Grow your own

Garden

Community gardens

A community garden is a shared project where people from all age groups, abilities and backgrounds come together to grow their own fruit, flowers and vegetables. Volunteers then divide the final produce between them, ensuring everyone benefits from working together.

We have five community gardens: Getting involved with our community gardens is free and everyone is invited to come along and get their hands dirty, whether you're on your own or part of a community organisation.

Allotments

We offer four allotment sites in Belfast. They are: At present, we have no available vacant allotment plots. To add your name to our waiting list for vacant plots, call the relevant number above.

Grow your own at home

You can also try your hand at growing your own vegetables at home. Read our gardening tips for each month of the year. If you would like more tips for growing your own vegetables visit the Royal Horticultural Society website

Belfast in Bloom

Want to put your gardening skills to the test. Our annual Belfast in Bloom campaign is running from May to September 2012. We're encouraging residents and businesses to use flowers creatively to brighten up their surroundings and create a blaze of colour across Belfast.