After the winter break, our volunteer gardening days will start on Tuesday 7th February, and will be held every Tuesday, 10am-4pm. Saturday volunteer gardening will start on 18th February, also 10am-4pm. Come along at any time and join our gardeners, Maria and Caroline, who will guide you. No experience needed. A wide variety of tasks is available – opportunities to suit everyone. Coffee and cake provided!
Author Archive: Olden Garden
Seasons Greetings!
Thank you to everyone who has helped to make 2022 such a successful year for Olden Community Garden!
Best wishes to our neighbours and local community groups and to our members and volunteers.
And a Happy New Year!
Come and volunteer on Saturday 19th November
Could you help plant bulbs in our newly revamped rockery, or collect leaves to fill our composters? Or could you help plant raspberry bushes? Come and join Caroline our gardener at any time on Saturday 19th, between 10am and 4pm. No experience needed. All ages welcome. Coffee and cake provided. This is our last Saturday of the year before the winter break. Tuesday volunteering days will continue until 29th November.

Our rainbow potato harvest!
A very successful potato harvest was held at half term in Olden Garden. Families and children came along to dig up the potatoes. Several varieties of potato came up, blue, yellow, red, purple and white – a rainbow of colours! And everyone had a bag of potatoes to take home.

Looking after our lawn
Thank you to the volunteers from Acacia Avenue, Islington, who came along to aerate and top dress our lawn – helping to improve drainage and increase nutrient retention

Renovating our steps
Thank you to the BIG Alliance volunteers who renovated our steps – filling them with 30 bags of new shingle

Autumn Gardening Day – Saturday 15th October
We need volunteers. Could you help with gathering leaves to make leaf mould or with planting spring bulbs? Come and join Caroline our gardener at any time between 10am and 4pm. No experience needed. All ages welcome. Coffee and cake provided.

Islington in Bloom award 2022
Olden Community Garden receives Silver Gilt award in the Best Community Garden category.

Our new bird boxes
Thank you to the BIG Alliance volunteers who installed our nine new bird boxes – bought earlier with our grant from Local Giving’s Magic Little Grants

Our new leaf composters
Three new wooden leaf composters installed by volunteers from the BIG Alliance
