The mission of Ruskin Park Community Garden is:

to be a community hub that is a source of education and enthusiasm for growing vegetables.  Our aim is to encourage inner city gardening with a view to reducing the carbon output involved in food production and transport.  We host weekly dig days where people can learn to grow veg by doing, anyone is welcome to come along. We harvest the veg that is ready and share it amongst ourselves. We host a few events each year to expose the wider community to what vegetable gardening looks like, to build a community of volunteers, and to have fun.  Our ethos is sustainability – reduce, reuse recycle – and inclusiveness – we want garden users to reflect the diversity of the neighbourhood.

We are delighted to have received grants from Capital Growth and the Lambeth Community Action Fund. We were nominated for funding under the Lambeth Community Action Fund 2009/10 by the Herne Hill Ward Councillors.

Here is Jean with our check from Capital Growth!

Garden rules

• Don’t step in the beds if possible
• No use of pesticides or other products that aren’t acceptable to organic farmers
• No dogs
• Take any rubbish with you
• Safety:
  • Children need to be supervised and musn’t use the big tools
  • If you’re using big tools, wear solid close-toed shoes
  • Don’t leave tools lying on the ground