Escape Community Allotment - Richmond

05/05/2026

🌿 Help us create a Community Allotment for Wellbeing! 🌿

We’re working hard on our allotment project and, thanks to our amazing volunteers, progress is already underway—but it still needs lots of support.

This project will help families, women, and veterans with their mental wellbeing, providing a calm, welcoming space where people can connect, grow, and feel supported.

We’re asking local businesses (and community supporters) if they can help by donating or contributing with items we urgently need, including:
✅ Wildlife pond bits – wildlife-friendly lining, plants, and a solar pump
✅ Lots of plants (any varieties—every contribution helps!)
✅ A summer house
✅ Garden tools

If you can help—or even just share this post—we would be truly grateful. 💚

Thank you so much for supporting our community wellbeing project!

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

🌱 We’re in need of donations! 🌱
Our community project is growing, and we’d be incredibly grateful for your support.

We’re looking for anything that can be reused, including:

• Plants (any kind!)
• Wood / pallets / scrap wood
• Chicken wire
• Tools (hand tools welcome)
• Soil / compost

If you have spare items at home, please don’t throw them away—send us a message and we’ll arrange pickup if needed or can give details of drop off point

Thank you so much for helping us keep this going ❤️

02/05/2026

We can now see paths forming and a general layout... The A team have been busy 👌

17/04/2026

Look at how much fun was had clearing the allotment. I cannot believe how far the team have progressed over the past few weeks. Absolute legends each and every one of them

13/04/2026

So the skip has gone and the patch is beginning to resemble an allotment. Huge thanks to each and everyone of you have helped us get this far.

09/04/2026

💧 DIY CONTAINER POND 💧

1️⃣ Use a buried container
Creates a stable mini water ecosystem.

2️⃣ Add stones and slopes
Helps animals enter and exit safely.

3️⃣ Include wood and plants
Provides shelter and natural balance.

4️⃣ Attract wildlife
Supports insects, birds, and amphibians.

5️⃣ Keep it natural
No chemicals, let ecosystem develop.

08/04/2026

Things are progressing, let's get this filled and free up some more space

06/04/2026

I was pottering up the allotment yesterday and came across this....Western skunk cabbage is often associated with themes of death and rebirth in various indigenous mythologies. lts emergence in
early spring and distinctive, strong-smell has historically symbolised the awakening of life, while its presence in swampy areas, which can evoke thoughts of decay, ties it to death. This cyclical representation underscores its
cultural significance within ecosystems
where it's native.

05/04/2026

Happy Easter Sunday 🐰 🐣