Why Join Us?
If you are wondering why you should join a community garden, here are just a few of the benefits we offer.
If that is not enough, apart from these tangible benefits, it is widely accepted that community gardening is great for:
All of this can be yours for you and your family for less than a single pound a month - see the special offer below.
- Outdoor gardening as well as infrastructure like greenhouses, a gazebo and covered trellises.
- Natural and peaceful areas like around the pond and nature reserve.
- Play areas for younger children including a myriad of recycled toys and sculptures.
- Play structures, like a wooden fortress, basketball hoops, a table tennis table and a full sized boule piste.
- Little Free Libraries and one for grown-ups too.
- Little Diggers junior gardening area.
- Volunteering opportunities - in the garden and elsewhere.
- A calendar of member events and activities.
- Year Round Access to the space.
- Regular updates and newsletters
If that is not enough, apart from these tangible benefits, it is widely accepted that community gardening is great for:
- Physical health - throughthe exercise of gardening and we also grow a bit as well.
- Mental Health - for instance, the joy of seeing the fruits of your labour and working as part of a supportive group.
- Improved wellbeing - Interacting with nature can relieve many of the stresses of busy modern life
- Learning New Skills - become a better gardener and even get opportunities to train in say first aid or health and safety.
- Rehabilitation and Therapy - even the NHS is prescribing this to help you back on your feet.
All of this can be yours for you and your family for less than a single pound a month - see the special offer below.
! SPECIAL OFFER: £20 for 2 years Household Membership. 15% discount !
Our membership fee is a mere £12 annually (renewed March each year). That is just a quid a month. We also do a special offer of £20 for two years. That will save you another 15%!
Membership covers the whole household.
Membership covers the whole household.
Preferred payment through BACS transfer using the details below:
Bank Name: Unity Trust Bank
Account Name: Friends of Greenway Avenue Community Play Garden
Account Number: 20313010
Sort Code: 60-83-01
If you decide to join please email [email protected] with the payment reference and your address.
Once our Membership Secretary has confirmed receipt of your payment, they will send details of the garden code and automatically add you to our mailing list.
Once you are on the mailing list you will learn about everything we are doing and that is coming up!
Bank Name: Unity Trust Bank
Account Name: Friends of Greenway Avenue Community Play Garden
Account Number: 20313010
Sort Code: 60-83-01
If you decide to join please email [email protected] with the payment reference and your address.
Once our Membership Secretary has confirmed receipt of your payment, they will send details of the garden code and automatically add you to our mailing list.
Once you are on the mailing list you will learn about everything we are doing and that is coming up!
Keep In Touch
If you would like any further information about joining the Friends of Greenway Avenue Community Play Garden or any other general enquiries, please feel free to contact us at:
[email protected]
You can also follow us on Twitter - @greenwaygardenr
Or catch up on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenwayavecommunity/
Important note: The garden is only accessible to members of the Community Garden.
We are in contact regularly and have Whatsapp groups that you can join to stay up to date with volunteer gardening sessions and garden events.
Want to know where we are?
We aren't too hard to find and are conveniently placed to several transport links that you can check out on the "Locate Us" page.