Events for 2026
Volunteer Sessions 2026
The season of volunteer sessions will begin again at the garden behind St. Francis Church on Saturday 14th March from 10.00am until 1.00pm.
Grand Opening
A grand opening of the St. Francis Church garden is due to take place on Sunday 10th May from 12.30pm. The Lord Mayor is due to attend and conduct the opening at 12.45pm.
February 2026
Unfortunately, our recent bid for the Common Ground Award was unsuccessful. That prompts us to go back to the beginning and rethink the best way to develop the Phoenix Centre Garden. More details to follow!
2025
Work has been going full steam ahead, with group members and volunteers weeding the meditation garden and building a composting area.
Gardening team members Jan and NataIie collected a generous selection of plants, donated by Tesco at Transit Way.
They were transported to the Meditation Garden behind St. Francis Church, where they be stored temporarily until we’ve decided where they belong.
Volunteer sessions 2025
We invite volunteers to join us in the garden to the rear of The Church of St. Francis of Assisi on the following dates:-
The volunteering sessions have finished until March 2026.
Here is a sample of what we did last year
Thursday 23rd May 2024 – This is what we did!
and on Saturday 13th July we had beans, tomatoes and potatoes showing healthy growth!
In October 2024, several volunteers started work on the meditation/sensory garden at the rear of St. Francis of Assisi Church on Little Dock Lane, the other component of the Honicknowle Community Gardens Garden. They were busy clearing the site while we think about the design stage.
