Green High Kingsdown & Green Cotham

Green High Kingsdown & Green Cotham We are a community urban greening project based in Cotham, Bristol. We’d like to create gardening and nature opportunities and experiences in the city.

We run free gardening sessions to create beautiful wildlife friendly gardens for residents, commuters and wildlife. We are Cotham Parish Church, High Kingsdown Community Association and residents who want Cotham and Kingsdown to be beautiful and green, better for wildlife and for people. This FB page is for two community gardening projects which work out of HKCA and the church; Green Cotham and Green High Kingsdown. Green Cotham is a free drop in group organised by Cotham Parish Church that runs weekly on Wednesday afternoons 2-4pm. The aims are to get local people together and to take care of local green spaces so they are beautiful and helpful to local wildlife. Last year we had 35 volunteers including 8 students helping us to develop an insect friendly meadow, we built insect hotels, planted trees, created a hoverfly lagoon, mini ponds, we built new pollinator friendly flowerbeds in the church and in High Kingsdown, and many other wildlife friendly projects. https://cothamparishchurch.org/groups/

The Coop have just taken Green Cotham as one of their causes for 2022-23. If you would like to support us here is the link: https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/69822

Green Cotham is being funded by Awards for All 2022-23

Green High Kingsdown is the name of several different community initiatives formed by residents of High Kingsdown. Starting in 2016 over the years we've worked with the council, residents and UoB gardening clubs to repair rotting brick planters, dig out many weed tree stumps, maintain planted areas and planted many trees. In 2017 High Kingsdown was part of a pilot study looking at alternatives to the pesticide glyphosate. The study ran for a year and since then our estate has remained pesticide free and we have regular community sessions caring for lanes. In 2019 we worked with the council on the new High Kingsdown playground and asked for green and natural elements to be included in the designs. Cotham Parish Church sits on the edge of High Kingsdown. It's grey stone walls are surrounded by gardens and Green Cotham is working on these so they become wildlife friendly community gardens with public seating. CPC is an inclusive church that aims to support nature, community and mental health find out more here: https://cothamparishchurch.org/about-us/

Find out more about High Kingsdown Community Association: https://www.highkingsdown.co.uk/

10/04/2025
Must mention Maria and the shed she’s very generously built and painted for storage of our gardening tools 🙏❤️⭐️ Thank y...
02/04/2025

Must mention Maria and the shed she’s very generously built and painted for storage of our gardening tools 🙏❤️⭐️ Thank you! She also organised quite a few people to help her so thanks to them aswell. 🥳

Green Cotham was recently awarded two years funding from the National Lottery! ❤️ This will fund our lead project worker...
02/04/2025

Green Cotham was recently awarded two years funding from the National Lottery! ❤️
This will fund our lead project worker a drop in assistant and gives us funds for plants and tools.

We held interviews on Monday and are delighted to say we have found somebody to take on the role of assistant! They’ve got lots of relevant experience and are pretty interested and excited about plants and community gardening. 🥳 All being well they will start helping us after Easter. 👩‍🌾

A very peaceful Green Cotham afternoon in the sun mulching and w**ding.
06/03/2025

A very peaceful Green Cotham afternoon in the sun mulching and w**ding.

06/03/2025
Thanks to the UoB Malaysian Cultural Society for all the hard work and effort yesterday. Really enjoyable day clearing b...
13/02/2025

Thanks to the UoB Malaysian Cultural Society for all the hard work and effort yesterday. Really enjoyable day clearing brash and litter, mulching flowerbeds, sweeping lanes in High Kingsdown ⭐️ 🙏❤️ 🌳

25/09/2024

Hedgehog Champions - check your inbox!!
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Find out why we're asking you to leave the leaves this autumn, hibernation tips & more!

Not a Hedgehog Champion? Sign up 👉 https://buff.ly/3RCe2sW

is run jointly by us & People's Trust for Endangered Species

📷 Jean Nichols

Green Cotham has a new term starting Wednesday September 11th. meet at Cotham Parish Church 2-4pm. Hope to see you 🙏⭐️🌳
04/09/2024

Green Cotham has a new term starting Wednesday September 11th. meet at Cotham Parish Church 2-4pm. Hope to see you 🙏⭐️🌳

University of Bristol Insect DayWe have been asked to share details of an event at the University of Bristol as part of ...
14/06/2024

University of Bristol Insect Day
We have been asked to share details of an event at the University of Bristol as part of Insect Week. The event is on Tuesday 25th June 12:00-18:00 and is free to the public, it will feature stalls put on by research teams at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, about the insects they study and the research they do. Further information can be found here: https://www.insectweek.org/events/discover-the-world-of-insects/

Here’s a poster for our next talk, please share and hope to see you there 🐌🐌🐌
31/05/2024

Here’s a poster for our next talk, please share and hope to see you there 🐌🐌🐌

Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped over the past few years of the Green Cotham Project. ❤️🙏🐝
13/05/2024

Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped over the past few years of the Green Cotham Project. ❤️🙏🐝

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Cotham Parish Church And High Kingsdown Gardens, Cotham
Bristol
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