Gardening Volunteers
Gardening volunteers at Denmark Farm will receive hands-on practical training with our facilitators, learning how to grow edible crops, plus care for a wildlife friendly garden and courtyard.
Come and be a nature friendly gardener & food grower
As part of our friendly little team of dedicated volunteers you will ensure that the garden is maintained, productive and attractive to wildlife at all times.
The next 2026 gardening sessions will take place on the following dates (10am-1pm):
Wednesday 8 April
Wednesday 22 April
Wednesday 6 May
Wednesday 27 May
Wednesday 10 June
Wednesday 24 June
Wednesday 8 July
Wednesday 22 July
Please bring a packed lunch. Hot drinks and biscuits will be provided.
What’s involved?
This FREE programme is suitable for anyone from complete beginners, to those who already have some previous growing experience / knowledge, as tuition and guidance from our facilitators is included.
We will provide all the tools you might need, but please bring your own gardening gloves if you have these. There will be tea and biscuits provided but do bring waterproofs and wellies or boots, gardening gloves and a packed lunch
There will be a range of tasks available from sowing, digging, planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, cutting grass and basic carpentry.
You’ll enjoy some fresh air and light exercise while learning and making new friends.
In harvest season, volunteers share the bounty of fruits and vegetables grown in the garden.
Eating the produce is a bonus!
Our facilitators
Andy Polkey
Conservation professional, permaculture enthusiast & gardener
Discovering permaculture in 1995 put Andy Polkey and his wife Angie on a life-long path of learning and growing, 25 years of that path rooted on and in their place in mid Wales. Professionally he has worked in conservation for almost 40 years and finds the “edge” between ecology and permaculture a fruitful and fascinating zone of cross fertilisation and interaction. But he is primarily and passionately a gardener, and since leaving full time work you can now find him spending many of his waking hours practicing gardening as meditation.
Angie Polkey
Permaculture, gardening & wildlife educator
Angie’s background in ecology and conservation helps her understand – and teach – the natural principles, patterns and processes that underpin sustainable and wildlife friendly gardening. With her husband, she cares for a small acreage in west Wales with several forest gardens, vegetable beds, a polytunnel & greenhouse, wildlife habitats, and hard-working chickens! After a long career with conservation organisations such as the RSPB, Wildlife Trusts, Learning through Landscapes, Denmark Farm Conservation Centre and PONT Cymru, Angie now works as a freelance educator & advisor.
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From March 2025 this project is funded by Welsh Government’s Volunteering Wales Main Grants Scheme, administered by WCVA.
This project was made possible from November 2023 to February 2025 thanks to a grant of £25,000 from the Postcode Community Trust- a grant-giving charity funded entirely by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.
