In summer 2018 cadets from Britannia Royal Naval College worked with Eddie Church and his staff and volunteers from DGP to improve the raised beds at the potager in the Dartmouth Community Garden. The old timbers were removed and replaced with new oak sleepers which will allow access by people with mobility issues.
The work was done in a collaboration between DGP and Dartmouth Caring. It was made possible following the generosity of the Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust and Naturesave which made grants to help expand work in the community. Clients of Dartmouth Caring will be able to use the raised beds to grow vegetable and flowers.
BRNC cadets helped us again in the autumn, clearing and tidying in the Community garden.
DGP has received a grant from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust to renew and improve the planting in the Mediterranean Beds (see pic below) in the Community Garden. We already have some exotic fruit bushes including a pomegranite, and an olive tree and more will be planted. This work will be done in 2019.
