Zero Mile Gardens

20/11/2025

A lovely and busy celebration at St Thomas Precinct Coop.

It was great to meet so many other local causes in our communities, in Exeter and beyond, in Devon, including : Sidmouth voluntary services and Honiton Carers! good luck to the new causes and thank to our local for the support this year!

19/11/2025

Getting ready to make leaf-mould, collecting leaves at the paddling pool in Exeter City Council ' St Thomas Pleasure Ground on a sunny afternoon 🍁

There is so much resources in our parks and green spaces. By collecting leaves here, we do not remove resources that would otherwise feed the soil, plants and the trees, and we're cleaning up our community facilities at the same time!

12/11/2025

Seasons are changing and the garden too... Last tomatoes turned into chutney, seed harvested, and winter salad growing. A bit of tying up too ... We try to keep it low key and carbon free with a manual mower, kindly lent by

We still have a few things on our mini stall at , trialling leafy greens in a bucket of water to keep them fresh, and maybe soon some chutney!

29/10/2025

Coming up in a couple of weeks... We'll be there ☺️

SkillShare25 is coming!

📅 Saturday 15th November
📍 The Courtenay Centre, Newton Abbot
💚 Free to attend

We’re thrilled to invite you to SkillShare25 - a day of connection, inspiration, and climate action! 🌱

With 64 amazing groups now part of the growing CAG Devon network, this year’s event is all about celebrating community resilience and growing through collaboration.

Expect practical workshops, activities, and discussions on the latest local climate initiatives. You'll have the chance to network, share ideas, and make meaningful connections, all while enjoying good food and planning next steps for taking action in your community! ✨

It’s not easy to find a location that suits everyone, but we hope Newton Abbot’s transport links and nearby parking will help folks from all corners of Devon join us.

📣 Please spread the word in your groups and communities - the more the merrier!

Last year’s event sold out, so don’t miss your chance to be part of this inspiring day.

🔗 Sign up now: https://bit.ly/CAGSkillShare25

More details to come... Stay tuned for updates on workshops

28/10/2025

Lovely course coming up in Tiverton!

28/10/2025

Great half term activities at the St Thomas Library - Exeter. We'll also be there later today and on Thursday ! check our programme on our social medias !

Green Libraries Week is here at St Thomas Library!
We have lots of lovely activities - all free, drop in and fun!
Two great Drop In Craft afternoons, a visit from local author and illustrator Victoria Byron on Monday and, of course, the eternally popular St Thomas Library Holiday Treasure Hunt - complete with prizes!
Not to mention Tues is Bounce & Rhyme, Thurs is Storytime and Sat is Lego Club!

23/10/2025

I really like this simple poster by the Permaculture Association.

We're lucky in St Thomas with quite a few local and independent food retailers and producers, the Brillsville Market St Thomas, Love Food CIC food hub, and quite a few gardens to grow a bit of our food together... as well as organic farms on our doorstep 🥕🍎🍏

🥕🌍 Want to lower your food footprint? Start with what’s on your plate.

Eating local and seasonal food is one of the easiest ways to take climate action — and it tastes better too! Here are 3 simple ways to get started:

1️⃣ Shop at your local farmers’ market or veg box scheme
2️⃣ Learn what’s in season and plan your meals around it
3️⃣ Grow your own herbs or veggies – even a windowsill counts!

Small shifts in how we eat can make a big difference for the planet. 🌱💚

22/10/2025

Looking forward to gardening together next week, bring your wellies and raincoat. We have some tools and gloves, and some indoor space in the tunnel!

17/10/2025

We're delighted to host Tess Wilmot again this year 🍃🍁✨

After looking at permaculture principles last year, we'll explore permaculture design with hands-on activities. Booking now open on our website and eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1257451654749?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/10/2025

Coming up next week :

Cooking & baking on Friday, pressing apples, eating and dancing on Saturday!

Booking essential !

Come along to our free cooking sessions at St Thomas Community Food Hub on Friday 10 October to make soup, cake and bread for Harvest Meal at Exwick Parish Hall on Saturday 11 October.
The session are:
11am-2pm to make seasonal soup and apple cake.
4-6pm to make harvest loaves with
Book via Eventbrite https://love-food-cic.eventbrite.com

25/09/2025

Still time to book a place on the workshop by wonderful compost expert, Nicky Scott.
Book on our website or eventbrite!

We've been collecting vegs scraps, grass cutting, comfrey, and wood chip to make a compost hip together on Saturday garden. Exciting!

20/09/2025

I have been saving some seeds of the tomatoes growing our polytunnel.

I usually just take the seeds out of the tomatoes, spread them on a tissue and let them dry, ready to sow! They have always germinated very well.

This year I had a go at fermenting the seeds before drying them, just letting them in their gel to ferment for a couple of days so their anti-germination coating disappear. They're less sticky and a bit easier to store maybe? Well, I'll sow both next year and we'll see which one does better.

any surplus seeds may go to Exeter Seed Bank 🫛