Monaghan County Council's Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy
Monaghan County Council is delighted to publish the Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy.
Monaghan County Council invites members of the public, community groups, stakeholders, and interested organisations to provide feedback on the Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy.
This Draft Strategy sets out a coordinated framework to support the development of accessible, high-quality community gardens and allotments across County Monaghan, strengthening climate resilience, enhancing biodiversity, promoting sustainable food production, and supporting community wellbeing through locally led initiatives. It responds to increasing demand for local food growing spaces while advancing wider climate action, environmental, and community objectives.
The Strategy is organised under 5 strategic themes:
1. Climate Action & Biodiversity: Focusing on creating gardens that are climate-resilient, and that protect and enhance Biodiversity.
2. Food growing & access: Enabling access to local food growing areas across the county allowing for sites to be well-designed, inclusive and safe.
3. Community Participation & Wellbeing: To build strong community-led growing spaces, that encourage local participation, ownership, and collaboration.
4. Education & Awareness: Supporting education and skills development, turning community gardens & allotments into hubs for learning, sharing and promoting sustainable living.
5. Delivery Governance & Support: Ensuring strong structures and supports are in place for communities to deliver projects,
Note: As this is a public consultation process, submissions may be made available for public viewing and consequently personal details such as address, email address, and phone number should be submitted on a separate sheet accompanying the submission or observation.
Survey
Your feedback matters. Take a few minutes to complete our short survey and help inform the development of the Community Garden & Allotment Strategy.
Monaghan County Council's Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy
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Monaghan County Council's Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy
Monaghan County Council is delighted to publish the Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy.
Monaghan County Council invites members of the public, community groups, stakeholders, and interested organisations to provide feedback on the Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy.
This Draft Strategy sets out a coordinated framework to support the development of accessible, high-quality community gardens and allotments across County Monaghan, strengthening climate resilience, enhancing biodiversity, promoting sustainable food production, and supporting community wellbeing through locally led initiatives. It responds to increasing demand for local food growing spaces while advancing wider climate action, environmental, and community objectives.
The Strategy is organised under 5 strategic themes:
1. Climate Action & Biodiversity: Focusing on creating gardens that are climate-resilient, and that protect and enhance Biodiversity.
2. Food growing & access: Enabling access to local food growing areas across the county allowing for sites to be well-designed, inclusive and safe.
3. Community Participation & Wellbeing: To build strong community-led growing spaces, that encourage local participation, ownership, and collaboration.
4. Education & Awareness: Supporting education and skills development, turning community gardens & allotments into hubs for learning, sharing and promoting sustainable living.
5. Delivery Governance & Support: Ensuring strong structures and supports are in place for communities to deliver projects,
View the Strategy
View the Community Garden & Allotment Strategy Draft From Friday 3rd July 2026 until Sunday 19th July 2026 at 5pm
An Irish language version of the strategy is available on request. Please contact climateaction@monaghancoco.ie for further information.
Making a Submission
You can submit your views online, by post, or email:
Note: As this is a public consultation process, submissions may be made available for public viewing and consequently personal details such as address, email address, and phone number should be submitted on a separate sheet accompanying the submission or observation.
Survey
Your feedback matters. Take a few minutes to complete our short survey and help inform the development of the Community Garden & Allotment Strategy.
Survey - Draft Community Garden & Allotment Strategy
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