Gardening

Get involved in gardening, growing and conservation as a volunteer in Southwark in our parks, housing areas, and green spaces. 

It’s a great way to get some fresh air, learn new skills, exercise and meet local people. 

Throughout the year, growing projects look for volunteers to give a helping hand to tidy, tend and dig or harvest. By volunteering, you’ll be:

• improving the local environment
• supporting local wildlife
• learning how to grow your food
• improving your health and wellbeing

Find and volunteer for community gardens in Southwark on the Good to Grow map.

Find other volunteering opportunities in Southwark.

Larger community gardens and organisations offering training and volunteering

• Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST), BOST’s Future Gardeners is an innovative training and work experience scheme
• Walworth Garden, community garden offering free training for residents
• Glengall Wharf Garden, a community space on the east side of Burgess Park, in north Peckham offering volunteer sessions and workshops
• Surrey Docks Farm, working charitable farm offering a wide range of sessions for children, young people and adults
• Global Generation, The Paper Garden, events, programmes and activities for families including training, gardening club 
• South London Urban Growers (SLUG), a community-led group building and growing food forest gardens and composting projects
• Earth Tenders, a range of sessions including Dulwich vegetable garden,  growers club and the Cultural Food Project
• Wilder, aims to halt biodiversity decline in cities and challenge urban gardening practices

Member organisations of the Southwark Biodiversity Partnership may also have volunteering opportunities in nature conservation. Contact them directly. 

Tree and hedge planting or ecological habitat management 

To get involved email trees.envl@southwark.gov.uk.