Be a part of our Community

Hire our site

Why not make use of our Community Gardens? We can host small meetings, large community press conferences, book launches, all kinds of classes, performance art, birthday parties, or even a small wedding reception plus much more!

All the information you need to know

As a registered charity, we’re all about promoting wellbeing, sustainability and community connection through growing and sharing food naturally. Every booking helps support our ethos of caring for people, plants and the planet and keeping the gardens open for everyone to enjoy.

Why hire our Community Garden?

Windmill Community Gardens Margate is a welcoming community garden where people come together to grow, learn and celebrate. You can hire our beautiful garden for gatherings, workshops, birthdays or small community events.

The community garden offers open green areas, a play space, compost loos and a friendly team to help things run smoothly, we have worked hard to make the site accessible, please look at our accessibility page for more information.

What does site hire include?

We offer either a half day (3.5hrs) or full day (7hrs) site hire booking. The cost of site hire is £80 per half day and a £30 returnable deposit.

Hire is available at weekends and weekdays (we run weekly groups which may mean some days/times our site will have other members of the community present).

Included in your hire

Use of: orchard, play area, and adjoining grassed area
Compost toilets and accessible toilet and handwashing facilities
A Windmill Community Gardens staff member will be present on site to open and close at start and end of your hire visit

Not included in your hire

The kitchen, tool shed, and pond are not included in private hire, and should not be accessed.
Please respect all growing areas, these are not for use during hire unless agreed in advance and should be left as they were found at start of your hire.

Items to note

Use of kitchen equipment must be agreed in advance
Please ensure children are supervised by their carer/parent at all times
Please collect all rubbish after your event and take any decorations with you at the end of the site hire.
We currently do not have electricity on site (installation of solar panels will commence winter 2025)
You may bring their own music and speakers if needed for party games (such as musical bumps etc), these must be played at a level as not to disturb local residents and adjoining plot holders or passing members of the public. You will remain responsible for such equipment at all times.