Easter Monday Open Day at the Captain's Garden 6th April 10am to 2pm

 

The 300 year old walled Captain's Garden at Deal Castle will be open to the public on Easter Monday 6th April 2026 10am to 2pm.

The garden which was created in the 1720s for the high ranking Captains of Deal Castle.

The garden then evolved into a kitchen garden in the 19th century and then a market garden in the 20th century.

The Garden went into disuse in 1980 and for the last nine years a group of local volunteers have been working to bring the garden back into community use.

Entrance is free - there is some shed tea & cake, stalls from the Deal Hop Farm and local beekeepers and music for the garden scratch band.

There is no parking at the site and our paths are rough woodchip or grass

We can be found opposite Deal Castle on Victoria Rd, Deal CT14 7BA

 Thank you to our 48 volunteers on today's Walmer Beach Clean, which was our contribution to #GBSpringClean

The beach was generally in a good condition about 35 kilos collected today.

Thanks to the set-up DWI team and to Dover District Council for picking up our bags promptly at the end.

Thank you to Pete & Julie at the The Sea Cafe on the Green for hosting us

Our next clean will be on Sunday April 17th at 10am at Sandown Castle Community Garden Deal Kent end of the beach.

There is a litter pick on Tuesday 24th 10am to 12 at Victoria Park #PickDealClean

Gleaning 5th March

 

Today was a triple glean of potatoes, cabbage & Purple Sprouting Broccoli.

Our 7 volunteers collected and distributed some 486kilos to local food charities

Our first time in a dryish field this year!

On Monday many of us refreshed our 1st Aid skills with a days training provided by Social Enterprise Kent .

We are grateful to Deal Town Council for funding this.

All this week we recieved our AED (defibrillator) from Foodrise - for climate, nature, justice funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) which we are also very grateful.

Bechange Community Hub The Salvation Army - Deal Age UK South Kent Coast Dover Pantry Deal Pantry 101 Social SE Kitchen - Ramsgate Sandwich Pantry Age Concern Sandwich Leaps and Bounds

#gleaning #NoFoodWaste #FoodWasteActionWeek