Community garden vs private allotment vs plot-share: A community garden is shared — you work collectively. An allotment is your private plot in a council/charity-run facility. A plot-share on Homegrown is a private arrangement between you and a landowner. Pick the model that fits your social preferences and how much space you need for yourself.
Active Irish Community Gardens
Baldoyle Racecourse Community Garden
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St Brigid's Community Garden
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Tearmann Community Garden
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Gairdín Beo
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Castlebridge Community Garden
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Birr Community Growery
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Community Gardens Ireland — The National Network
The formal national network is Community Gardens Ireland (cgireland.org), a voluntary organisation providing a virtual support network for community gardens across Ireland and Northern Ireland. They have:
- Start-up help for new community gardens
- Resources for existing community gardens
- A network spanning Derry to Waterford, Galway to Kilkenny
- Contact: info@cgireland.org
Our directory complements CGI's support-network role. They help community gardens operate; we help individuals find one.
Setting Up a New Community Garden?
If there isn't one near you and you'd like to start one, CGI has a start-up resources section with everything from insurance to governance. Also worth looking at Greenside Up's portfolio for examples of community-garden designs.
Community garden not an option where you live?
Skip the search. Post a request on the plot-share marketplace and a private landowner near you may match.
Find a Private Plot