Zero Mile Gardens

18/09/2024

We've been litter picking today in Merrivale Park. Here with Amy, our amazing community builder. We've found loads of interesting things - including a tent - and saw so many bees buzzing on the ivy bush. It's a lovely spot. Wouldn't it be nice to see more plants and vegs growing here ?

18/09/2024

Getting ready for this event next week!!

In the garden we'll have some plants stalls (with Lou's Wild Garden) in the morning, Crepes Stall with Joh (11-1 pm), and circus "have a go" workshops and performances by Dr Pandemonious Fish (workshops throughout the day, and performances at 12.15 and 3.15). Dr Pandemonious Fish' performances and "have a go" workshops are free, supported by a Ward Grant - Exeter City Council. Thank you ☺️

St Thomas Library - Exeter also run some activities in the morning, and of course the theatre alibi 🐝🪴🤸🤹‍♀️🎭🍭🌻🌿

18/09/2024

My friend Richard is organising The Curiosity Cafe, Winkleigh, it is a lovely event further north in Devon. Lovely hall, friendly crowd, beautiful and quirky things to look at and have a go at (I had a go at the gramophone, and the type writer last time), and super tasty food by Ali, who is also developing a vegs growing space, I've heard.

Just what I like 😍

12/09/2024

A new garden is on the way in Exwick !!

Community Planting Day in Farm Hill this Saturday at 10am.

11/09/2024

You can now support our work by getting Exeter Community Lottery tickets !

Exeter Community Lottery - a fun and easy way to support good causes in Exeter!

07/09/2024

On one of the many benefits of community gardening

Scheme helping people in England connect with nature led to better mental health, report finds

04/09/2024

I just love this mosaic under the railway bridge, celebrating all the pigeons who live with us. It also remind us of a time when the councils were less stretched...

31/08/2024

Marianne's family organised a lovely celebration today in the Pleasure Ground to remember and celebrate her. It was very moving to meet all of them and to see her friends from the park, the garden, FREEMOOVEMENT and the local churches, and to feel part of such a good community. Exeter City Council has kindly installed a bench in her memory so more of us can enjoy the park and the garden.

30/08/2024

I had an amazing tour of Plymouth's growing projects last week, guided by Tess Wilmot and Ian Smith from Food Plymouth who have such an in-depth knowledge of the city, its communities, and all the plants and other non-humans that make it, and shared it so generously. I loved it. Here a few pictures taken at Snapdragons Plymouth, Poole Farm, Communities of the Soil at Jabulani at The Plot, and Keyham Green Places

23/08/2024

Little brassica growing on our pavement. Stoping spraying herbicide in our city does help... I also spotted tomato, fennel and chard 🙃

21/08/2024

One of the many little details that make our streets such beautiful places to live and to discover again and again 👀

18/08/2024

We have just registered our garden on the Good to Grow website and started using the harverst-ometer. This is such a great tool to measure how much we produce, how many meal can be cooked and how much we earn or save from our harvest.

Check out Alibi Garden on the Good To Grow Map

15/08/2024

My reading for the end of the week😊

The report shares the findings from 44 interviews with local food sector practitioners including growers, food processors, wholesalers, retailers, and public sector workers across the UK, on what should be done to transform local food systems. 

08/08/2024

another delicious meal today with Love Food CIC, and a lovely company too 🥰

08/08/2024

These are beautiful pictures and nature collage ☺️

06/08/2024

We're looking at our map again (made by Juliette Scalbert), taking new measurements, and getting ready to erect the polytunnel ! 🤩

Can you see where it will go ?

05/08/2024

Great news: we've been awarded an Award for All grant from the Community Fund😍

We'll be installing a polytunnel and running weekly gardening sessions from September at the Alibi Garden.

The garden continues to grow 🌸🍀🐝

Contact us to help it taking shape!

02/08/2024

A few pictures from last weeks: the garden in full bloom, a small harvest of flowers for the stall and of blackberries for the lunch club with Love Food CIC, and a boat trip around Emmanuel Hall!

30/07/2024

More reasons to love and sow broad beans in gardens ☺

Sustainable and nutritious, fava beans are being hailed by Nadia Mohd-Radzman as vital for the UK’s mental health

25/07/2024

Lovely to be helping out today for the first lunch club at the hub, and very glad our purslane and salad was part of it.

It was a delicious summery lunch for a rainy day ☺️