Apron Community Garden

05/21/2026

Join us this half term at the garden for a family craft session on Friday 29th May

Local crafts maker Anna will be sharing her skills in willow weaving. Come and have a go!! 💚🌱🧺

For wildlife explorers there’s lots to discover too 🦋 🐝

10am-12noon
Drop in
All ages welcome
£5 donation

05/17/2026

This week at the garden:

Monday morning art + craft
10-11:30am
Suggested £5 donation per family
All welcome

Thursday Morning volunteer group
10-11:30am
Free
All welcome

There is no Friday morning nature school this week.

Look out for Half Term activities posts and our what’s’ on page: www.aproncreative.org

05/08/2026

When all else fails, plant trees.

The ancient sweet chestnut trees which cradle our garden space have seen all manner of things come and go.

They send seed down to the garden floor while their roots go deeper than we can imagine.

Holding things together.
Helping us grow the future.

If you haven’t been to the garden in a while, pop down and see what’s growing. It’s a peaceful spot to encounter nature and take a moment to breathe. 💚

05/01/2026

Join us this morning for our weekly Nature School session at the garden.

Today we will be planting peas, harvesting nettle, making sure the birds have access to water, and learning how to make compost.

10-11.30am
Free (donations gratefully accepted)

All welcome

04/30/2026

Join us for our weekly nature school session tomorrow morning

10am-11:30am
Apron Community Garden
Buckingham Park

Free (donations gratefully accepted)
All Welcome 💚

04/24/2026

Since 2020 Apron have been nurturing community and nature, connecting creativity and ecology.

From creating the Apron Community Garden, to sharing skills and knowledge, and becoming an exemplar of regenerative practices Apron has deep roots in the community and are now widening their branches to support meaningful connections to the land and local heritage through food growing, crafts, nature restoration, wellbeing, and inclusive learning and sustainable career pathways

Get in touch to learn more about our work.

04/18/2026

Looking to to welcoming you to our
Eco Open Houses
Open Garden
This morning

04/03/2026

Wild Seeds of Hope

What’s more hopeful than planting seeds?
Native Sussex wildflowers not only grow but thrive in poor soil and hard conditions. They teach us resilience and help other species survive just by being. Put them in the right place and they will spread like powerful peaceful demonstrations and will keep coming back no matter the circumstances.

At Apron we have been saving and collecting wild flower and herb seeds from the Community Garden and our own gardens and allotments, and learning from the Wildflower Conservation Society in Stamner Park, who we also by seeds from.

Alongside propagating wild flowers for our new chalk wildflower garden in Buckingham Park we have been sharing seeds, growing tips and advice on where to plant your own wildflower meadow - however small.

Last week we welcomed the Stubbornly Hopeful Club to a wildflower workshop at the garden.

If you would like to book a workshop with us for your group or team please get in touch: [email protected]

04/02/2026

03/23/2026

As spring unfolds we are delighted to share that the planting of the first hedgerow saplings has taken place at the Riverside site in Lancing, as proposals for our Apron Community Farm take shape.

Last week, Seaside Primary School and residents living most local to the site were invited to help plant the first saplings.

This activity was led by Apron, with the support of the Woodland Trust and Weald to Waves. And was an opportunity for local residents to be part of this exciting moment for the farm, by planting a tree.

Further tree planting sessions are being organised with local Lancing community organisations, including Adur Voluntary Action, to ensure members of the local community have an opportunity to be involved in this important first step to creating their local community farm.

As we continue our work developing the project regular updates and opportunities for involvement will be shared with the community.

Huge thanks to the Woodland Trust for supporting our project with 400 native hedgerow and woodland tree saplings, and to Weald to Waves for supporting our planting scheme.

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