The Kent Community Oasis Garden (KentCOG) will be officially launching on 26 September and staff and students are welcome to attend our lunch time gathering at 12.00 at the KentCOG site.

The site is located along the crab and winkle pathway at the back of Parkwood, you can find us here.

The Kent Community Oasis Garden is a collection of students, staff and community members working to create a sustainability hub centred around growing food.

The existing garden plot and the larger area around it has the potential to become a well-used resource for teaching, learning and engagement, and the KentCOG project aims to: create an accessible multiuse space; provide opportunities for skills building and training; promote sustainable and healthy food; create activities and quiet spaces for wellbeing and mental health programmes; as well as promoting social enterprise and enhancing social cohesion.

The project is made up of a number of partners including The University of Kent, Kent Enterprise Trust, The Gardening and Foraging Society (Kent Union) and the Whitstable and Herne Bay Beekeepers.

At the launch, everyone will have the opportunity to find out more about the project, share their ideas and vision for the site, discuss the design of the site with landscape designer and BBC Gardeners World presenter Mark Lane, and enjoy some drinks and nibbles from local suppliers.

For more information please visit our blog or email kentcog@kent.ac.uk.