Credit: Coco Collective- Ital Community Gardens
Credit: Coco Collective- Ital Community Gardens
Credit: Coco Collective- Community Research
garden
the black gate next to, 75 Firhill RD, SE6 3SE
what3words: topic.home.grape
Join our community food growing project for a day and discover the joy of being in an intimate, safe, outdoors space. Meet likeminded people and get involved in a range of activities from weeding to turning compost or design a project you'd like us and the wider community to get involved in.
Bellingham
wheelchair accessible. Accessible tasks for a range of different abilities
Community gardening opportunity, open to all in a peaceful, hidden gem in South Lewisham.
Credit: Coco Collective- Ital Community Gardens
Credit: Coco Collective- Ital Community Gardens
Credit: Coco Collective- Community Research
11:30–16:00
A range of activities will be on offer to accommodate all capabilities, whether you're new to food growing or a seasoned gardener.
Coco Collective- Ital Community Gardens has been set up since Juneteenth 2019, as a response to COVID to improve access to green spaces, respond to food insecurity and evidence cultural pathways for improved wellbeing for Black and global majority peoples in Lewisham
We have two sites in Bellingham and Catford ( since 2023) where we offer intergenerational food growing workshops, mental wellbeing sessions through referrals, on site health checks with a GP at our Bellingham site, and food justice & race equity research projects.
Guided tour
'Povera' meaning 'poor art' in Italian, is an ongoing project made by mixed-media artist Michael Connell. In his back garden in Catford, Michael has built an unbelievable shed, fusing art and nature, that's made entirely of waste materials from skips and people's unwanted items. Exploring themes of music, family, heritage and nature, step inside the ever-evolving magic of the Povera shed.
Michael Connell, 2014
