THE official opening of a new community garden at Weston-super-Mare railway station is taking place this week.

Grow Feral is inviting residents to celebrate the launch and official opening of the gardens which will also feature garden tours, plant talk, and cake.

The event will take place on Wednesday, July 24 from 4pm to 6pm.

For the past year and a half, local community gardeners Karen and Sam from Grow Feral have transformed an overgrown scrap of land on platform 2 into a community garden space currently filled with wildflowers and vegetables.

(Image: Grow Feral website)

A message on the Grow Feral website read: “The aim is to establish the garden into a thriving space and engage local communities to join regular growing and gardening sessions to benefit from being out in nature and support the ongoing development and maintenance of the garden.

“This project is supported by Severnside Rail Partnership, and Healthier with nature.”

How it started

The website also explained: “In the winter of 2022-2023, we embarked upon a new project with the vision of turning a scrap of neglected land on platform two of Weston-super-Mare train station into a community garden and growing space for staff and passengers to enjoy.

“For this initial period, we worked with women from the South West community payback scheme to clear the site and begin the journey.

“The area has a number of mature trees and shrubs already in place which we will design and develop the garden around.

“We will incorporate a combination of native wildflowers, and perennial plants, alongside growing edible plants, vegetables, and herbs for people to pick and take away with them.”