Growing Together: Community Gardening Workshop Series in Lisdoonvarna

Lisdoonvarna Community Gardening workshop - September 24th

After three successful community gardening workshops where we shared skills, laughs and stories with the wonderful group who joined, we came with neighbours and friends for the main event.

On September 24th we turned the Lisdoonvarna community garden in to a shared outdoor space where people can come together to grow food, learn practical skills, and build connections with their neighbours. A space that offers an accessible, welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds to contribute, collaborate, and take pride in a space they have created together. 

On the day we planted trees, building raised beds, weaving willow fences, making bug hotels and bird boxes, sowing seeds and planting vegetables, and much more to bring the community garden to life!

About the project

Growing Together is a free community garden project based near Lisdoonvarna, bringing people from all different backgrounds together through food growing, biodiversity building, and skill sharing. 

When you sign up, you're joining the full series - four sessions across the summer and autumn, each building on the last, and culminating in a community garden meitheal at the end of September where we build, plant, and celebrate together. 

We are turning this community garden in to a shared outdoor space where people can come together to grow food, learn practical skills, and build connections with their neighbours. It offers an accessible, welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds to contribute, collaborate, and take pride in a space they have created together. 

What people experienced

By the end of the series people gained:

  • Practical skills in food growing, biodiversity, and sustainable building

  • New connections with people from across the community

  • A shared garden space you helped create and can keep using

Workshops in the series

  • Learn how to grow food organically, and sow the seeds you will plant at the end of the project in the community garden. 

  • Explore how gardens can support local wildlife and ecosystems. Learn about what you can do to make a space welcoming for a diverse range of flora and fauna. 

  • Learn practical D.I.Y skills using upcycled and natural materials, including how to build raised beds and work with cob.

  • Working together, we'll build raised beds, plant vegetables and fruit bushes, construct garden infrastructure, and share a celebratory picnic. This is the day the community garden comes to life.

2026 Supporters & Partners

This project is funded by Bank of Ireland and Community Foundations Ireland

We are also very grateful to our other supporters SSE Airtricity, the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, the NPWS, the Heritage Council, Patagonia and Ecosystem Restoration Communities for our their support with our overall efforts in eco-system registration.