irrigation system donation

New Recycled Irrigation System Donated to Camphill MK

Socius, the mixed-use development company behind MK Gateway, has supported our charity with a new horticultural project! As part of the groundworks, and in recognition of the iconic site’s legacy in Milton Keynes, along with investment partner Patron Capital, they have been working with Milton Keynes City Council and the local community to rehome the hundreds of plants which...

Daimler Truck volunteer day

Daimler Truck Financial Services UK Volunteers

Big thanks to Daimler Truck Financial Services UK, who spent an entire day working on our paddock this week! The volunteers worked so hard to help us build strawberry beds from scratch using reclaimed tiles during Great Big Green Week. The garden jobs involved digging and building raised beds filled with woodchips and soil and...

camphill mk harvest

Great Big Green Week

As it’s the Great Big Green Week from 24th September – 2nd October, our gardens have been a hive of activity! We have been harvesting our squashes & apples, and are thrilled with the bounty. Our home-grown, chemical-free produce will feed our community, and be available to buy & feature on the Café menu soon!

Success for Our Garden Workshops!

Our gardeners have been very busy this season growing a plethora of exciting vegetables for our community, Cafe dishes & shop. We’ve also been transforming the paddocks with squashes and corn growing together, and companion growing appears to be working well! We’ve also made new compost bays built from scratch and are establishing a forest...

camphill mk gardens in milton keynes

Development of Our Paddock

The garden team has been working very hard to develop our new paddock. We started last year from scratch, from an empty field covered in brambles and couch grass.Slowly the team has been clearing some areas and has started a long process of mulching with woodchips (still in the process) and cardboard.And after months of...