We currently have several regular volunteering opportunities in our community medicine gardens.
At these sessions we gather to tend to our gardens, harvest herbs and we also try to incorporate some medicine making. Activities range between seed sowing and other forms of herb propagation through the year, soil care & mulching, planting out, connecting with herbs and their energies through the seasons, weeding, watering, harvesting, pruning, tea tasting, remedy making and through all of these, learning and sharing knowledge together around herbal medicine, healthcare across traditions, forest gardening and ecosystem care, methods of preparing herbs in food, drink and medicine. We have a mix of us who come together and a loose, warm community ongoingly forms with mutual support and care. There is always a tasty colourful lunch - we provide this and people bring anything to share if they can.
Sessions:
Cheney Row, Walthamstow with Time To Grow (food and medicine garden) - weekly Mondays, 5-7pm
Clyde Place + Epsom Road, Leyton (nervous system, skin & hormone herbs) - 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month (1/2 day at each), 10am-4pm
Mulberry Close, Chingford (largest site with herb hill, forest garden & lunch bed) - weekly Thursdays, 10am-4pm
Garden inductions
We ask all new volunteers to join us for an induction before volunteering with us in our gardens. These inductions are an opportunity to learn more about the Community Apothecary project, get the lay of the land and for us to share any essential information with you about the site. You can see our upcoming inductions below, but if for whatever reason these have not been updated these are usually held on the first session of the month. Please get in touch at communityapothecary.wf@gmail.com to register for an induction.
Before coming to an induction we ask you to fill out your details via this sign up form. We also ask that you read our induction information document.
Volunteer Induction - Mulberry Close Community Garden
We ask all new volunteers to join us for an induction before volunteering with us in our gardens. These inductions are an opportunity to learn more about the Community Apothecary project, get the lay of the land and for us to share any essential information with you about the site.
The induction will start promptly at 11am. It will likely last for around an hour and a half to two hours, after which you are more than welcome to join us for lunch and the rest of the volunteer day. Our lunches are typically a pot luck style lunch - we provide some basic food items whilst volunteers who wish or are able to bring other items making a varied spread each week. Please feel free to bring something to contribute to the meal.
To sign up for this induction session, please get in touch with us at communityapothecary.wf@gmail.com.
Volunteer Induction - Clyde Place Community Garden
We ask all new volunteers to join us for an induction before volunteering with us in our gardens. These inductions are an opportunity to learn more about the Community Apothecary project, get the lay of the land and for us to share any essential information with you about the site.
The induction will start promptly at 11am. It will likely last for around an hour and a half to two hours, after which you are more than welcome to join us for lunch and the rest of the volunteer day. Our lunches are typically a pot luck style lunch - we provide some basic food items whilst volunteers who wish or are able to bring other items making a varied spread each week. Please feel free to bring something to contribute to the meal.
To sign up for this induction session, please get in touch with us at communityapothecary.wf@gmail.com.
Volunteer Induction - Mulberry Close Community Garden
We ask all new volunteers to join us for an induction before volunteering with us in our gardens. These inductions are an opportunity to learn more about the Community Apothecary project, get the lay of the land and for us to share any essential information with you about the site.
The induction will start promptly at 11am. It will likely last for around an hour and a half to two hours, after which you are more than welcome to join us for lunch and the rest of the volunteer day. Our lunches are typically a pot luck style lunch - we provide some basic food items whilst volunteers who wish or are able to bring other items making a varied spread each week. Please feel free to bring something to contribute to the meal.
To sign up for this induction session, please get in touch with us at communityapothecary.wf@gmail.com.
Volunteer Induction - Clyde Place Community Garden
We ask all new volunteers to join us for an induction before volunteering with us in our gardens. These inductions are an opportunity to learn more about the Community Apothecary project, get the lay of the land and for us to share any essential information with you about the site.
The induction will start promptly at 11am. It will likely last for around an hour and a half to two hours, after which you are more than welcome to join us for lunch and the rest of the volunteer day. Our lunches are typically a pot luck style lunch - we provide some basic food items whilst volunteers who wish or are able to bring other items making a varied spread each week. Please feel free to bring something to contribute to the meal.
To sign up for this induction session, please get in touch with us at communityapothecary.wf@gmail.com.
Volunteer Induction - Clyde Place Community Garden
We ask all new volunteers to join us for an induction before volunteering with us in our gardens. These inductions are an opportunity to learn more about the Community Apothecary project, get the lay of the land and for us to share any essential information with you about the site.
The induction will start promptly at 11am. It will likely last for around an hour and a half to two hours, after which you are more than welcome to join us for lunch and the rest of the volunteer day. Our lunches are typically a pot luck style lunch - we provide some basic food items whilst volunteers who wish or are able to bring other items making a varied spread each week. Please feel free to bring something to contribute to the meal.
To sign up for this induction session, please get in touch with us at communityapothecary.wf@gmail.com.
Volunteer Induction - Mulberry Close Community Garden
We ask all new volunteers to join us for an induction before volunteering with us in our gardens. These inductions are an opportunity to learn more about the Community Apothecary project, get the lay of the land and for us to share any essential information with you about the site.
The induction will start promptly at 11am. It will likely last for around an hour and a half to two hours, after which you are more than welcome to join us for lunch and the rest of the volunteer day. Our lunches are typically a pot luck style lunch - we provide some basic food items whilst volunteers who wish or are able to bring other items making a varied spread each week. Please feel free to bring something to contribute to the meal.
To sign up for this induction session, please get in touch with us at communityapothecary.wf@gmail.com.
Clyde Place, Leyton
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.
Cheney Row, Walthamstow
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.
Epsom Road, Leyton
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.
Mulberry Close, Chingford
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.
Clyde Place, Leyton
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.
Cheney Row, Walthamstow
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.
Epsom Road, Leyton
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.
Mulberry Close, Chingford
Tasks:
Checking in with the herb beds & the forest garden
Seasonal plant connection
Making the plant book of the year at Mulberry
Pruning
New shelter preparation
We will do a welcome back warm-up moment to reconnect with each other and the garden.