Garden of Earthly Delights

Garden of Earthly Delights are a community garden & educational grassroots project aiming to support our community’s health & well-being. They were awarded funding for their offshoot project 'Woodshop of Recycled Delights'. Taking discarded timber (for example, bed frames) to be remade into garden furniture, planters, raised beds, furniture, wooden pots they taught Hackney residents upcycling skills as well as raising awareness for waste prevention. They also worked with disadvantaged individuals and upskilled them in repairing and creating furniture for home and garden use. 

The project was able to directly divert 2,458kg of timber during their workshops with residents and estimate that they diverted a further 6,644kg indirectly. They ran 39 sessions, engaging with 235 residents- 7 of whom went on to become workshop facilitators themselves. 

For more information and upcoming projects, please see their website.