Come and visit us

Join us at Open Garden and Volunteer Gardening Days  

Everyone is welcome! Just drop in any time 10am – 4pm

Tuesday 19 March

Tuesday 26 March

Tuesday 2 April

Tuesday 9 April

Tuesday 16 April

Saturday 20 April

Tuesday 23 April

Tuesday 30 April

The garden house is available to book for parties and meetings.

New memberships are available for the year ending 31st August 2024.

Come to our Open Garden, 10am – 4pm, every Tuesday, and on the third Saturday every month.  Walk in our woodland and enjoy tea and biscuits in the garden. Families welcome.

 

A two-acre oasis of greenery in Islington, north London.

Over time, a herbaceous garden, an orchard, a series of vegetable terraces, a small meadow and an acre of woodland have all emerged from a railway embankment.

Under an agreement with Islington Council which owns the land, the volunteer-run Charity – Olden Community Garden – maintains the garden area, with the object to promote a community garden for the benefit of people living or working in the London Borough of Islington. Olden Garden gives local people opportunities for education and recreation, with the aim of increasing involvement in the community and reducing isolation.

A self-sustaining garden

We use harvested water, we compost all the green waste and create wildlife habitats from woody debris.  There is a fruitful orchard and a flourishing vegetable garden.

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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.

With thanks for our grants from

Awarded National Lottery Funding

Developed in 1986 by Patricia
Tawn and supported by Islington Council