John Evelyn Community Garden
Our services
What we offer
Our Garden has rotation vegetable beds, perennial beds, a Forest Garden, Pond and Polytunnel.
Permaculture and organic growing principles are always applied.
It is also a free space for people to relax, enjoy and learn from nature.
Volunteering
Green Medicine - Plant and Grow sessions
Our regular Sessions are on Sundays - 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm, Spring & Summer, closing at 4.00pm Autumn & Winter.
We welcome new volunteers to come and join us at our Garden
All regular volunteers complete a Registration Form and are asked to abide by our Code of Conduct.
Becoming members of our Friends of Evelyn Garden.
Our Friends gain further benefit from our wider memberships and training offers, with Garden Organic, The Conservation Volunteers, the Federation of Community Farms and Gardens, and the London Wildlife Trust.
Education and support
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Under fives, and under elevens
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Primary and Secondary School links
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Youth Clubs, & Youth Offending reparation
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Adults and over 50's gentle gardening
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Disability
Health programmes
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Eat well - fresh organic food grown locally - and link with 'Grow Wild'
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Pick & Cook
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Stop smoking - referral to NHS 'SmokeFree'
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Community mental health awareness, linked to NHS
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Basic alcohol awareness, linked to NHS
Hydroponics and Solar Panels
Experimenting with new ways of gardening and food production.
Experimenting with alternative forms of energy, like solar panels and self-watering conservation methods.
Environment and landscape
Big Tree Plant - 2012/2015
We planted new trees in LB Lewisham, as part of the Big Tree Plant in the UK, to help combat CO2 emissions and improve our environment.
Our planting locations are on Pepys estate, Deptford; Longton Nursery, Sydenham; and Magnolia Garden on Evelyn Street, Deptford.
Outdoor Structures
Potting Shed and new Evelyn Bed parterre
In 2013/14, our volunteers designed and built our own new Potting Shed, as an extension to our existing poly tunnel. Giving us the ability to better propagate our own plants and seeds.
Summer 2024 worked with contractors for the Greening Fund to create a new Evelyn Bed parterre at the front space of our Garden. Moving the entrance gate to a new central position with horizontal and vertical pathways and an elliptical overall shape. Creating a formal design for both easier access and management.