Somerset Community Food & Growing Events

Wednesdays 11-1pm - Well grounded garden sessions & alternate Wednesdays 2-4pm - free cooking sessions at the MIND office in Shepton Mallet 

April / May 2025

Many community growing activities & opportunities to volunteer with Transition Town Wellington in April.

Tues 8 & Thurs 10 April -10:30 – 1pm - Project Food: Free Family Cookery. Chard Baptist Church

Sat 26 April - 10-12pm - Seeds, seedlings and plant swap at The Purplespoon Cafe at Highbridge 

Sat 10 May - 10-12 - Glastonbury seedling & plant swap on Glastonbury High Street

Sun 11 May - 2-4:3opm - Windsor Hill Wood open afternoon & plant sale, Nr Shepton Mallet

23-25 May - Seed & plant swap running as part of odartsfestival, West Coker

Sat 31 May - Root Connections Open Day - save the date! +  pop-up farm shops at the farm every Friday from 10–12.30.

eat Festivals restart:

  • eat:Minehead Sun 6 April - The Avenue
  • eat:Castle Cary Sun 13 April - town centre
  • eat:Taunton Sat 10 May - around Taunton minster, Hammet Street and all the way up East Street
  • eat:Burnham-on-Sea Sat 24 May - all through the town centre, focused on College and Victoria Streets.

June / July 2025

11-13 July - Landworkers Alliance, Land Skills Fair, Crops Not Shops, nr Ashcott

Please send details of your events, workshops, training etc. to info@somersetcommunityfood.org.uk

Food resilience calendar 2025:

If you're planning food resilience and awareness-raising activities to promote your community food project this year, use this calendar to link in your activities to national and international campaign dates: 

Gardening & Growing Calendar 2025:

You can also view our collated gardening, growing & wildlife campaign dates here.