Official launch of Feed Bristol!

Thanks to all of the support so far, we finally got to a big milestone – the official opening of the site by the Lord Mayor.

We had a group from Begbrook and Glenfrome Primary schools as well as a group from Milestone. The young people explored nature in our wild meadow and down our woodland trail. They also helped plant up our ‘Sun Burst Garden’.

The Mayor swapped his white gloves for some gardening gloves and got involved with helping to plant in the ‘Sun Burst Garden’. He helped put the final herbs into our herb garden made out of 100 year old rhubarb forcing chimneys.

Rapid transport road consultation link

We would like to make you aware of how the proposed rapid transport route will effect Feed Bristol and the surrounding area. It is being consulted on at the moment so if you would like to make your opinions heard, now is the time and it must be done in writing: online feedback form

EVERY COMMENT MAKES A DIFFERENCE SO PLEASE RESPOND BY 13TH JULY.

If you would like to check out the plans for the proposed road through the site have a look at www.travelwest.info/nfh

The section that effects Feed Bristol is: Zone 4: North Bristol - UWE to Bristol City Centre


If you look at the maps the road will cut across the bottom of the communal field with the small plots, through the woodland glade and straight across the big field through to the corner of the large greenhouse. We will loose nearly half the site.


The road is going to planning this Autumn and the consultation ends on 13th July. To make any comments about the proposals please use the online comments form by clicking here: online feedback form


Many thanks for your support.

A suprise visitor!

At Feed Bristol we have lots of wildlife. Whilst giving a tour around the wild flower meadow we discovered a new species lurking on the edge of the woodland. Not a gardeners favourite when roaming free. His name is Dave and he normaly lives next door, can you guess what he is?

Earthing up the spuds

Our potatoes are now up in the big field and going well. We have to keep on-top of the hoeing and earthing up and now have an expert team.

Thanks to big helping hands on the big fields

We have managed to finally get onto the big fields and plant out our main crops.  We had a team in from the Environment Agency to give us a big hand.  To meet our objective of supporting community groups with different abilities we organise big volunteer days where organisations can get involved as part of their commitment to social and environmental responsibility. On these days we can do lots of work in a short amount of time. This means we can offer any community group that comes to join in a decent share of the harvest.

A new face for the old shop

Thanks to Rachel and Pierce our ‘old shop’ at the front gate has been transformed into a beautiful welcoming building that is now our volunteer hub. Over time we will add to the mural and bring life back into more of the old building around the site.

Sunburst Garden

Come rain or shine we have managed to establish one of our communal growing areas in just a month. It provides a great demonstration for rotation cropping as each veg family group moves around the different sun beams.