Hulme Community Garden Centre (HCGC) is a garden and community centre in
Hulme, Manchester, England.
It was featured in a 2017 episode of the TV show ''
Gardener's World
''Gardeners' World'' is a long-running British gardening programme, first broadcast on 5 January 1968. The 2022 series is the 53rd. Its first series was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. Up until 2020 most of its e ...
''.
Facilities
As well as selling plants, HCGC has a cafe, a public garden, outdoor cooking spaces, a straw bale classroom, and a pond area. HCGC run events throughout the year, from courses on growing vegetables to wellbeing sessions.
History
It opened in 2000,
on a
brownfield site with the goal of encouraging healthy living through gardening and sustainable food growing.
Ginkgo tree
''Ginkgo biloba'', commonly known as ginkgo or gingko ( ), also known as the maidenhair tree, is a species of tree native to China. It is the last living species in the order Ginkgoales, which first appeared over 290 million years ago. Fossils ...
seedlings were grown at the HCGC in 2014 to celebrate the anniversary of Manchester becoming the first nuclear-free city in the UK.
After crowd-funding £15,000 in 2015, the HCGC was able to further develop its site.
An episode of ''
Gardeners' World
''Gardeners' World'' is a long-running British gardening programme, first broadcast on 5 January 1968. The 2022 series is the 53rd. Its first series was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. Up until 2020 most of its e ...
'' was filmed at HCGC in 2017, increasing the public's interest in the centre.
As of 2018, HCGC had a turnover of about £250,000.
In 2019 HCGC ran a community share offer enabling it to be owned by local residents and supporters.
Awards
*2014: Gold Award and named best in show, Dig the City festival, Manchester
*2015:
Green Flag Award
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://hulmegardencentre.org.uk/
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