We connect garden owners with garden-less, budding growers living nearby & looking for patch to grow their own food.
Since 2022, Community Roots has been making successful garden-share pairings across Dublin 7. In 2023, we received a Dublin City Council Neighbourhood Award for our work. Our aim is to build both climate-resilient and connected communities - tackling social isolation, promoting skill-sharing and improving health and wellbeing for all. OUR VISION: We envision everybody being able to grow and share some of their own food. We imagine flourishing partnerships and friendships forming within connected communities everywhere — ones that cross the generational divide, and socio-economic and cultural backgrounds — between neighbours who have called their place ‘home’ their whole lives and those who may have only recently moved in.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
The benefits to this scheme are many and varied. Here are our top 5: 1. Learn how to grow food, sharing previous knowledge & experience. 2. Bond over a shared experience, nurturing community connection. 3. Enjoy mini harvests. 4. Reduce food waste and CO2 emissions. 5. Improve health and wellbeing.
Steps to get it done:
HOW IT WORKS: 1. Interested participants sign up via our online form (communityroots.ie), by calling us or at in-person information sessions. 2. We pair garden owners or budding growers living close by. All of our current garden-share pairings live within walking distance of each other. 3. Prospective garden-share pairings meet each other with our volunteer coordinator for a coffee (out treat!). 4. All going well, we then visit the garden to set up the raised bed in consultation with the garden owner. 5. Our pairings receive all equipment and resources free of charge. SUPPORTS: We have public liability insurance & safeguarding protocols in place. Pairings receive all the guidance and support - from start to finish - ensuring a positive experience. We organise workshops and group meet ups and have an active Whatsapp group. Community Roots is supported by Friends of the Elderly, Cabra Men's Shed, Connecting Cabra, Dublin City Council & Community Foundation of Ireland.
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Thank you all so much for your support! Since this is a raise it all or get nothing fund, thanks to your generosity we're 81% funded with a couple of weeks left to raise the rest. This is great news! If you know of anyone else who might support our campaign, please do let them know and let's reignite the meitheal! Thank you.
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) €5,653
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VolunteerScott Bryan and Caitriona Kenny have been creating garden-share pairings across Dublin 7 since 2022.
They want to re-ignite the sense of meitheal in urban communities everywhere.
Scott holds a Permaculture Design Certificate and has passion for growing food. He's also visual communication specialist who's developed brand identities for the likes of RTÉ Investigates and the Bohemian Environmental Justice Film Festival. Scott is also a founding member of Connecting Cabra (a Sustainable Energy Community organisation).
Caitriona is the Education Officer at Global Action Plan. She has many years experience operating in the community and voluntary sectors, working with a variety of childcare and community development and climate action organisations. She is also the chairperson of Connecting Cabra and a founding member of the D7 Cycle Bus.
Project Owner: Community Roots The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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