❄️ Let it Splo, let it Splo, let it Splo ❄️ – the Railway Gardens Christmas Fair is BACK!
Get ready for another festive community fair at Railway Gardens on December 10th, 10am – 4pm.
Misc
The Something Club is turning one!
It has been twelve months since we first launched our climate action community The Something Club and it has been a privilege to grow this community over the it’s first year. Here’s what we’ve achieved so far – and what’s coming next.
The Railway Gardens team is growing – welcome to Catrin!
Thanks to funding from Natural Resources Wales we have recently welcomed a new team member at Railway Gardens. Catrin Jones is the project’s new Education and Youth Engagement Officer, and her role will include work with schools, families, and young people. Here’s Catrin to tell you a little about herself, and about what you can …
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Calling runners and riders: Could you help take a message to COP27?
Thousands of runners are preparing to run a stage of a record-breaking non-stop relay to successfully deliver a baton, containing a climate message, to the world leaders, urging for more support in tackling the climate crisis in the communities where they live. There’s still time to support or join them! The relay called, Running Out …
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So – what is a Community Assembly?
As you may be aware, taking Railway Gardens from idea to reality took some time, and over the years we’ve often met together as a community to build a vision for the site, explore how the space could work for different people, and hash out some of the details. It was an inspiring process to …
One step closer to welcoming schools to Railway Gardens!
We have some wonderful news! Thanks to funding from Natural Resources Wales we will be able to start hosting educational visits from the autumn term. We are pleased to announce that we have received funding from Natural Resources Wales through their Shared Outcomes fund for Green Tracks, a two year education and youth project. This …
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Dos and don’ts for talking about climate during the heatwave
I think anyone who is already trying to take action on climate change is probably feeling jumbled right now; the scenes of fire destruction on the news can feel like our worst nightmares coming true. We’re asking ourselves – and each other – will this finally be enough to jolt governments to act? Are things …
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Putting the ‘garden’ in Railway Gardens
Did you know that – back in the 1950s – the Railway Gardens site was a thriving allotment? In today’s blog we wanted to share the progress local volunteers have been making to get the site growing once again. The idea for Railway Gardens grew out of the Edible Adamsdown group’s need for more food …
Introducing Signal Box Farm – bringing vertical growing to Splott!
We’re so pleased to introduce one of the new residents in the BoneYard containers at Railway Gardens: Urban-Vertical CIC. They have just launched an exciting crowdfunder offering everyone the opportunity to be part of their adventure – you can jump straight to the crowdfunder here or read on to find out more about this fantastic …
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Can we recycle plastics in our communities? A visit to Soaring Supersaurus.
Last week Becca and Hannah took a mini Green Squirrel road trip to visit an inspiring project turning waste in a community resource. Have you ever chucked a plastic tray or colourful pop bottle lid into the bin and thought – there must be a better way? All around the world the Precious Plastic movement …
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