As some of you will already know Sarn Helen Community Garden
is undergoing a change. The raised beds that were once managed by staff and
volunteers have now been handed over to the local community in the “Adopt a bed
scheme”. Staff will still maintain the poly tunnels on site and plants and
garden supplies will still be available all year. However individual members of
the local community will each manage their own raised bed and grow their own
fresh vegetables. Since advertising the new scheme the response has been
fantastic. There are already 17 families signed up to take over a bed, with
more names put forward every day. Soon we will be at capacity and it promises
to be a very lively summer in the garden this year. We are keeping back 3 of
the beds so that we will still have somewhere to grow salad produce for Café
Sarn Helen with our volunteers who enjoy working outside during the summer
months.
