South Molton Community Garden

24/10/2026

Dear all, for obvious reasons, today's Big Soup event has been postponed! We will be at the garden tomorrow from 1pm, if you'd like to help with a few jobs, or just turn up - everyone welcome.

20/10/2026

Please note, our October group session and Soup Day will take place on Saturday 24th October, at an earlier time of 1pm until approximately 4–4.30pm.

Committee members will be making a selection of delicious soups for everyone to enjoy, so it’s a lovely opportunity to get together, enjoy some warming soup and catch up with one another.

We’ll have mugs available, but if you’d prefer to have your soup in a bowl, please remember to bring your own.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

October is a great time to start overwintering crops ready for next year.
Have a look at our handy list of what vegetables and flowers you can start sowing this month! 🌱💚
Let us know, do you overwinter crops?

04/09/2026

OUR AUTUMN PLANT SALE IS ON TOMORROW!!!

Saturday 5th September, we have bargains. Plenty of plants that would love to find a new home. Home made preserves, too - very few and 100% top quality.

Come and see us at the market, 8.30am - 1.30pm, near the entry gates.

(Pic off Pexels.)

27/08/2026

Who loves chillies? Such a pretty plant!

We're just chilli-n 🌶️☀️

A big thank you to on Instagram for this awesome photo! 📸

Tag us in your Eden snaps for a chance to be featured on our page 👀

14/08/2026

As Kew recorded the hottest day on record (over 38 degrees!!!), perhaps they completely lost their marbles now...

13/08/2026

Hello members!
Please remember our summer sessions have moved to later afternoon / evening time, 4.30pm onwards.
It is still too hot to work in so please do take extra care.

10/08/2026

Who is getting excited for Wednesday night? We love a good sky show!

Here is a simple and safe pinhole projector. Just remember, the hole needs to be tiny.

Stay safe and enjoy - the sheep fair field by our garden does get the sunset views, but at the risk of the trees being in the way at 7pm, we recommend you find a higher ground. Go see where the sun is at 7pm tonight or tomorrow, and you'll know for sure!

No Eclipse Goggles? 👓 Use a simple projector instead.

If you've ran out of time to buy solar goggles for viewing the partial eclipse on Wednesday fear not.

One of the safest and most enjoyable ways to view a solar eclipse is via a simple pinhole projector.

1. Find some cardboard, thin card or just some plain paper, and make a tiny hole in it. Use a sharp pin for this and try not to make the hole too big.

2. Hold this card/paper towards the Sun without directly looking at it.

3. Place another white card or piece of paper a foot or two away from your pin hole and move it around until you see an image of the Sun's disk on the paper.

Clear skies.

29/07/2026

INSANE amounts of work were done today at the park. Well done all who turned up and worked hard regardless of the heat and relentless dehydrating sun. Thank you everyone!

26/07/2026

We are so grateful to all of you who came to our group session yesterday!
Clearing the flower border, Jill discovered a pot with quite a collection of snails 🤣 Plus, bumblebees LOVING all the artichokes and cardoons currently in flower.
The rain we had last night was desperately needed! And yes, some of us started to do a rain dance, so it clearly worked...

12/07/2026

This may be of interest to some!