Allowing more people to share in Bristol’s beautiful secret fruit & vegetable gardens.
For the past 6 years, Bristol Food Network has run the annual 'Get Growing Garden Trail’ – a weekend where around 30 of Bristol’s community growing groups open their normally-closed garden gates to the public. It’s a chance to explore these beautiful hidden spaces, to learn a bit about growing, and to mull over getting involved without the pressure of having to turn up on a workday.They are now crowdfunding to run a slightly different sort of Trail for 2018…
Bristol Food Network would like to explore how food growing spaces can be used by the wider community – not just for growing, but by other health & wellbeing initiatives. For example with Tai Chi in Fishponds community orchard, kids’ cookery on HHEAG's allotment, watercolour painting in Blaise Walled Garden etc.
You can help make this happen by pledging through the Bristol Gets Growing 2018 Crowdfunder. They are taking part in the Bristol Green Capital Partnership’s Better Bristol campaign, and stand to win £3K in match-funding if they can hit our 50% funding target quickly, with a minimum of 40 backers.
They have a great range of rewards on offer, from a share in the orchard harvest to tours of local food projects; from collections of small plot vegetable plants and seeds to vouchers from local sustainable eateries. Rewards are priced from £5–£500 – so there's something for everyone.
