Garden Folk CIC grows salad and cut flowers at Watercress Farm on Boiling Wells Lane in Bristol. You can buy produce by subscribing and collecting from our three pick up points across the city. Salad begins in April and Flowers begin in May. Register your interest in joining HERE. You can buy our produce here in our online shop and on site via our Flower Cart in the season. We can also be found at a few Bristol markets so follow us on insta or sign up to our newsletter to keep in the loop!

Garden Folk CIC is a creative and collaborative community of artists, growers and local people working to cultivate connections with the land and seasons around us. Running seasonal fairs together we nourish and sustain all folk as we sing, dance, garden, create and celebrate our way towards a more resilient future.

Based at Purple Patch, a market garden in the heart of Bristol, our work focuses on promoting and facilitating collaboration between people, land and the arts.

the story

Garden Folk CIC has grown from the work, experience and imagination of Alex Goodman, Vivien Martineau (‘V’) and their friends and supporters at Purple Patch.

Established by Mary Conway in 2015, Purple Patch is a regenerative market garden in the heart of Bristol and is located at Watercress Farm, a smallholding which has been under cultivation ever since the mediaeval era.

In 2021 Mary handed the garden over to Alex who at the time was working with V at The Community Farm in Chew Magna. V joined Alex as assistant grower in 2022 and while keeping up with growing the

produce for veg boxes and salad subscriptions, they developed the idea for a community interest company which incorporates community, creativity and folk traditions into food, farming and land practices.

Today, as Garden Folk CIC, we are continuing to manage the land at Purple Patch in ways which help it and our community of people, plants, wildlife and microbes to thrive.

Find out more about The Garden and The Folk and our produce, news and events via the links below!