GLOBAL GARDENS | CARDIFF

ABOUT

Global Gardens Project is a community growing project based in Cardiff.

Our vision is to create a growing space that supports community-based sharing of food and cultures.

We have an allotment site where we are cultivating an organic kitchen garden, celebrating crops from around the world.

The crops grown are used in community meals and shared within the local community, mainly amongst volunteers at the Volunteer Garden Sessions.

We host twice-weekly volunteer sessions, monthly forest school sessions, regular Making and Mending sessions and a range of workshops and courses.

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DRAWING THROUGH THE SEASONS@GLOBAL GARDENS

We meet at Global Gardens throughout the year to explore creativity through drawing on the first Saturdays of most months, 1-4pm. . The garden environment, including use of the on-site classroom, provides inspiration and space to develop our abilities with observation, awareness, expression, communication and technique. The sessions are relatively informal, with all levels of ability and experience welcome. Some guidance and tuition can be given, and we will sometimes focus o

MAKING & MENDING 2025@GLOBAL GARDENS

by Making and Mending Club founder and coordinator, Cat Lewis We met up 22 times through the year, with additional days for events that we took part in. There’s 80 people on the Whatsap group, though meetings are usually with around 5-8. The Wednesday 1st of the month meetings happen mostly at Global Gardens, where we now have a lovely space in the classroom with materials and tools, for communal use in repair, spinning, weaving, drawing, dyeing, flax work, printing and possi

ITV WALES @GLOBAL GARDENS

In December 2025, we welcomed the ITV Wales team to Global Gardens to show them around. Check out the video they made here !

GLOBAL GARDENS 2025

As we head past the solstice and slowly emerge into brighter days here are some reflections on the past year at Global Gardens... 2025: AN OVERVIEW In 2025, we hosted: -45 Wednesday Volunteer Garden sessions, -47 Saturday Volunteer Garden sessions, -8 Grow Your Own workshops, -12 forest school sessions for local families, -13 sessions for local schools - Allensbank Primary and Cathays High School, -5 'Growing Together' sessions with The Birth Partner Project, -an Apple Day -

NESTA VISITS GLOBAL GARDENS

In Juy, we were delighted to host a visit from the NESTA team as part of their annual away day. The team were offered two different activities: gardening or remedy making. In the garden, folks got on with tending to the orchard and in the classroom, we made a calendula and lavender healing balm. Setondji Sunshine Kitchen then fired up the pizza oven, offering pizza and salad for the team's lunch. We asked Ella Sandelson, Programme Manager, Nesta to offer a reflection on th

FOREST SCHOOL RECIPES 2025

by Johana Hartwig, Forest School Leader at Global Gardens CHARD & PEARL BARLEY BROTH Ingredients: Pearl barley Chard Mushroom stock Dried Wild mushrooms Canaloni beans (tin or pre cooked) Fresh dill Onion Garlic Salt Method: -Boil up a large pan of water -Add 2-3 handfuls of pearl barley -Add a handful of chopped dried wild mushrooms -Simmer until all are soft or near soft -Chop and fry the onion until lightly brown and add the garlic chopped a minute before the end -Chop you

AUTUMNAL GLOBAL GARDEN RECIPES: SQUASH & KALE CURRY, SQUASH & TOMATO SOUP, LEMON BALM & MINT YOGHURT

by Ghazal Tipu Autumn days at Global Gardens have seen me cooking and preparing dishes and salads from the seasonal produce. I’m both a wannabe gardener and chef! Well, ahem I don’t actually measure ingredients. As whimsy as it sounds, good cooking for me is about being creative, intuitively deciding on the measurement of ingredients and taste testing along the way. At some point you become experienced enough to know the quantities needed. So you can adapt these recipes based