Treflach Community Growing Hub

The goal is to create a garden, a space that can grow into something special, full of produce, but more importantly a space where people can grow as people, a place for therapy and healing for both the garden and gardener. Lodged within a busy, diverse farm, the garden also has to harmonize with the wider activities surrounding it, comings and goings, the seasons, the animals, there are many aspects to this. The money from Spacehive is for infrastructure, we have worked extensively on the water system, put in a wildlife pond and a shelter for us to work under. The bigger elements, the tunnel and roundhouse are still underway, but first and foremost we are building a team, the people who will do the work and benefit from it eventually. This is very much under way, we are holding twice-weekly volunteer sessions, where we are working on the garden and the plans, and we held a summer permaculture camp where we refined our ideas and co-ordinated with the farm for the future developments. As we batten down the hatches for the winter, we have most of our autumn veg planted, a water system in place, a growing volunteer team and several events under our belt. Groundworks are underway to prepare for the last two elements, which we will begin in earnest in the spring.