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Zero Mile Gardens CIC sets up food growing spaces with and for the community so it can grow its own food locally.

It runs a range of activities around sustainable food growing skills. It also runs a small vegetables and herbs plant nursery.

03/11/2026

Join us on the 19th of November, 6:30 at Bookbag for a book talk and conversation on food systems and ecology with author Stephen E. Hunt, and community food grower Clemence Scalbert, founder of Zero Mile Gardens ClC.

Stephen’s book ‘We Must Begin with the Land’ explores innovative and traditional alternatives for producing food, renewable energies, and organic materials through agroecology.
Using the anti-colonial lens of social ecology, Stephen considers mini real-world case studies for diversifying and democratising how we might grow, share, and eat; seeking for abundance and liberation within the current context of ecological destruction, structural inequalities and looming food crises.

Read more about the book, talk and speakers on , or in our bio https://bookbag.shop/blogs/events/thurs-19-nov-book-talk-with-stephen-hunt

Find tickets here or on the link in our bio: https://bookbag.shop/products/event-ticket-stephen-hunt

28/10/2026

Last Friday we went on a lovely visit to Shillingford Organics along with other local community garden groups. We braved the stormy weather and found a 🌈 at the end!!

Martyn very kindly took us on a walk around the farm, where we learned more about their approach to organic, agroecological farming and heard some useful practical growing tips.

We then cozied up in the events farm and had a fruitful discussion all together (fuelled by tea and biscuits!). We shared ideas about how to better connect community gardens and farms around Exeter for knowledge exchange and mutual support, as well as pushing together for land access. We also came up with ideas on how to increase community engagement through joint events, volunteering and creative ways for information and resource sharing.

This trip was part of a series of local farm visits funded by the Connecting People and Landscapes grants from Devon Communities Together . Through this scheme, us and other community members and volunteers will be able to learn a bit more about our local heritage and the nature- friendly and sustainable food growing projects and initiatives near us, as well as learning about conservation and local biodiversity.

The visit was a way of strengthening social and food growing networks locally and fostering collaboration between community members in Exeter and local farms.

Thank you to Martyn and Shillingford Organics and to everyone whom with we shared this trip!!! 😄🌦️

12/10/2026

Looks like traffic is building up at the Alibi garden…🦔💨! With the new Hedgehog Highway we hope to have some new visitors and keep the garden active.

The lovely sign was made by Meta, who visited us this summer, and also made our new Plant Stall sign.

Also, Sonia has left some sparkly clues around… more colourful and shimmering signs and art to come!

12/10/2026

And a very local project, Love Food CIC, also in need of community support so the Food Hub on Cowick Street is kept open till the spring.... 🥰

Help us raise £5000 for St Thomas Community Food Hub! We have already raised over £900 and have 3 weeks left to reach the target! See link in bio. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/love-food-cic-prize-draw

12/10/2026

An amazing project in Liverpool area, bringing fresh vegs to the communities on a bus 🍎🍏🫛🥦

You can support, read, and share 🥰

The Queen of Greens, launched in November 2022, is a social-enterpr...

06/10/2026

A lovely community, a lovely garden, shop and cafe, the other side of town from us...

Come and join our friendly gardening group on Friday mornings….everyone welcome 🪏🪴🫜

06/10/2026

Join us this Saturday 10th at St Thomas Exeter Brillsville Market for our last market of the year! 9am-1pm. 🧺🪴

Since the Spring we emjoyed coming to the markets and pop-up sales around Exeter, meeting you, chatting and passing on our plants to all of you.
It’s also been great to spend time with and learn from other traders.

We would love to see you there one last time!!😊
We will have a selection of:
-Herbs (chervil, parsley, rosemary,sage,lovage, mint)
-Frills, wild rocket, chard, lettuce (flashy butter oak & devils tongue)
- Pak Choi (vibrant joy); cabbage (Baccalan de Rennes); Napa cabbage; Cima di rapa;Taunton Kale; Artichoke

As we finish our market season we will be getting our garden ready for the Winter and planning more activities to come….keep your eyes peeled. 👀

You can always come and join us at the garden on Thursday’s 11am-1pm for our volunteer session. 🙂💚

25/09/2026

We are very happy to share that we have received a National Lottery Awards for All grant.

We would like to take a moment to thank all players for helping us to keep making our project possible!

With your support we are able to keep running our micro plant nursery and continue growing for the community 🥬🌸

Thank you, from all the ZeroMile garden volunteers and comittee 😊💚🩷

23/09/2026

The second edition of the walks co-organised with Exwick Local History Society, Wellbeing Exeter, Health Walks at Westbank, and us, as Zero Mile Gardens took place during the 1st Exeter Walking Festival last week, which also coincided with the Heritage Open Days.

In addition to information on Exwick's past landscape and economical activities, we also heard about the FLOW : A river orchard on the Exe and picked some almonds from the trees!

17/09/2026

Oh, to be a bird, bathing and drinking beneath the Cosmos…Dreamy 🌸💧🐦‍⬛

How wonderful to find such beauty all around us, within the garden, in a small pocket of our big cosmos ✨

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