Map of the garden

The garden has areas for vegetable plots, a wildlife garden, an orchard, a herb circle and sensory garden, and a poly-tunnel for tender plants and propagation. Other facilities include an undercover meeting space, skills teaching space, toilets and tool-washing facilities, and room to park your car or bike.

The areas of the garden have been designated, with a Welcome Space, Herb Circle, Sensory Garden, Allotment Plots, Permaculture Orchard and Wildlife Area. There's a polytunnel for propagation and tender crops have been put up, while a willow tunnel literally weaves its way between the growing areas and the wilder parts of the garden.

The think tank of the project is "The Green House", a converted cargo container, where volunteers put up their feet for a cuppa and staff draw up the rota and plan what to plant next. Courses and workshops on Basic Gardening Skills, specialist horticultural topics, crafts - such as flower arranging, basket making and card making - literacy, numeracy and IT run here when the weather is not good enough to sit on the patio outside.

Beds for disabled gardening have been built around the Welcome Space, and the project has specialist equipment so disabled people can get the most out of their sessions at the site.

The project is leading the way on locally sourced fertiliser with its own compost toilet. Other plot holders on the site can benefit from the project’s facilities, with a £5 Key for Life.