Sustainable Garden

The Sustainable Garden was based on the University’s ‘water@Leeds’ gold award-winning RHS flower show entry.  With a mix of a traditional planting areas and raised beds, wildflower areas, soft fruit hedgerows and a forest garden it is a great example of a functioning ecosystem. New accessible planting areas and a mindfulness space are in the process of being added.

The garden features one of the University’s ‘Little Library’ installations where you are free to take a book to read or leave ones that you have finished for others to enjoy. A Little Veg Library sits alongside this, as a space to swap seeds, plants and produce. 

You’ll find the Sustainable Garden right in the heart of campus, next to the Roger Stevens Building. Take a look on the campus map. 

The Sustainable Garden provides a space for staff, students and the wider community to grow their own food and reconnect with food sources. The garden includes medicinal plants, herbs, raised vegetable beds and a forest garden – all providing opportunities for staff and student led food planting on campus.  

Gardening sessions are open to all and run weekly during the academic term - check out our events page for more details. We also arrange volunteer gardening opportunities in the local community.

The Sustainable Garden also provides opportunities to act as a Living Lab for research projects – if you are interested in using the space for your research then please get in touch.