Community Food Growing

If you wish to grow food in a new location within the community for example gardens within housing estates, smaller green space, highway verges, the following options are available.

To join or volunteer with a community group which has already identified land and secured the necessary permissions.  These include:

Edible York who have a range of community vegetable plots on the city centre and surrounds info@edibleyork.org.uk

British Trust for Conservation Volunteers Get Growing project will be supporting new school and community food gardens throughout the city.  The project is looking for gardeners with some experience and lots of enthusiasm who can spare a few hours a month to help school and other groups set up new gardens.  For more information please phone Laura or Tony on (01904) 644300 or yorkgetgrowing@btcv.org.uk

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust who would be glad to hear from gardeners who would like to help set up and run a food garden in their neighbourhood as part of their Dig It programme.  For more information, please contact Vicky Harland on (01904) 659570 or email vicky.harland@ywt.org.uk

Finally, if you are interested in being a garden mentor for a new gardener or group, please contact York CVS on (01904) 621133.

If you wish to develop your own site, please contact Dave Meigh on (01904) 553386 or by emailing dave.meigh@york.gov.uk.  A simple licence is required to occupy City of York Council land and before any licence is granted the Council will need to consider the impact of any development on neighbours, underground services, archaeology and such like.