Divergent growth

05/08/2026

Safe to say we got some main characters in the potato crop today! 🥔😂

Today’s focus was weeding the beds and getting stuck into the remediation pilot plot. The weather couldn’t make its mind up one minute we were roasting, the next our heads were nearly blown off, then soaked! 🌦️💨

Big thanks to Grow for their continued support and to Gairdín an Phobail for giving us space to grow.

31/07/2026

A bit of everything in the garden today. 🌿

While some things are thriving, others are coming to the end of their life cycle. The green manures have done their job and are naturally dying back. We’re removing the dead biomass and using it as mulch around the berms before resowing more green manure to keep the soil biology active.

It’s a slow, successional process where every element earns its place within the wider ecosystem.

As it’s our first season in this space, we’re exploring what works and which native plants have the opportunity to thrive within this little nursery section of the garden. The aim is to encourage the natural development of a healthy system using adaptive, ecologically beneficial management practices.

Big thanks to Groundwork NIfor their continued support and letting us use this space.

31/07/2026

Drop into Divergent Growth’s Gardner’s Corner in Gairdín Abhann at Féile na hAbhann this Saturday from 12pm-4pm for practical advice on composting, soil health, wildlife friendly growing and making the most of your garden. 🪴

Bring along your questions, challenges, sick plants or ideas and have an informal chat about what might work in your space. You can also see and learn about LORAG’s flagship remediation project.

23/07/2026

23/07/2026

Thanks again to LORAG for inviting us to be part of their community day 🌿💚 Seed bombing native wildflowers around the local area and making little bug hotels to bring home 🐞🌸 Excited to hear all their stories next time and find out who’s moved in 🐛🐝

20/07/2026

This week we will be helping out with this local nature day event at Gairdín Abhann over at LORAG
We are looking forward to having some fun exploring the natural spaces around us, making some seed bombs and some bug friendly habitats to encourage bio-diversity within the community garden space.
If you want further details about this event please use the contacts highlighted on the flyer.