The Ridge started work on regenerating the Backlands site in 2015, many hours of staff and volunteer time have gone into creating the much-loved community space that you can visit today. The garden is productive in many ways, beautiful flowers, organic fruit and vegetables as well as providing a safe and inspiring space to volunteer or simply just to be. Our produce is available to the community directly from the garden or from our local community owned grocers.
In 2020, we took on another challenge to create more community growing space at the Empire Close. The site previously housed a cinema and a sale room but had lain empty and unused since the 1960s. Under the direction of our Head Gardener, Lorraine Ross, we are designing and developing an apothecary garden, extensive cut-flower beds as well as vegetable growing space.
Garden News
- Social Impact Report 2025
2024-2025 📈 Measuring Impact, Inspiring Progress Every year, we embark on a mission to assess our contributions to our local community and… - Social Impact Report 2024
📈 Measuring Impact, Inspiring Progress Every year, we embark on a mission to assess our contributions to our local community and evaluate… - Buy a Bucket
Locally grown, season seasonal flowers – 20 January 2023 We are expanding our cut flower production this year and we want you…
Gardens Projects Portfolio
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