A Garden run by volunteers
Our Garden Year runs from 1st September to 31st August. New memberships are available for the year ending 31st August 2025.
Members must observe the Olden Community Garden Membership Rules
For information about joining Olden Garden contact Evelyn, our Membership Secretary, at oldengarden1@gmail.com
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Open Day and volunteering Saturday 17 August
We need volunteers to help with a variety of summer tasks in the garden, including watering, deadheading and spreading bark chip on the paths.
Or just come and visit us, walk in the woodland and rest on the patio.
Everyone welcome! Just drop in – 10am-4pm. Tea and cakes provided.
Stag beetle larvae emerging
We found fantastic stag beetle larvae emerging from old wooden sleepers while preparing to renovate the vegetable patches, with our grant from the National Garden Scheme Community Garden Grants. We carefully relocated the larvae along with their wood. It can take 3 to 7 years before the larvae become adults. The stag beetle is protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
Renovating our vegetable beds
Our volunteers have started work on our project to build 13 new raised vegetable planters part funded with a grant from the National Garden Scheme Community Garden Grants. Landslip over the years has caused the vegetable beds to disintegrate. We are starting by removing old planks, sleepers and debris from the designated area. Alongside the project we are stabilising flower beds and terracing.