Looking to spend some time outdoors and give back to your community? Join Cultivate London for their regular volunteering day at the DIG Hanwell community garden or one of their other Community Gardens.
Cultivate London works to improve health and wellbeing across London by encouraging and supporting local communities to engage with their green spaces. By sharing our horticulture and environmental knowledge, they enable people of all ages to better connect with their community. The green spaces they have volunteer days at are:
- The DIG Community Garden, 62 Green Lane, Hanwell, Ealing W7 2PB. Every Monday, 10 – 3pm All welcome, no booking or experience necessary, come along meet some new people, and join this friendly group.
- The Salopian Garden, 689a London Road, Hounslow TW7 4ES. Every Wednesday 10 – 4 pm. Drop in. There is a strong cohort of regulars with new people joining all the time – no experience necessary, just a can-do attitude.
- Acton Gardens (Berrymede) Community Gardens, Acton Gardens Primary school, 232 Osborne Rd, W3 8SN. The beds are located in the playgrounds of the 3 buildings of the Acton Gardens Primary school (formerly Berrymede). So the drop-in sessions are outside lessons times: Saturdays 11:30 – 14:30 and Tuesdays 3-5pm (during summer 4-6pm plus an extra session on Thursdays).
- Plus other volunteering opportunities in communal gardens such as Dean Gardens, West Ealing and Acton Industrial Estate.
More details on Getting involved volunteering and fill out the contact form to register.
DIG Hanwell
At DIG in Hanwell, which was acquired in late 2022, Cultivate London have renovated this beautiful neglected space and opened it up for use by the community. We have had some fantastic individuals and corporate groups help us on this journey either through corporate volunteer days and/or funds to repair and replace key items.
Regular weekly open volunteering events run at the DIG garden as well as hosting different groups such as NHS, horticultural colleges and specialist educational providers to run their own days for their clients.
Here the volunteers are working on pruning the roses and weeding the currants. Whilst also admiring the various flowers in blooms on the plot such as Euphorbia, Campanula, Lychnis, Malva, and Philadelphus. 
DIG Hanwell being their newest community garden, go visit them. By volunteering help them to build this beautiful green space into a thriving community resource. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to help and learn more about gardening. Come along to Cultivate London to their weekly drop-in on Monday 10am – 3 pm for volunteer gardening sessions. For more info contact: communitygardens@cultivatelondon.org
Volunteer with Cultivate London
Volunteers make an important contribution to our work and Cultivate London always welcome volunteers at all their sites. All level of experience are welcome. For more info contact communitygardens@cultivatelondon.org.
For more information about other community gardens around Ealing, go to ActForEaling Community Gardens and Biodiversity Partners. Subscribe to ActForEaling email newsletter for regular updates on what is going on around Ealing.
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