"Bats mean biodiversity" – The Bat Conservation Trust Nocturnal Garden, designed by Melanie Hick and funded by grant-giving charity Project Giving Back, celebrates Britain's overlooked flying mammals and demonstrates how contemporary gardens can easily become vital bat habitats. It is the first time a garden designed specifically for bats has been staged at an RHS flower show. The Bat Conservation Trust Nocturnal Garden will take roost at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2

Clydach Community Gardens has been announced as one of 100 winners nationwide of The Nature Hubs Fund, a new initiative that aims to widen community access to green spaces. The grants, awarded by environmental charity Hubbub and funded by Starbucks, have been allocated to community groups and projects that will increase local access to green space, up-skill communities, bring people together in nature and / or build climate resilience. In total, over £560,000 in grants is bei

Back in April, Project Delivery Manager Hannah Norman and Chairperson Sonia Baker were invited to Glyncollen Primary School to run a gardening session with the children. With Spring in the air the children planted peas and sweetcorn in pots to take home, and learnt all about our work at the garden. We had a tour of the school to see current and future growing sites and it was wonderful to see the children learning through horticulture activities delivered as part of, and in a

Last month, Clydach Community Gardens hosted the first two sessions of the Community Green Spaces programme, a new project organised by The Environment Centre. Based in Swansea, the Environment Centre are a community hub who have been inspiring positive action for a greener and healthier future by championing environmental action for over 25 years. The Community Green Spaces training is an 8 week course supporting local community leaders to set up projects, learn new skills a

As part of our Get Out and Grow campaign to encourage more nature based activities in the local area, Clydach Community Gardens has 10 grants of £150 available for local schools and organised groups to run a growing activity this Summer. We would love to see more local food growing in our local community. So whether it's new raised beds in a school playground, a veg growing workshop at a care home, or a sunflower growing competition with your community group, if you have an i

With new projects in the pipeline and with us going into our busiest period of the year, we are now in a position to accept new volunteers. Volunteering opportunity Our volunteering sessions are every Wednesday morning from 10am - 12pm at our community garden site (SA6 5LN) and run year round apart from a 3 week period during the Christmas break. Volunteers are not expected to attend every week, but we do ask that you're able to commit to attending the majority of our session

Following the huge success of our first plant sale in 2023, we're opening our gates and welcoming the community into our garden once again! Our open day is taking place on Sunday 19th May from 11am - 2pm and we'll have plenty going on for you to enjoy. Our members have been busy propagating plants, all of which will be on sale for you to purchase and take home for your own gardens. We'll be serving tea and homemade cake, have activities for the kids. and our garden will be op