Stories: Khalid, the Bird Man
Stories: Nohad's Family outside their Domiz Home
Stories: Aveen, in her Courtyard Garden
Film: Gardens in Domiz
Azadi Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp
Take a walk around the Azadi Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with Aveen Ibrahem, Operations Manager at Lemon Tree Trust. Hear about who gardens here, the rabbits and chickens, and community bread oven.
An introduction to Lemon Tree Trust’s gardening initiatives in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Hear from Aveen Ibrahem, Operations Manager at Lemon Tree Trust, about our gardening initiatives across refugee and IDP camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Meet gardeners Nariman and Nadim who share what gardening means to them and how they get involved with Lemon Tree Trust’s competitions. Find out about our plans for a new garden called Zozan and see drone footage of Domiz 1 camp.
One Garden At A Time: The Lemon Tree Trust’s Story
The Lemon Tree Trust restores dignity, brings beauty, ignites hope and offers economic opportunity to refugees and displaced people, one garden at a time. Gardening is a powerful force for good and our vision is to bring gardens and gardening initiatives to every refugee community in the world.
Individual Stories
Watch these short films with refugee gardeners and residents of Domiz 1 camp, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, who were part of our 2017 Garden Competitions.War Gardeners: A 100 year history of supporting POWs and refugees through seeds
A hundred years on from providing seeds to WWI prisoners of war, the Lemon Tree Trust is working with the RHS to supply seeds to Syrian refugees in Domiz camp, Kurdistan region of Iraq – with Sue Biggs, Director General, RHS and Tom Massey, designer of the Lemon Tree Trust Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018.
An Unexpected Road to Chelsea
The inspiration behind the Lemon Tree Trust Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018, with garden designer Tom Massey.
Gardens in Domiz
In 2017 we met Castro Youssef, a refugee film maker in Domiz camp. We purchased him a video camera to document our work and record the everyday life of refugees. Through his work we have been able to prepare a short film about Domiz camp in Iraq which explores the home gardens, liberation garden, and Crisis Response Garden kits.
We recently held a special online event to give our supporters an inside look at our projects in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This was an opportunity to see how your contributions are helping to create tangible improvements at our flagship community garden, Azadî, and our new community garden, Hêvî. If you missed it, the … Continued
This year’s cooking competitions brought together 450 participants from nine refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The event, which continues to grow in popularity, once again highlighted how cooking and gardening can unite people, foster stronger community connections and empower people from the ground up. A selection of … Continued
Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the Gawilan Community Garden project has reached a significant milestone. Lemon Tree Trust team members have successfully installed a vital water supply infrastructure, paving the way for the development of a vibrant community garden in Gawilan refugee camp. After a summer break due to extreme temperatures, our … Continued