Community Horticultural Learning Programme

Join us at the community allotment to participate in a hands-on gardening workshop for all abilities. Please dress appropriately for gardening. Tools and materials are provided.  Booking essential. 

When: First Sunday of every month 1pm to 3pm.

Learn how to grow French marigolds for companion planting, make a kokedama (moss ball) and grow basil on your windowsill.

Hone your DIY skills and build your confidence at our monthly carpentry workshops for all abilities. These sessions focus on mental health recovery and wellbeing.

Please dress for the outdoors.  Tools and materials are provided. Booking essential.

When: Last Tuesday of the month, 1pm to 4pm

Join us for an introduction to gardening with practical workshops and bespoke tours of the Gardens. You will have the opportunity to learn about Kew’s history, diverse collections, and scientific work. This project is offered as either a discovery day or as a three-day course.

Community groups who have completed the Discover Horticulture course will have the opportunity to tend the community allotment for the growing season. These sessions are for organisations and charities that work with refugees, asylum seekers, people in crisis and those struggling with homelessness.  

If you run or are part of a growing project, community garden or local green initiative then get in touch to find out about upcoming networking events and plant give-aways.

Hear from our experts about the remarkable Palm House at Kew and the plants and pollinators housed within.

Produced by the Community Horticulture Programme in partnership with Esme Lewis-Gartside from Earwax, a slow moving platform for artists of marginalised genders based in South London.