Grow Wakefield

Grow Wakefield Creating community allotments, gardens and workshops and running events across the Wakefield district

Grow Wakefield started off in 2010 as a small community group in Horbury but has since grown into a hugely successful, district wide, social enterprise with a social mission “To provide opportunities for improved wellbeing through growing, learning and volunteering by creating community allotments, gardens and workshops and running events across the Wakefield district.”

We work with individuals,

community groups, schools, businesses, housing associations and public bodies across the district to inspire and support local communities in transforming overgrown and under used pieces of land into attractive, edible community gardens and mini allotment plots. We achieve this via a small number of paid workers obtaining commissions and funding to run sessions which bring together groups of local people looking for the opportunity to grow their own food, learn new skills and willing to volunteer their time to create new community growing spaces. We have now established 12 community allotment gardens across the district, each with a group of plot holders who we then support in running their own edible gardening clubs. As this network has grown so have the opportunities to help more individuals and organisations establish a variety of other local initiatives so we now have community orchards, schools networks, and “Sheds” woodworking groups which also come under the Grow Wakefield banner.

01/09/2026
Up to £50,00 per acre available to set up allotment associations and buy land for allotments in your area!!
29/08/2026

Up to £50,00 per acre available to set up allotment associations and buy land for allotments in your area!!

About How it works How to apply Would you like more people in your area to have an allotment? The criteria for this fund has changed – please read carefully before applying. Green Allotments is funding the purchase of land for new non-profit allotment sites in England. We will fund up to £50,000 ...

Apple Pressing and Cider MakingJoin us this autumn to wash, chop and press the Wakefield's surplus apples to help us mak...
27/08/2026

Apple Pressing and Cider Making
Join us this autumn to wash, chop and press the Wakefield's surplus apples to help us make delicious juice and cider.

Funded by The National Lottery, as part of their Community Fund, our goal is to collect surplus fruit from the district's fruit trees and bushes and to utilise it to make juice, cider and other produce.

In 2024 we collected around 20 crates of apples and made around 120 litres of apple juice and cider.

Our intention is to increase production this year and the event will be a fun, informative and sociable day where you will learn how to make apple juice and craft cider, using the traditional rack-and-cloth method.
Feel free to bring along your surplus apples - there is a charge for the event to discourage people booking and then not turning up but participants and those donating apples will be given a share of the cider produced when it’s ready in the spring.
Wear warm comfortable clothing & footwear that you don’t mind getting dirty.
Early booking recommended but:
1. Please only book if you are definitely coming so not to deny others a place!!
2. Accompanied children are welcome but please don't book a ticket for them
3. If you are unable to stay for the full session let us know if you would like to attend but do not book a ticket as we generally have 40 + crates of apples to juice and need to know we have enough attendees for the full session available to complete the juicing.
Contact [email protected] or call on 07971 098510 for more information

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999017913391?aff=oddtdtcreator

Crofton mini allotments including use of tools, seeds and polytunnel space also available for £4 per month!!
22/08/2026

Crofton mini allotments including use of tools, seeds and polytunnel space also available for £4 per month!!

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Wakefield
WF27AS

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+447971098510

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