Find us (garden gate): What3words: hooks.shade.wage

This website is under review and will be replaced. The garden volunteers have a new e-mail address: gardenatnightingale@gmail.com

The garden is open everyday, from at least 10 am to at least 6 pm - the exact times depend on the availability of volunteers to do the gate. In Summer, it is open later into the evening. Let us know if there is a particular reason you’d like it to be open.

The new garden team has re-formed and is seeking new volunteers. See the following pages for more info: Gardening; Meet-up/events.

Friends Group: Newsletter: February 2023.

Current activities

About the garden...

We have turned a dis-used bowling green into a biodiverse garden for everyone to enjoy. See Capturing Cambridge for its history. We are in a corner of Nightingale Park/Rec, across the Hills Road from Addenbrooke's hospital and biomedical campus in South Cambridge (visit us).

Funding the garden project: We have been successful making applications for funding for the larger changes to the garden, but needed additional funding for everyday expenses like our annual insurance and smaller new projects. In August 2021, we started a Friends Group, which has been great: all welcome to join. It has a Newsletter, which is also available online.

In May 2018, we started a constituted group (with its own bank account), Nightingale Gardeners, details of which are on our gardening page.

Last updated: 15 November 2023

21 June 2019: the garden was very colourful. On most months, it is a good place to explore - or just sit and think…

21 June 2019: the garden was very colourful. On most months, it is a good place to explore - or just sit and think…


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