Provide a family with a basket of nutritious produce harvested from a community garden
DonateThe Lemon Tree Trust is transforming refugee camps, one garden at a time. Gardening is a powerful therapeutic tool, addressing issues of isolation and mental health, producing beauty, belonging, food security, and promising economic stimulation. We pilot agricultural businesses and gardening initiatives in refugee communities, creating employment and restoring cultural identity, dignity and purpose. Our long-term vision is to expose every refugee camp in the world to garden competitions and to encourage self-sustaining ventures run by and for refugees. Through the provision of seeds and plants, we empower social and economic change.
Find out about our community hubs where gardeners grow food for vulnerable families, learn new skills and socialise.
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Learn how our annual home garden competitions and Garden of the Month award helps promote the benefits of gardening.
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Help us deliver more garden kits, plants and seeds so that displaced people can grow food and flowers.
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Explore our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 where we brought our refugee work to a new audience.
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Delve into the lives and home gardens of displaced people with these videos and interactive media.
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Domiz 1 camp is the home of our headquarters in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and one of our community gardens, Azadi. We regularly get asked questions about the set-up and infrastructure of refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps, as well as the living conditions there, so we wanted to share what we know. … Continued
Our thanks go to the Young Propagators Society for publishing Aisha Ahmed Omar’s story in their digital zine. Aisha is a gardener who lives in Domiz 1 camp, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, after she was forcibly displaced from Syria. She shares how gardening brings her connection, comfort and joy:“I have had great success in growing leafy vegetables, which … Continued
Congratulations to graphic designer Kulsum Karolia on winning a Bronze Creative Conscience Award for her Lemon Tree Trust project. As part of a final year project at the Manchester School of Art, UK, Kulsum and fellow students were tasked with creatively responding to and raising awareness about a social issue – to inspire and educate a global audience. We were delighted when Kulsum chose Lemon Tree Trust. She said: “Something that really stood out to me … Continued