Our Sustainability Values
In it’s simplest form, our project connects with the Transition movement by teaching us how we can all grow our own food; which can not only save you money, keep you fit and give you a healthier lifestyle, but that also allows you to know exactly what you are eating and how to produce it in an environmentally-friendly way.
Permaculture
Our focus on permaculture means that we recycle, reuse materials, and keep to local resources; saving money, protecting the environment and helping to reduce our carbon footprint.
We’re focused on striking a balance between PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENT and EQUITY (where we all have a FAIR SHARE). This sociable and environmentally-friendly way of gardening and working together with our local community is inclusive and helps us to reduce our food miles, produce less waste and grow plants/trees that help to sustain us.
We follow organic permaculture principles in the garden that mean we apply “no-dig” gardening methods as we work together to grow organic produce we can eat and learn about, whilst also creating biodiverse natural habitats that encourage richly biodiverse wildlife in the garden.
This way of working with nature aims to maintain a healthy balance between pests and beneficial insects so that the garden is naturally maintained as much as possible (such as by slug eating reptiles like frogs, toads and slowworms etc,) meaning that there is less work for us to do to maintain it in the longer-term.
