Grow Together Bucks helping your community 

Liz Nicholls

Stephanie Killingbeck-Turner tells us about Growing Together Bucks (GTB), founded in 2020 with a vision to help local communities grow fresh food together & boost wellbeing 

Five years ago we were offered an overgrown allotment at Back Lane at Wycombe Marsh as a site for a community allotment. 

It was the early days of the first lockdown; fortunately allotments were one of the few places we could visit. With the help of committed volunteers, we established growing beds, accessed by wood chip paths. In 2023, support from the Rothchild Foundation enabled us to continue our community work. 

Today the allotment is a thriving organic growing space maintained by a wonderful, open, friendly group who welcome new volunteers, with Wednesday & Saturday morning sessions restarting in spring. Once a month through the summer, we share and enjoy a vegetarian lunch, made from produce harvested that morning and cooked on site. Volunteers also take home some of the crop with any spare food being donated to the One Can Trust. 

We also run two other projects: working in schools and community volunteering days. Our experience teaching in five schools has grown into the creation of a GTB Practical Growing Programme. This year, Marsh & Micklefield Big Local are supporting our work with Marsh Primary and Ash Hill School.  

Please find out more & get in touch at growtogetherbucks.co.uk