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We aim to improve the biodiversity and facilities on the Rec to make it a well managed space where there is something for everyone.
What is this service?
The Community Brain was founded as a Community Interest Company in 2010 on a simple belief: everyone is brilliant if they are given the help and support to be brilliant.
Our vision is to allow people to participate on their own terms. We want to provide greater opportunities and support so people can realise the positive and sustainable impact they can have on themselves, those around them, and where they live.
Over the past four years, The Community Brain has been running a community-led regeneration project in Kingston upon Thames called SHEDx – Growing Ideas in Tolworth (www.shedx.org)
As part of the project, we formally ‘adopted’ Tolworth Station, fitted a community kitchen and meeting space called ‘Baking Ideas’ and recently signed the lease on a piece of overgrown land behind our unit.
The community garden at Tolworth Station, also know as 'The Cutting', is being started in March 2022 through a series of inclusive gardening sessions which aim to connect neighbours, reduce social isolation and support the community’s wellbeing.
We have two regular volunteer session for people to attend:
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Every Tuesday (10:30am -12:30pm)
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Every first Sunday of the month (11am - 2pm)
For more information and to sign up - please contact georgia@thecommunitybrain.org
Good to know
- Cost: Free
- Wait time: One week
- Keeping updated: We are hoping to start a garden mailing list at some point later this year and please also look out on our social media for updates.
- Signing up: To sign up - please email georgia@thecommunitybrain.org
- Getting here: The garden we are setting up is located at Tolworth Station (KT5 9NX), to the rear of our community kitchen and meeting space called Baking Ideas. You can get here by public transport or park in the station carpark (pay and display).
- What to wear: Please wear appropriate clothes and footwear for gardening. Wellies or high ankled boots are recommended. We can provide gardening gloves if you do not have your own.
- What to bring: Please bring your own gardening gloves if you have them. On hot days it is advised you bring a bottle of water and suncream. We have a drinking water tap and toilet access in our community kitchen if you need to use these facilities.
