ALFI is run entirely by volunteers for the local community.

Why join in?

• Make new friends
• Learn how to grow fruit and vegetables; beginners welcome
• Get some healthy exercise in the fresh air
• See food germinate and grow
• Get involved in something that is in your community
• Support  local food
• Show your children where food comes from

What you can do

• Gardening, e.g. sowing, planting, weeding, digging,
  watering, tending, tidying …. and finally – harvesting!
• Construction, e.g. raised beds, new noticeboards, setting up
  water butts
• Helping with organising or administration
• School liaison
• Publicity, e.g. posters, articles for local newspaper or quarterly newsletter, taking photos
• Liaison with other community organisations
• Simply being a supporter receiving a free quarterly newsletter and attending or helping out at our regular events when you can.

It is up to you how much you get involved. We have a committee but you don’t need to be a committee member to help us (and most of the volunteer gardeners are not committee members).

How to join

There is no cost to joining.

You can come along to one of the regular monthly working parties at our plots: Westbrooke, the Station or the Vicarage. See our working party calendar for dates and times.

Westbrooke
Usually the first Friday of the month

Station
Usually the second Sunday of the month

Vicarage
Usually the last Sunday of the month

As well as our regular public events, we also have occasional informal social events where you can meet other volunteers.

Contact Us

Fill in the Contacts form if you want to be a supporter and receive a newsletter or want to be a volunteer gardener or help in some other way/have any other queries.

Receive the Newsletter

Sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter,  with occasional notifications of additional ALFI events.