A one-acre permaculture project, The Castle Garden produces food for The Castle Cafe, acts as a venue for events, is an educational resource and is an important local wildlife habitat.
Mon 19/12/2022 at 14:30 by The Castle Clim...
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Join our team! The Castle is looking for a gardener with a keen environmental focus to join our Garden team in our 1.4 hectare permaculture Garden.
Sun 20/3/2022 at 10:37 by The Castle Clim...
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March signals the start of meteorological spring. To celebrate the Spring Equinox today, here are six activities in addition to climbing you can enjoy, only at the Castle this spring.
1. Make friends at the Social
Celebrating a return to more relaxed social climbing, now is the time to find your place in the Castle climbing community. There are so many interesting and exciting people climbing here, and so many ways to meet them.
Mon 28/9/2020 at 17:33 by Gina Lawrence
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The Castle is absolutely delighed to be announced joint winners in the 6th annual Urban Food Awards!
Thu 6/2/2020 at 12:51 by Anonymous
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We ask Steph to spill the (organic, homegrown) beans about what it's like joining the traineeship in our Garden...
"Making the change from full time employment to creative freelancer left me feeling lost and yet light. When you work 9-7 every day for 4.5 years, your daily life takes on a routine with little room for learning. I had stopped being proactive in my development, so when my days suddenly became empty, I realised that when new projects and experiences came up, I could say, “Why not?”
Mon 3/2/2020 at 9:26 by Gina Lawrence
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This season our Garden is looking for two volunteer trainees:
Monday: Herb trainee
Thursday: Kitchen garden trainee
Work with the Castle garden team, learn to manage a productive and fun food growing project and grow vegetables, fruit and herbs for a commercial kitchen and café.
About the traineeship:
Tue 26/11/2019 at 11:07 by Gina Lawrence
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As we become more aware of the importance of bees to our eco systems, we ask Castle Beekeeper Sean to share his wisdom on the art of urban beekeeping...
Tue 12/11/2019 at 14:58 by Gina Lawrence
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We’ve grown a lot in 10 years (excuse the pun) – both in the size and scope of the garden and the amount of produce. A huge amount has happened since that first volunteer day on a chilly November morning in 2009, so this is just a snapshot of the history of what is probably north London’s unique permaculture space.
2009 – The Garden Begins
Wed 6/11/2019 at 17:05 by Gina Lawrence
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This month, we raise a glass to the Castle Garden’s 10 year anniversary with a selection of delicious and homegrown drinks!
The ingredients are handpicked right here, lovingly blended and made by our dedicated garden team and their volunteers.
Because these sustainable beverages are all made right here at the Castle, they’re all made with zero air miles and zero wastage. We’ll drink to that…
Wed 24/7/2019 at 23:30 by Lauren Ballard
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For our summer nature/wellbeing event this year we're heading out of the garden!
Instead we'll be in the park opposite the Redmond Community Centre (next to the play park) - Kayani Ave, Woodberry Down.
There'll be:
Wed 3/7/2019 at 10:27 by Amy Yates
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The Castle Garden Party is returning for the 9th year and we have a great line-up for you to enjoy. Whether it’s a drink in the sun, trying your hand at a craft workshop or having a climb on the outdoor boulders there will be something for everyone.