Nightingale Community Garden in Dinas Powys is opening as
part of the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) for the third year in a row, over the weekend of Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 July 2018. It will join four other Dinas Powys gardens this year, all accessible on a walking tour of the
village.
For further details of gardens open in Dinas Powys visit the
NGS website:
Nightingale Community Garden will be open from 11am to 5pm
on the two days. There is a combined admission price for the six gardens of
£5.00, with children free. The Community Garden will have volunteers and
plot-holders around all weekend to answer questions. The garden openings raise money
for the local charity, Dinas Powys Voluntary Concern.
From the 2018 NGS guide:
"6 years ago the gardens were created on an old derelict playground with funding from Tidy Town Wales. 27 Gardens were created including 2 raised beds for the physically handicapped. Many local residents, young and old, grow a variety of vegetables, fruit and flowers. In season excess is donated weekly to the local Food Bank. We share 3 Greenhouses, 2 sheds and a communal area for activities. "
“Nightingale
Community Garden, Sir Ivor Place, Dinas Powys, CF64 4QZ
How to find us: Along pathway between Sir Ivor Place &
Nightingale Place. At T-lights on Cardiff Rd, turn R by school if driving from
Barry, or L if driving from Cardiff/Penarth. Continue, then take 2nd R at Camm's
Corner. You may park here.”
Timeline for
Nightingale Community Garden, Dinas Powys, on this blog:
Jan 2012
The initial idea and looking for funding
Feb 2012
The involvement of Creative Rural Communities and the first
plan for the site
Aug 2012
Oct 2012
Funding in place and residents are briefed on progress
Jan 2013
Work starts clearing the ground
Feb 2013
Building contractors on site.
March 2013
Topsoil is spread and the first garden visit occurs
April 2013
The plots are marked out and allocated, the first plants go
in
June 2013
Photos of the garden flourishing in its first year
Sept 2013
The official opening of the community garden, with guests
including Jane Hutt AM and Derek Brockway
May 2014
Progress report a year after opening – a highly productive
local food growing area
July 2014
The Community Garden links up with the local food bank
July 2015
One of the Community Garden’s youngest gardeners, Dan Tailby
(age 6) who grew his first plants in the communal family plot in the garden, is
a finalist in the 2015 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Young Gardener of the
Year Awards
Feb 2016
Nightingale Community Garden joins the National Gardens
Scheme for first time
Photo from NGS open day in Nightingale Community Garden in 2016
