Community Stories:

Food

Togher Community Garden

Togher Community Garden

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This garden has made a habitat for nature so that biodiversity has increased in this space so close to the city of Cork. But at the same time it is clear that Mandie, Marie, and everyone else in the project sees how important it is to include as many people and groups. “It was a challenge at the start to convince people that the garden wasn’t going to be vandalised and that if it was, then we would just fix the issue not highlight it in the community not to be negative about any vandalism. It was important to include the kids and teenagers that hung around the park ask them to help out so they felt involved too.” – Mandie.

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Hinterland West – making links along the food chain

Hinterland West – making links along the food chain

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Hinterland (often called ‘Hinterland West Galway’) is a community-rooted project that wants on transform food systems—looking at food insecurity,and inequity. It also wants us to be more connected to the land, and be more sustainable. It brings together research, action, creativity and education to help make a fair and sustainable food future for all. Since it was founded, Hinterland has focussed on reconnecting people with food, farming, and each other. They do this through growing, sharing, learning and imagining.

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Taplin’s Fields (Bridgefoot Street Park Community Garden) – from wasteland to garden

Taplin’s Fields (Bridgefoot Street Park Community Garden) – from wasteland to garden

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Named in honour of a local community activist Richard Talpin, Taplin’s Fields is a community garden in Bridgefoot Street Park in the heart of Dublin in The Liberties. It changed what was once a run-down, overgrown site into a shared green space where local people grow vegetables, fruit, wildflowers, and where they can also experiment in biodiversity.

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Westside Community Organic Garden: Growing Together for Sustainability (Case Study)

Westside Community Organic Garden: Growing Together for Sustainability (Case Study)

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In the heart of Galway’s Westside, a city community turned land that was not being used into a growing centre for biodiversity sustainability, and connections between people. Set up in 2011, this project which is led by volunteer gives locals the power to grow local food. It helps people in the community work together and improve how we look after the land. It’s more than just a garden—it’s a living space where people come together to look after both the land and each other.

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