The Community Garden
The Community Garden is open on alternate Sunday afternoons 2pm - 4pm from March to October. Everyone is welcome to join our gardening sessions regardless of age, background, or experience and we arrange tasks according to the ability of the individual. We grow organically with respect to wildlife and the land and avoid the use of pesticides. We share the food that we grow.
All sessions are 2pm -4pm in St Thomas’ Community Garden (unless stated otherwise). Click on the dates for more information about themes and activities.
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“Touch, Smell, Hear, See and Taste”
12pm - 2pm: Family picnic followed by a sensory journey of stations suitable for kids
2pm - 3pm: Gardening for all ages
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Theme: Celebrating wildlife and nature.
Activities: We take a look around our garden and identify the different kinds of wildlife we see. We create some new homes for wildlife, such as hedgehog hotels. Suitable for families.
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Theme: Meditation and exploration of healing with the help of plants and gardens.
Activities: We think about the different ways a garden can help to bring about healing, with a time of outdoor meditation. We explore the healing properties of herbs and look at their different uses and how they have been used in the Bible. More suitable for adults.
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Theme: Stewardship - how we care for God’s creation.
Activity: Looking at use of resources, including an up-cycling garden craft activity and a home composting workshop. Suitable for all ages.
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Theme: Harvest picnic and celebration.
Activities: A family picnic with picking and harvesting some of the food grown in the garden. Suitable for all ages.
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Theme: Celebrating Seasons.
Activities: Picking, clearing and pruning. Including a leaf spotting activity. Suitable for all ages.
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Theme: Clearing the leaves.
Activities: After church activity for all ages. The leaves are collected to be used in the garden the following year.
Safeguarding
In accordance with the Southwark Diocese - 'A Safe Church' manual we ensure that all children and vulnerable adults who attend our church are supervised by leaders and volunteers who have been appropriately checked. For more detail please visit our Safeguarding Pages