Wimborne Community Garden’s New Kitchen!

Back in January 2024, we had the idea of trying to develop a small kitchen at Wimborne Community Garden; the vision was to be able to share not only our produce but also different ways we can cook with it.

However, lovely as the idea was, it must be remembered that at this point the garden had neither a power source nor access to water of its own! So, we knew a lot of things had to happen to make this idea become a reality! Well, true to form, a lot of things did happen!

We had huge gifts, for example from Nationwide which enabled us to get power and water on site ; we had smaller gifts such as second-hand plates and cutlery donated to us and the exciting thing was, when all these things were put together, we found that we had indeed created a small but functional kitchen in our garden.

However, there’s no good having a kitchen if you don’t have cooks and the expertise to use it…. but we have an amazing team of volunteers at the garden and four stepped forward, took the necessary Food and Hygiene qualifications….and thanks to Kathy, Charlotte, Christine and Sally we are up and running!

So far, they have delighted us with a delicious and colourful ratatouille, a scrumptious Green Bean curry and a heart-warming Leek and Potato soup. All the dishes have been cooked with produce we have grown; the satisfaction of working in the garden on a Wednesday morning and then to being rewarded with a delightfully tasty bowl of something home-grown and homemade is one of those priceless things that gardening gives.

It is a very exciting next step on the Wimborne Community Garden’s journey and who knows where it will lead us next….!

All are warmly welcome, why not pop over and visit us? Find our opening times below…