A community that gardens together grows together. 

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WHO WE ARE

We are a small, award-winning, Community Garden located in Santry, approximately 6 km north of Dublin city centre, and just 3 km south of Dublin Airport. 

Our garden is a 3-acre site nestled within Santry Demesne Park. It has a rich history dating back to the 1700s! It is generously supported by Fingal County Council through its various grant schemes. 

We have over one-hundred volunteer members.  A Committee of volunteers oversees the running of the Garden. Fingal County Council has overall responsibility for the Garden and Santry Demense Park.  The garden is open to the public for a few hours  every Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Access to the garden is through the park.  The garden is not directly accessible by car. 

We love to have visitors, so please stop by someday to say hello. 

We also love to have new members! Ask one of our volunteers next time you're in the garden about how you can join and what's involved. See Our Membership page for more details.

And we love to make friends on Instagram and Facebook, so please follow us and give us a like!

Email us with any queries santrycommunitygarden@gmail.com 

LATEST NEWS 

WE'RE FAMOUS !!

A short documentary has been made about us!! Click on the YouTube link below to watch it, it's less than 5 minutes long. 

In November 2024, a young man named JP, a Film and TV Media Production student at Griffith College, needed to make a documentary for one of his college assignments. One weekend he came to the garden and asked if members would be willing to participate. A few of us agreed and he, along with his two fellow classmates, Guilherme and Matthew, arrived to the garden with their film and recording equipment. They produced a fabulous mini-documentary about the garden, how it was established, what we do here, and what it means to us. We think everyone should watch this and give it a like! 

Director/Producer: Juan Pablo (JP) Delgado Obaldia 

Director of Photography: Guilherme Aranha

Sound Recordist: Matthew Hassett

Thank you JP, Guilherme, and Matthew, for this wonderful production. We wish you every success with your studies!

 Hollywood here we come!

Welcome note from our Committee

Hello,

Welcome to the Santry Community Garden website! Here you will learn all about our wonderful, historical garden and you will also learn a little bit about us and all the things we do in our garden. 

Not everyone knows about the garden, and people are often surprised and awestruck when they visit our space inside the old Victorian walled garden in Santry Demesne Park, which dates back to the 1800s. It is a stunning three acre site divided into three distinct gardens - our Kitchen Garden, our Heritage Orchard, and our Ornamental Front Garden with its impressive herbaceous border and pond.

We have approximately one-hundred volunteer members in our garden community who help out when they can. Members enjoy being able to come and go as they please, and there is always something for people to participate in and enjoy when they come to the garden. The garden is a very peaceful space where you can come to relax and unwind, or work on your own, or join others in whatever job needs to be done. If you like the idea of peace and quiet, friendships, and good times, our garden might just be for you!

It's very important to us that we keep the garden as a living, working, and welcoming space to ensure its sustainability and future viability. We are committed to making sure it is maintained and passed on to the next generation of gardeners. In order to do this, and everything else we do, we are guided by our Core Values Framework - Community, Belonging, Peace, Learning and Sustainability. 

New members are always welcome and we love welcoming new members to join us in our endeavours. Our members really make the garden the special place that it is and we are grateful for all they do. If you like the sound of what we do then we would encourage you to consider becoming a member. Browsing through our website will give you a true sense of the extent of the work we do and the projects we are involved in. We are very proud of everything we have achieved over the years. And if membership isn't an option for you at the moment, then maybe stop by and visit us someday. We'd love to say hello and show you around!

Finally, we would like to thank our supporters - without them we would not be able to operate and achieve all we have done over the years. Fingal County Council is our biggest supporter and we are indebted to them for all their support over the years. We have greatly benefitted from Fingal's grant schemes which have allowed us to undertake some major projects in the garden. We are also grateful to The Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for their support. They too have awarded us funding for major projects. We are also grateful to all our local supporters - too many to name here - for their ongoing support of our efforts. Please go to our Friends and Supporters page to view all those who have supported us. 

We look forward to seeing you someday at Santry Community Garden!

Thank you,

The SCG Committee.

Where to find us   ⬇️

Google Earth image of Santry Community Garden located in Santry Demense Park, next to Morton Stadium Santry. (Accessed 03/01/26)

OUR VALUES

Everything we do is guided by our values - Community, Belonging, Learning, Peace and Sustainability. 

Safety and Security

When visiting us at the garden, please note that children must be supervised by an adult at all times. 

Cars, and the use of other motorized vehicles [i.e., motorbikes/motorcycles, e-scooters, and other personal powered transporters (PPTs)], are not permitted in the garden. 

All dogs must be on a lead/leash. 

The garden is a public place. Please take care of your personal belongings.

Our Website

We are delighted to ring in 2026 with our new website!

Sincerest thanks to all members who contributed to its design - Maria, Patricia, and Vince. Thank you to Martin and Tony for help sourcing old maps of the garden and Santry Demesne that help us tell our story. Thank you to all members whose photographs we have been able to include to showcase what we're all about - Ven, Tom, Kay, Brian, Noel, Ciarán and Jasper. And thanks to members who provided feedback and suggestions on earlier drafts - Brian, Paula, Timo, Jean, Marian, Martin, and Stephen.

It is an ongoing project and we will continue to add content going forward.