!
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Volunteering opportunities / Upcoming events
Gardening sessions every Saturday from 10 am till 12pm.Get involved as much or little as want and drop by or contact us in advance.We have a twitter and Facebook account for updates and additional gardening sessions.
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Photos of the site
Killer worms in Canton !
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Signs of our project up on site
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Wild flowers
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Poppies
Monday, July 27, 2015
Collecting blackberries
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Blackberry tart
Monday, August 17, 2015
Blackberries from garden
Monday, August 17, 2015
Poppies
Friday, August 28, 2015What we've been up to
| What we did | When we did it | How many people took part | Who was there |
|---|---|---|---|
| We had an open day to launch the garden to the local community. This included activities for kids (bee hotels and seed bombs) and planting. | 25/04/:30 | 50 | Mixed ages |
| We meet indoors to plan next steps as it was raining outside. | 28/03/:15 | 5 | Mixed ages |
| The raised beds were delivered so we fixed these together and then started to dig them in. Lots of work needed but a sunny day. | 04/04/:00 | 15 | 26 – 34 years |
| More preparation of the site including still digging beds in and creating additional spaces for planting. Signs also went up on site. | 11/04/:00 | 6 | 26 – 34 years |
| We filled the beds with manure and top soil.Some initial planting in the beds.Cleared out the existing bushes at back of site.Cleared litter | 02/05/:30 | 6 | 26 – 34 years |