Creating London’s First Front Garden Friendly Neighbourhood
Come Grow with Us - events for autumn!
This autumn we have a busy calendar of events ahead! Join us on Saturday 27 September for Southfields Harvest where we’ll be giving away bulbs and providing planting advice.
We’re also starting monthly Sunday Morning Gardening Hours from 10 to 11 on the last Sunday every month to spend time tidying up tree bases and maintain the Green the Grid Herb Garden.
Finally, our ever popular Christmas Wreath Making event will be back - more details to follow.
Want to become part of our core group and help us create, plan and prepare our Southfields events? We’re holding an open evening on Thursday October 16 at 7-8pm at Brookwood Garden Café.
In addition, we are always looking for volunteers to join our Grid Gardeners and help us grow, pot up and look after our plants. If you are interested, please contact us using the link below. Budding gardeners are especially welcome!
Summer 2025 - Big Herb Giveaway
Our big herb giveaway took place on 14 June as part of Great Big Green Week, in partnership with Southfields Mend, Fix and Repair Café. We gave away over 500 herbs including sage, rosemary, mint, fennel, lavender and more.
Almost half the plants were grown here in the grid! Our team of Grid Gardeners grew herbs from cuttings and we had an incredible bounty of plants donated from a local allotment, plus several donations on the day. Take a look at more photos of our day on our gallery!
Front Garden Awards
This year’s Front Garden Awards saw more than 30 ‘Outstanding’ and 100 ‘Delightful’ awards handed out to front gardens around the Grid, plus 11 Best in Street tree base awards. To see photos of our winning gardens plus inspiration from previous years take a look at our Front Garden and Tree Base gallery.
We’re a community group on a mission to transform the Southfields Grid into London’s first Front Garden Friendly Neighbourhood.
We do this by organising community planting days, where we provide advice on planting front gardens and tree bases. We also work with like-minded projects to promote greening our communities.
Why Front Gardens Matter
Around a third of front gardens in the UK lack any plant cover. We want to do our bit in Southfields to change that.
Green front gardens provide five major benefits. They provide a haven for wildlife, providing forage, breeding and nesting sites for insects and birds. They improve air quality by absorbing pollutants and reduce the risk of flooding by absorbing water that would otherwise run off into storm drainage. Front gardens also help to cool our homes by providing shade. They also improve our health and wellbeing.
You don’t need a lot of time, money or equipment in order to green your outside space. Just plant up a container or adopt a nearby tree base. Every little helps to make a difference. According to the Royal Horticultural Society, a cumulative 22 million plants were added to UK gardens each year - the equivalent of 350 football pitches.
Find out how you can make your front garden greener, and don’t forget to check out our Front Garden Gallery.
“My two little girls loved planting up their patch. It was so nice to see them excited to be outside, learning about flowers, taking pride in the community we live in and wanting to make it better. It’s such a brilliant initiative”
Keep in touch!
