🌲 *SATURDAY SESSION 10:30 - 11:30AM* @ Barking Food Forest, Barking Riverside

🏆 Barking Food Forest is the #1 commuity growing garden in Barking & Dagenham, providing garden space for residents to grow their own food and take part in a calendar of community activities.

👀 They have an ambitious and bold vision for the future that includes a new Japanese water garden, pavillion, irrigation system and outdoor kitchen. You have to see it to believe it.

👉 Join us on Saturday 28 March and meet some other cool locals, spend time in nature and get some phsycial activity

🧤 What We’ll Do

• using tools to level the ground in and around the green house - ready to receive the new shed, water tanks and vegetable planters

• help lift and move railway sleepers into position to start constructing the new terrace

• weeding and litter picking

No experience needed! All tools and guidance will be provided on the day.

🕕 Timings

• 10:15am - (optional) meet at Barking Riverside Station (river side exit), ready to walk together to Barking Food Forest

• 10:30am - meet at Barking Food Forest ready for instructions and safety briefing

• 10:35 - 11:25 - task time

• 11:25 - 11:30 – wrap-up and high fives

• 11:30am – finish (with the option to stay on and continue helping)

🌞 Why It Matters

Barking Food Forest is undergoing a massive programme of ambitious and bold improvements to offer the community a real oasis of green, peace and calm amongst the concrete jungle of Barkign Riverside.

New bathroom, outdoor kitchen, irrigation system, Japanese water garden , pavillion and greenhouse are just some of th emany planned improvements

With your help, the garden will be ready to host even more outdoor activities: forest schools, school visits, planting, parties, animal visits, yoga, mindfulness, art workshops and much, much more! We’ll be returning over the winter to help with more missions

Come along for a relaxed and friendly morning of volunteering – no experience needed, just bring your energy and community spirit, see you there!!