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Family Garden and Grub Club 2026
Bestwood
Saturdays, 10am - 12 noon
Summer: 27th June, 25th July, 29th August
Autumn: 26th September, 31st October, 28th November
Learn to grow and cook your own food, before sharing a meal together.
Email: hello@nottzgardenprojectcic.org for details and booking.
Past Events
Some annual events we used to run in the early days, which may return soon…!
Spring
Guerrilla Gardening Day
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Early May - not long after May Day when we celebrate the end of spring and the beginning of summer, alongside International Worker’s Day!
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Starting at Gamble St Corner - our OG guerrilla garden and then taking to the streets of Radford.
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We'll start on Gamble Street Corner, our guerrilla veg garden, and branch out into the streets of Radford to sow seeds and plants in neglected spots for a couple of hours. The idea is that by summer we’ll have a riot of colour and flowers all across the neighbourhood.
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Native wildflower seeds that are a mix of annuals and perennials - so we'll get plenty of colour straight away this year and then plants that come back year after year creating a beautiful permanent environment.
We'll also have stacks of sunflower seeds saved from our Red Gamble Street Sunflowers and donated by generous locals.
Summer
Tomato Day
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Tomato Day usually takes place on the first Saturday in July.
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Gamble St Corner, our OG community garden.
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It’s a day when we celebrate the Tomato on Gamble St Corner! The main aim of the day is to distribute free tomato plants to the community and encourage people to grow their own food... alongside that we have all sorts of family-friendly activities and tomato-related fun on the corner.
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Just turn up on the day between 11 am - 1 pm
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They're a variety called 'Dwarf Veranda Red' and they are little bush tomato plants that can be grown in small spaces.
They grow to about 1ft square and produce a LOT of cherry tomatoes.
Due to their bushy habit there's nothing complicated to do! No canes or string to grow up, no side shoots to pinch out - just let them do their thing!
All of the plants are grown at the Nottz Garden Project allotment in Whitemoor in Nottz.
We usually have about 200 plants.
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We usually have free tomato-themed food , face painting, and t-shirt printing!
Autumn
Harvest Festival
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Usually the 2nd Saturday in October, 11am-2pm
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Gamble St Corner community garden on the corner of Forest Rd West & Gamble St in Radford, NG7 4EX
You can't miss it - the wall is covered in a veg mural!
All the activities will be spread out across Gamble St Corner and also a one min walk round the corner to our other garden 'RISE' outside Himmah Foodbank.
There will be a Pumpkin Trail to follow, a map of what's on and also plenty of us to help you find your way!
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The traditional autumn food festival, with a NGP twist!
We're celebrating the harvest and all things food with loads of activities for the community… and everything's FREE!
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Free food! At past events we have served Pumpkin & Fig Curry, Apple Flapjack Bites, Mini Toffee Apples, and Mulled Apple Juice!
Art activities and workshops.
Grow-your-own food kits: grow your own garlic, plants and equipment to take away for free.
Smoothie Bike - pedal your way to a healthy fruit smoothie.
Guess the pumpkin weight: guess correct, keep the Pumpkin! Just in time for Halloween.