Gawilan Community Garden Appeal 2024: Help us spread the joy of gardening
Learn moreLemon Tree Trust transforms refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) 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 organise agricultural businesses and gardening initiatives in refugee communities, creating employment, and restoring cultural identity, dignity and purpose. Through the provision of seeds and plants, we empower social and economic change.
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.
Find out about our community hubs where gardeners grow food for vulnerable families, learn new skills and socialise.
Find out moreLearn how our annual home garden competitions and Garden of the Month award helps promote the benefits of gardening.
Find out moreHelp us deliver more garden kits, plants and seeds so that displaced people can grow food and flowers.
Find out moreExplore our garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018 where we brought our refugee work to a new audience.
Find out moreDelve into the lives and home gardens of displaced people with these videos and interactive media.
Find out moreMeet Othman Qewas: Lemon Tree Trust’s valued team member and Gawilan camp resident Our gardening activities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are run for and by local displaced people – with Othman Qewas, our Garden Coordinator in Gawilan camp * – being one such person. Othman is a valued member of the Lemon Tree … Continued
We’ve made it easier to spread the joy of gardening this Christmas. When you make a donation to Lemon Tree Trust on behalf of someone special, you can send them our new downloadable design, accompanied by your own personalised message. How it works STEP 1: First, make a donation to Lemon Tree Trust via JustGiving … Continued
Our cooking competitions returned this year with 450 talented cooks whipping up mouth-watering meals in their home kitchens across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The competitions showcased all the delicious produce being grown in home and community gardens and the many nutritious dishes that can be made when combined with ingredients sourced locally. Despite limited … Continued