Discover hidden green spaces throughout Brighton & Hove and experience how community gardens bring people together.
Albion Community Garden & Ashton Rise
Albion Life Community Garden began in 2018 on a sterile paved and fenced area with six raised beds. Over the last few years many local residents have helped create a quiet relaxing space. It provides a habitat to enable biodiversity right in the centre of the busy city.
The route from the main garden to our dear friends and neighbours at White Street Community Garden takes you past the pocket gardens that have been created on Albion Street, Churchway and Grove Hill, then on up Ashton Rise which is being nurtured back to a chalk grassland habitat.
Get here on any bus route that serves St Peter's Church or Valley Gardens.
Bevendean Community Garden
A local gem tucked in at the bottom of Bevendean Down Nature Reserve. Run by volunteers for nearly 20 years; they grow organic fruit and vegetables, use permaculture methods, have community fires and feasts and enjoy the woods alongside too.
They run community days, volunteering sessions and host a range of local groups and activities including forest schools, forest bathing, wild walks, singing circles, crafting, gardening for wildlife projects, seasonal events and more!
Get there on route 48 and alight at Bevendean School.
Fitzherberts Community Garden
The Garden was set up in June 2023 with support from the Fitzherbert Real Junk Food Project and plants donated by Fork and Dig It, Brighton CSA, and seedlings grown by the gardener and tended by volunteers from the cafe.
Through use of the food waste from the cafe, which is turned into compost using a Jora compost tumbler, they grow vegetables, fruit and herbs for the RJFP cafe. True Community in Action!
Get there on routes 12, 12A,14 or 27 and alight at Bedford Street South.
Norfolk Square Gardens
Norfolk Square Gardens is a pocket park on the Brighton/Hove boundary, 300 yards from the sea front. The Norfolk Square Gardens Project work to improve the gardens and the surrounding area for the benefit of all, believing that involving the wider community in their efforts is as important as the gardening they do.
Get here on any bus route that serves Norfolk Square.
Preston Park Demo Garden
This garden is open 24/7, 365 days a year and is tended by volunteers weekly.
Since 2010 the space has been growing flowers, fruit and vegetables using organic methods with wildlife in mind. The volunteers use compost from the local community composting scheme to build soil fertility and grow healthy plants.
Get there on routes 5, 5A and 5B and alight at Stanford Avenue.
Round Hill Pocket Park
The Round Hill Community Pocket Park is a small but significant community-led green space. It consists of four large, handcrafted wooden planters: three planted with a diverse mix of flowering perennials and seasonal bulbs, and a fourth dedicated to a shared herb garden. The park was designed to create a welcoming public green space, encourage social interaction, and discourage pavement parking.
The Park serves as both a green landmark and a living ecological resource—improving the visual environment, supporting pollination, and strengthening connections between people, place, and nature.
Get there on routes 26, 46 and 50 and alight at Princes Crescent.
St Georges Bee Friendly Garden
Transforming an underused outdoor space into a pollinator haven, this Bee Friendly Garden has been thoughtfully planted to provide rich forage and shelter for pollinators and the many creatures drawn to a diverse, living landscape. A wide mix of nectar-rich and pollen-rich flowers ensures a continuous food source from early spring through to late autumn, supporting bees, butterflies, and other vital insects.
Designed with wildlife in mind, the garden includes areas of longer grass, seed heads left standing, and undisturbed corners where insects and small creatures can find refuge. It’s a space to slow down, observe, and reconnect with nature at close range, as the garden shifts and evolves through the seasons.
The garden is cared for by volunteers, and enjoyed by the local community, hospital staff, nursery children, older neighbours, and many others.
Get here on any bus route that serves the Royal Sussex County Hospital or any bus along the seafront and alight at Paston Place.
Stanford and Cleveland Community Garden
This multi award-winning garden was created in 2012. Since then, it’s become a colourful, welcoming green space filled with flowers, trees, fruit, vegetables and herbs that everyone in the neighbourhood can enjoy.
A small group of dedicated volunteers look after the garden, which features a large, wooden raised bed and a triangular patch with a golden maple tree. Over time volunteers have added extra raised beds, olive trees, and drought-resistant plants to cope with climate change. They have also created wildflower areas to support pollinators. But the garden’s biggest success is giving the community a peaceful, green, wildlife-friendly space to enjoy.
Get there on routes 26 and 46 and alight at Semley Road.
Two Trees Community Garden
A well-established garden that his been going for over 13 years, and part of growing Hollingdean.
They have open access to the space all year round and the entrance is next to the community garden mural halfway up Davey drive.
Get there on route 50 and alight at Tavistock Down.
Waterloo Street Community Garden
Waterloo Street Community Garden runs from the Waterloo Street Arch down to The Old Market Arts Centre in Hove.
They are a garden for the gardenless - a community space, run by volunteers, where Hove residents walk their dogs, meet and socialise, enjoy summer events, use the community library, and enjoy the lovely garden.
Get here on any bus route that serves Norfolk Square.
Wellsbourne Healthcare CIC Community Garden
A welcoming no-dig organic community garden just outside Wellsbourne Healthcare CIC, created as a shared space for growing, learning, and connecting. The garden grows a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers in accessible raised planters, making it easy for people of all ages and abilities to take part.
Alongside the productive beds, the garden includes a “Wild Wellsbourne” area, where nature is allowed to flourish more freely - supporting pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. It’s a place where cultivation and wildness sit side by side, offering both nourishment and habitat.
The garden is cared for by a friendly group of volunteers, and new faces are always welcome.
Get there on routes 1, 21 and 23 and alight at Community Hub.
White Street Community Garden
White Street Community Garden is a thriving green space bringing colour, biodiversity and connection to Edward Street. What began as an abandoned plot has grown into a shared haven shaped by neighbours who care about nature, community and the wellbeing of the area. Today the garden supports pollinators, birds and wildlife through small plants, wildflowers and ongoing biodiversity projects, including raised beds, hedging, reinstated railings and a winding wildlife path that improves access for everyone.
Get there on routes 1,2,7 and 18 and alight at Devonshire Place.
