Home Gardens and Camp Greening
Garden CompetitionsRefugee Stories
Film and InteractiveCrisis Response Garden Kits
Crisis Response GardensSupporting Gardens
Liberation Garden CentreUrban Agriculture
ConceptsThe 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.
In 2018 we will sponsor a garden at Chelsea Flower Show to bring our refugee work to a new audience.
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Our annual garden competitions and festivals help promote and encourage home gardens and food production.
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Collected together here are our publications, including newsletters, brochures, and academic writing
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Through our concept of the demonstration garden we are developing new approaches to urban agriculture in the heart of communities
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Our concept of the Crisis Response Gardens means seeds and tools reach the front line of crisis response
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Urban Agriculture, Greening Innovation and Forced Displacement are important concepts which underpin our work.
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Partnership is a key principle of all our work, from local communities, to national and international organisations
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Lemon Tree Trust’s Dr Sami Youssef recently led a research trip on land near Domiz camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The team were delighted to see the bright and bold colourful jewels of the Anemone coronaria. Also spotted was the delicate blossom of native Prunus, the bell-shaped flowers of Onosma, as well as the sunshine yellow … Continued
International Women’s Day, today, March 8, is a time to reflect on progress made and to celebrate the acts of courage and determination by ordinary women in their communities. The United Nations has marked this year’s theme as “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change” as an opportunity to look at innovative ways in which … Continued
Lemon Tree Trust presents in Vatican City In recognition of our efforts to improve the lives of refugees through gardening initiatives, we will present our vision in Vatican City this week. We have been announced as a recipient of the 2018 Laudato Sí Challenge, an initiative inspired by Pope Francis to address the global refugee crisis, … Continued
