Glas @ TU Dublin Community Garden to be launched

Fingal County Council Community Office are working with Global Action Plan and TU Dublin on a new community garden called Glas @ TU Dublin.

Following the success of the Glas Garden model in Ballymun, these three partners are bringing the concept to Dublin 15.

The GLAS @ TU Dublin community garden will be a place where individuals, community groups and schools can come to learn about gardening and sustainability, or to simply enjoy being out in the Irish weather, growing healthy food. The garden is a space where people get to meet and share, discover new skills and reconnect with nature.

The ½ acre site is owned by the university, and will be operated by Global Action Plan, with financial support from Fingal County Council.

In the coming months, representatives from Fingal County Council, Global Action Plan and TU Dublin will extend invitations to local groups, large and small, to come discover the new garden, and to explore its benefits. Among the activities planned for the garden are:

● Individual volunteering: for members of the community who are interested in social horticulture;

● Nature Explorer: an inclusive programme of nature connection activities for members of the community, particularly those who have little or no access to green spaces;

● Green Living workshops: workshops on composting, growing vegetables and waste reduction;

● Youth Gardening: horticulture activities for young people;

● Green Living workshops: workshops on composting, growing vegetables and waste reduction;

The three project partners would like to invite you to the launch of the Glas @ TU Dublin Community Garden on 17th May at 11am on the campus of TU Dublin Blanchardstown (location is behind the LINC Building). The Garden will be officially opened on the day by the Mayor of Fingal Howard Mahony.

It would be our pleasure if you were available to attend this event to hear more about the garden and how it will support the community of Dublin 15 into the future.

You can RSVP directly to [email protected] .