FCG News

Come and join us at the garden on Saturday 27th June from 10-12 noon! As well as the chance to see the garden in its full summer glory, we will be marking the open day with the formal opening of our fabulous boardwalk that has created access to our wonderful wildlife pond for everyone to enjoy. And there will be plenty going on for all the family at the garden that morning - I've heard there will be cake! Here is what to look out for: A chance to wander round the garden and s

If you've never seen a slime mould close up before then you could be forgiven for thinking you were looking at a pair of golfballs sitting on the tee waiting to be struck down the fairway! However, these are the strange and wonderful fruiting bodies of slime mould found at the garden and photographed by local photographer and friend of Farncombe Community Garden, David Hughes. If you want to see just how small they are, and some fantastic aerial shots of the garden taken by D

Our garden design workshop on Saturday 21st February has proved enormously popular and sold out within 3 days of our announcement! Although there aren't any more tickets available at the moment, if you would like to go on a waiting list in case of a cancellation, or to get advance notice if Karen is able to run a second workshop, then please email us and we will keep your name on our reserve list.

If you are wondering how to redesign that tricky shady corner of your garden, are looking for inspiration for how to do a complete garden makeover, or just enjoy learning new things, then why not come to our Garden Design Workshop on Saturday 21st February from 2-5pm? Our very own garden designer, Karen Blight, will be leading the workshop. Many people will know Karen from seeing her in the garden or attending the fabulous Christmas Wreath Making workshops she has led for the

With one week to go, we would like to wish a very Happy Christmas to everyone in our community! If you missed our Wreath Making Workshop then hopefully you will still have some greenery at home to add a bit of festive cheer - and if you don't have much greenery at home then you can still come to the garden and enjoy being outside through these winter months. Do remember that we have some closure dates over the Christmas period, but the only of our regular sessions when the ga

The summer might be over, but the garden still looks stunning! As Summer gives way to Autumn, the garden has remained as beautiful as ever, with the sensory garden seemingly to have an unending flowering season, set against the wonderful backdrop of tall, swaying grasses. Every time I visit the garden, something has changed, with not just the way the established plants have filled out and grown, but also the new projects that we have embarked upon and new areas we have develo

With the garden so established now, it has been exciting to see the impact of the growing season on so many aspects of the garden -...

With less than a week to go before our Open Day (next Saturday, 22nd March from 10am - 12noon) we are delighted to announce that we have...

Open Day 22nd March January may have seemed long, wet, and cold, but the days have gradually been getting longer, despite it all; and...

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas! First and foremost, please note that the garden will be closed from Sunday 22nd December and will...

What a year we have had in the garden! We have enjoyed the first full year of being able to plant and grow with accessible paths in...

Our hugely popular Christmas wreath-making workshop is back for its third year! Our garden designer, Karen Blight, kindly donates her...

It has been fantastic to have so much going on at the garden this summer, but before we give a general update, we are excited to tell you...

After the huge success of the Open Day in March, we are delighted that we have more people coming to the garden, and will be able to open...

The garden is coming on really well - we are keen to show it off to the community and so we're holding an Open Day on Saturday 23rd...

Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who has commented on our Your Fund Surrey application! We now have 220 positive comments supporting...

Now that we have secured planning permission, we have been able to put together our most important grant application to Your Fund Surrey,...

A very Happy Christmas to you all! What a year it has been in the garden! This time last year we were still awaiitng the lease and the...

Now that the fence is in place we have hundreds of saplings to plant along the fence line in order to create a hedgerow. The saplings are...

Following our hugely popular wreath making workshop last year we will be running another workshop on Saturday 2nd December. Bookings are...