Community Garden

IDEAs community garden was originally designed to be accessible to all and have the facility for growing vegetables on a small scale for retail locally.
Located immediately beside the Resource Centre, it would provide the opportunity for disabled people, young people and the community in general, to learn about and enjoy gardening.

So in 1997, with the help from BBC's Beechgrove Garden Hit Squad and band of willing volunteers, the award winning community garden was established and the garden won the community corner competition.
Now our gardener maintains the area with help from IDEAs members, volunteers from local organisations and more recently, New Deal employees

Over the years the garden has gone from strength to strength and we now have a variety of seating areas, two solar domes, a beautiful water feature and sensory garden, and a carved wooden marriage arch - the perfect spot for wedding photos.
The IDEAs Community garden is a beautiful and tranquil spot to work, relax or browse, or select from our range of bedding and tomato plants.