About

 The Annecy Gardens, named after one of Cheltenham's twin towns, are to the north side of Sandford Park, situated at the end of the town's High Street.

Since 2012, the gardening group of Transition Town Cheltenham have been growing vegetables and flowers in the Annecy Gardens to create an 'edible garden'. Our objectives are to create an attractive & productive, organic, wildlife-friendly garden which can demonstrate how anyone can grow their own food, even in a small area. As part of Transition Town Cheltenham, we want to reduce dependence on fossil fuel & encourage community building & we believe that growing food locally & encouraging others to do so is the way forward.

In 2012 we won a Cheltenham in Bloom award and a Cheltenham Allotments award for the garden, which is intended to widen awareness of 'growing your own' in the town.

The team with one of their awards

We encourage visitors to the park to help themselves to the produce when it is ready to be harvested.

We have work sessions at the Annecy Garden on Monday evenings from 6pm to 8pm & anyone is welcome to join us; tasks tend to include weeding, planting, trimming the edges of the beds & watering.