Trinity Community Garden vandalised
Our Community Garden was the victim of vandalism, after the outdoor kitchen was set on fire on the early hours of Tuesday 17th June.
Bristol Fire Brigade were called to The Trinity Centre (where the community garden is based) at 3:16 am. They said no-one was believed to have been inside the single-storey outdoor building when the fire started.
Police will investigate the incident, but the cause of the fire is unknown.
The space was built as an outdoor kitchen with the help of an Awards for All grant in 2012 and volunteers had been working on it over the last 2 years, giving their time and resources to improve the space.
Trinity Centre's Manager said "The Community Garden volunteers have done a tremendous amount of work and we feel really sad for them. There is quite a lot of damage."
One of the Community Garden volunteers said "It's really sad to see something like this happen, after we have all worked so hard over the years to keep a welcoming space for the community"
She also said she hoped activities by the groups who used the outdoor kitchen and garden could continue as normal, adding: "It is going to be a lot of work to get everything back to normal but we will hopefully get the support of the community and the people who care about the space"
It will cost the community group hundreds to repair the damage done to the space.
The Trinity Community Garden is a community led, beautiful food growing space which aims to connect people with nature in their own community. The garden also has an orchard, poly-tunnel, a naturally built playground with an outdoor stage and a compost toilet.
The community projects that use the garden grow, forage and cook in the space so that participants get to experience truly sustainable living and the complete food cycle. The space also provides a place for workshops, children's quests, community events and gatherings.
The Trinity Centre will be dedicating the next community event, The Big Gig on Sun 13th July, to the Community Garden, to help raise funds to repair the damage done.
The Community Garden group will be putting out a list of resources they need to re-build in the next couple of days and are already planing a few days to do the work, so please let us know if you can help.
If you would like to donate funds, please text TGDN13 [the amount you want to donate] to 70070 to donate to the Trinity Community Garden Project or donate to our Garden Appeal