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Join us for a monthly dose of grounded, garden‑grown hope from refugee and IDP camps
Each month you’ll receive a short, photo‑rich email that shows how gardens help displaced families grow food, build community and rebuild dignity.
🌱 A personal story from one of our gardeners or communities
🥕 A snapshot of the impact your support is making
🌍 Behind the scenes updates from our projects
🤝 Ways you can help grow gardens (and hope)
You’ll also receive our campaign and appeal emails
Alongside the monthly newsletter, we run fundraising appeals and campaigns throughout the year. During these periods you will hear from us a little more often, with updates on our latest appeal and how you can help.
Aveen Ibrahem is Operations Manager at Lemon Tree Trust, overseeing our community gardening and cooking programmes across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Her work supports activities in Azadî Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp, as well as outreach and coordination across the nine camps where Lemon Tree Trust currently operates. Having lived in Domiz 1 … Continued
Inside the polytunnels at the Hêvî Community Garden in Gawilan refugee camp, Garden Manager Othman Qewas carefully selects fruit trees and flowering plants grown from seed. Joined by Hamid Abdullah, Lemon Tree Trust’s Horticulture and Landscape Consultant, the plants are loaded into the car before setting off to visit families across the camp. As part of our ongoing children’s outreach programme in Gawilan camp, … Continued
Bringing together residents to celebrate the home gardens they have grown, tended and transformed over the past year, Lemon Tree Trust’s 2026 Annual Garden Competitions have taken place across nine refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This year’s competitions introduced a greater emphasis on welcoming new participants alongside … Continued