A multi-use space for students, staff and the local community, run in partnership with East Kent Mind
We are the Kent Community Oasis Garden (KentCOG), a collection of students, staff and community members working to create a sustainability hub centred around growing food.
Come along to one of our open sessions on Wednesday and Friday (10:00am – 2:00pm) to find out more, or email us at kentcog@kent.ac.uk
Learn about what we do at the Kent Community Oasis Garden and how you can find out more.
Follow along with our useful video that will show you how to walk from the Sports Centre to the Kent Community Garden located in Parkwood.
KentCOG Student Ambassadors for 2023-24 are Charlie(left) and Ameira(right).
'We are both final year students at Kent who have found the garden to be a place of joy and community separate from our daily hectic uni lives. We both love the garden and are passionate about using our roles as ambassadors to make sure every single volunteer also feels the way we do about this amazing space. We are learning how to do these new roles and are always open to speak to anyone about anything regarding the garden, whether that is feedback, criticism or just a small question.'
Come along and enjoy the space.
Scroll down to see our upcoming events.
Sustainable Houseplant growing on Campus
Sharing your space with houseplants can really help improve your wellbeing. But what can you do when they get sick? At KentCOG we have the answer with our monthly houseplant hospital sessions. We can offer advice, propagation, pots, compost and aim to support whatever your needs are, to encourage sustainable houseplant growing and sharing on campus.
If you're leaving campus we can also babysit them until your return or rehome them to a student who can offer them a new space to live in.
Monthly Drop in Sessions
First Wednesday of the month 10am- 2pm
Supporting you to grow in a space near you.
To support students growing in their own green spaces, we have established a Tool Library at KentCOG.
UoK Students can borrow garden tools and equipment to help establish and maintain growing activities, whether that's seeding herbs for your windowsill kitchen garden or planting vegetables and wildflowers in a patch of green, the Tool Library can help.
Tools can be collected on a Wednesday morning from KentCOG and returned a week later. Click on the button for more information.
So have a go and grow in your green space and visit the garden to collect what you need.
All events take place at the garden unless otherwise stated. You can find directions to the garden using the location button in the top banner of the page. If you have any questions about getting involved, please email us at kentcog@kent.ac.uk
New events added monthly.
KentCOG is a partnership project. Find out more about the different organisations involved.
KentCOG has sustainability and accessibility at the heart of the project. Find out more here.
Listen to our volunteers talk about their experiences at the garden on this wellbeing podcast.
Read about our plans, governance and values.
Find out more about the project, who we are, our values and our plans for the future.
Our ambitions and values for embedding sustainability throughout the garden.
Our plans for communicating about the project and guidelines for partners, press or comms teams.
Read our Terms of Reference to see who is on the group and they are responsible for.
KentCOG is a finalist for the Green Gown Awards 2023 for the catergory of Student Engagement.
We are really proud of this achievement and are looking forward to submitting for the next stage of the awards. More information about the awards can be found on the Green Gown Award's website.
Winners and Highly Commended entries will be announced at the awards dinner in November.
