Volunteer at a Garden Near You

Energy Garden is dedicated to transforming unused spaces on the rail into vibrant community gardens.

Sign up to volunteer with us!

How does volunteering at an Energy Garden work?

The Energy Gardens

The Energy Garden network includes 18 community gardens across London. When you sign up to volunteer you’ll become part of this exciting network.

More information about each of our gardens can be found here: Energy Garden Network

The Gardening Groups

Each Energy Garden is tended by a group of volunteers and an Energy Garden Engagement Officer in regular gardening sessions.

The Activities

During these sessions you will do a variety of seasonal gardening activities. All levels of gardening experience are welcome!

How we organise

Each Energy Garden group has their own WhatsApp chat, in this chat we communicate about upcoming sessions and happenings in the garden.

Once you’ve signup to volunteer with us, you will be added to your local Energy Garden Chat so that you can get involved in upcoming sessions.

Volunteering commitment

There is no minimum commitment to son up to volunteering with us, you can come to the garden as much or as little as you like.

What to bring

Energy Garden provides all of the tools and kit that you’ll need during a session. All that you need to bring is yourself!

Two people gardening in a lush green garden on a sunny day, one with an orange vest and the other with a sun hat, surrounded by various plants and flowers.
Group of women toasting with paper cups in an outdoor garden space.
Two women sitting in a garden surrounded by greenery, with a flower bed containing colorful flowers in the foreground. One woman is smiling and making a peace sign, the other is seated with hands folded in lap, both wearing glasses.
Group of five diverse volunteers wearing orange safety vests standing at a train station platform, smiling, with a wheelbarrow filled with gardening tools, and other volunteers and commuters in the background.
Sign up to volunteer with us!
Two people working on a large compost bin outside near the Hatton Cross Station in London, with bicycles and signs in the background.