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Aveen Ibrahem, our operations manager in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, together with our gardening team, have been busy doing gardening outreach activities with some of the local schools.   As a way to mark the UN’s World Children’s Day, we visited five schools in Domiz 1 camp and Gawillan camp in November. World Children’s Day … Continued

We were delighted to join art27 member Darren Abrahams on the Resounding Podcast recently to share how gardening is a powerful force for good in helping to transform the lives of displaced people. In the podcast episode our Operations & Communications Director, Jennie Spears, joins the founder of Uganda-based Rwamwanja Rural Foundation, Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe, … Continued

We are thrilled to have relaunched our cooking competitions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq this year, after a two-year pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We first started the cooking competitions in 2018 as an extension to our annual garden competitions. The cooking competitions showcase all the delicious produce being grown in home gardens … Continued

Massive congratulations and thanks to our first-ever marathon runner, Caroline Hood, for running the London Marathon in support of Lemon Tree Trust.   The 26.2-mile London Marathon is Caroline’s first race, having discovered a love for running around a year ago.   Caroline has raised over £1,600 for Lemon Tree Trust.   We can’t thank Caroline enough for … Continued

Things don’t always go according to plan when it comes to gardening, do they?   In August, when our team were due to be taking a well-earned break following a busy period of Annual Garden Competitions, the borewell mechanism in the Azadi Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp stopped working.   While the majority of shelters in … Continued

Following the success of our 2022 Garden Competitions, Aveen Ibrahem, our Operations Manager in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, organised a garden party for our dedicated team of coordinators and gardeners who work across nine camps for displaced people in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and who are all displaced themselves.   We celebrated everyone’s hard … Continued