Community Gardening

Local growing, volunteering and wellbeing projects accross the Wirral.

Upcoming community gardening sessions

Outdoor Cooking

Bentinck Street Community Garden

Wednesdays Nov '25-March '26 · 10am–1pm
Free · Adults

Learn practical outdoor cooking skills using fresh, seasonal and surplus ingredients. We cook warm meals together over the fire in a friendly, supportive setting — sharing food, building confidence and learning ways to reduce food costs and increase self-sufficiency through the winter.

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Growing a community garden

Bentinck Street Community Garden

Thursdays: Nov ’25–March ’26 · 1–3pm
Free · Adults

Spend time outdoors learning how to care for a community garden through the winter season. Sessions focus on food growing, soil care, composting and simple tool use, while contributing to a shared garden space that participants can continue to use. A relaxed, hands-on setting that supports confidence, connection and learning at your own pace.

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Bentinck Street Kids Club

Bentinck Street Community Garden

Saturdays: 10am-12pm
Free · Children and families

A relaxed weekly gardening club for children and their families to spend time outdoors together. Sessions include simple growing activities, nature play and caring for the garden, with space to explore, learn and build confidence at a gentle pace in a friendly community setting.

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Volunteer Sessions

Bentinck Street and Edward Kemp Community Gardens

Weekly day time sessions
Free · Adults

Regular volunteer sessions supporting the care and development of our community gardens across the seasons. Volunteers take part in practical, hands-on gardening while spending time outdoors, learning new skills and contributing to shared green spaces. More details available on enquiry

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Is community gardening with Grow Wellbeing for me?

Community gardening at Grow-Wellbeing offers simple, practical ways to spend time outdoors, learn new skills and feel part of a local community.

You might join us if you’re looking for:

relaxed outdoor activity and time in nature
practical skills like food growing, soil care and cooking
a welcoming place to meet others and build confidence
regular sessions you can come back to over time

Some sessions are open for anyone to book, while others are delivered through schools, health services or partner organisations. Each activity clearly shows how to take part.

The gardens we manage

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Edward Kemp Community Garden

Adjacent to Birkenhead Park · Wirral

Our oldest community garden, located alongside Birkenhead Park. A shared growing space where local community members — including children, young people and adults — can take part in food growing, garden care and outdoor activity in an inclusive, welcoming setting.

Volunteer at this garden

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Bentinck Street Community Garden

Birkenhead, Wirral

This garden was developed starting in 20225 in partnership with the local community. Bentinck Street hosts a mix of food growing, volunteering, children’s activities and seasonal projects, shaped by the people who use the space.

More about this garden

Bebington Road Allotment

Rock Ferry, Wirral

A new growing space being developed for future food-growing, wellbeing and community projects. Opportunities to get involved will be shared as the site becomes established.

Working with other community gardens

Alongside the gardens we manage, we also deliver community gardening activity through commissioned and partnership work at other sites across Wirral and beyond. This includes supporting established community gardens and shared green spaces through facilitation, programming and project delivery.

These projects vary in location and focus, and are delivered in partnership with local organisations, schools, councils and community groups.

Why community gardening matters

Community gardening is one way Grow Wellbeing supports wellbeing, skills and connection through practical, outdoor activity.

Our projects create shared spaces where people can spend time in nature, learn by doing and build relationships around a common purpose. Gardening offers a gentle, accessible route into outdoor activity, supporting confidence, routine and a sense of belonging over time.

We work with local partners to shape projects around community need, combining open sessions with targeted programmes delivered through schools, health services and other organisations.

Community gardening sits alongside our wider wellbeing, youth and community work across Merseyside and Cheshire.