The Growing Kitchen is an award-winning resident-led community garden project, which promotes inclusivity and diversity. A Lottery grant helped to transform this disused site in a peaceful corner of Hoxton into a beautiful communal garden, where residents garden, cook and socialise. There are micro-allotments, raised herb beds, a communal foraging area with wildlife pond, and a covered space with clay oven and barbecue. Residents are constantly looking for new areas to cultivate and have also created a wild orchard and flower meadow nearby in the heart of the estate.
Visitor Information
Open
Saturday 09:00–19:00
Sunday 09:00–19:00
Activities
Refreshments, tea and homemade cakes, and various foods for sale. Informal guided tours and picnic areas available.
Two steps lead from the main Napier Grove entrance into the garden, with a handrail. A secondary entrance on Shaftesbury Street has wheelchair access. A slight slope leads to the communal area. There are no hard paths.
Community garden with 37 species of tree and 161 species of plants. The Trust runs an organic food growing programme, composts all organic waste and supports community composting. Refreshments, workshops, tour and yoga/meditation session.
Discover the history of this 17th century burial ground, visit historic graves and see how rewilding has enhanced biodiversity and sustainability. Guided tours behind the railings.
This thriving community food-growing project, created on the site of a disused playground, comprises 42 wooden boxes growing a range of produce and wildlife-friendly plants.
This award-winning wildlife garden is a unique nature conservation site, tended by volunteers from the Barbican Wildlife Group to enhance biodiversity in the City.
