Grimwood Road Community Garden
Grimwood Road Community Garden is a community growing space in the heart of Twickenham, managed by Habitats & Heritage. What was once an overgrown former nursery site is being transformed into a welcoming garden where people can connect with nature, learn new skills and grow food together. Our aim is to create a blooming and thriving garden space, which provides a demonstration of sustainable garden practices including rainwater harvesting, composting and more.
The garden brings together a wide range of local people, including volunteers, community groups and local charities.
Growing food is at the heart of the project, but the garden is about much more than vegetables. We are creating a green community space for all, growing knowledge and friendships alongside the tomatoes and sunflowers.
We run regular volunteer gardening sessions that are open to everyone, whether you are an experienced gardener or completely new to growing. Volunteers help care for the site, create wildlife-friendly habitats, sow, grow and harvest!
Where possible, surplus produce is shared with local food projects and community organisations, helping fresh food reach people who need it most.
There is still much to do, and we would love you to be part of the journey. Join us at a volunteer session and help create a thriving community garden for people, nature and wildlife.
Growing food locally has many benefits, including fresh air, socialising and exercise for the participants, fresher food that is more nutritious, reduced carbon emissions, income generation opportunities, and the development of skills that can lead to employment in horticulture and catering.
Our previous work included:
- Community market garden at Marble Hill House – Jam Yesterday Jam Tomorrow was a National Lottery Heritage funded project that uncovered the rich and varied Market Garden and Nursery Land history of Twickenham, Hampton and Hounslow in the 19th and 20th centuries.We built a model market garden in Marble Hill to restore traditional methods of growing and lost heritage varieties of fruit and vegetables and provide opportunities for local residents to gain new skills and create a sustainable interest in heritage horticulture.
- Capital Growth – we were appointed the Capital Growth Local Lead organisation for the London Borough of Richmond and visited over 30 food growing projects in the area to offer support. We continue to work with the Capital Growth team and partners around London to promote local food growing.
- Strawberry Hill House – we worked with the Strawberry Hill community gardening team to set up, publicise and fund courses and training events for teachers and community gardeners.
