Get Patch Matched. Share a garden, grow good things.
With a little kindness — to nature and our neighbours — we can grow gardens that are beautiful, bountiful and biodiverse, buzzing with life when we share.
Good for the planet, good for people — and it feels great. Sound good?
No Garden?
No Problem!
👩🌾 Garden Tenders
Live in a flat, or need more room to grow? If you’re keen to grow your own food, flowers, learn new skills, or simply spend more time in nature — connect with someone happy to share their garden space. Helping with garden chores is welcome — but not essential. Every arrangement is unique and must suit both parties.
Why Tend a Garden?
✓ Grow fruit, veg, flowers — brilliant for your well-being
✓ Connect with a local garden owner
✓ Learn or share gardening skills
✓ Be part of a kind, supported Patch-Matching process
Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned grower without space, find a garden to grow in, and a community to grow with. 🌸
Can’t Garden?
Find out who can.
🏡 Garden Lenders
Got a garden that needs a little love? Share your space with someone who’s eager to grow — you could help a budding gardener bloom. Sharing gardening skills is welcome, but not essential. You could even share produce grown, but every arrangement must be based on what suits both parties.
Why Lend Your Garden?
✓ Connect with like-minded, green-fingered people
✓ Enjoy the potential for extra help in the garden
✓ Benefit from our supported, thoughtful Patch-Matching process
Someone could love your garden as much as you. Your garden could mean the world to someone without one. Let’s grow something good together. 🌱
Lend and Tend Cultivating Care membership
Registration
£12
Your one-time fee of £12 helps us keep Lend and Tend growing. It covers essential admin costs while you're on the waiting list — and supports the careful Patch-Matching process when a local garden-share opportunity arises.
It also helps sustain our work building the Cultivating Care community — a space rooted in trust, kindness, and connection through gardening.
Thank you for helping us sow the seeds of something special!
Lend and Tend Community Credit membership
Supported Registration
We believe garden-sharing should be accessible to everyone.
If you receive Pension Credit or Universal Credit, you’re eligible to join the Lend and Tend waiting list for free through our Supported Services.
This free registration is subject to availability, and we may ask for simple proof of your benefit status to confirm eligibility.
We're committed to cultivating care, connection, and community — for all.
How Lend and Tend works
1️⃣ Join & Register
Sign up for £12, you’ll fill in the form to register. We’ll pin your location to the map and you’ll then be on the waiting list.
2️⃣ Get Matched
Should a potential Patch Match become apparent, you’ll be contacted if a suitable person wants to contact you to garden share.
3️⃣ Start Growing
We’ll make introductions and can support with arrangements like agreements, then you’ll begin your garden sharing journey.
Where can I share?
Check out the Lend and Tend map below to see where Lenders and Tenders are currently looking to Patch-Match. We’re based in the UK, but anyone from anywhere is welcome to register to garden share. We can’t promise a connection can be made, but we’ll list you as wonderful things can happen when we share.
Map of Lenders and Tenders
Zoom in to find a Patch-Match anywhere from Aberdeen, to Adelaide, Australia.
If you need more information about sharing safely, please look at the FAQs and our disclaimer page.
On the BBC One Show with Arit Anderson
Lend and Tend’s founder, Joyce Veheary, met with the incredible award winning garden designer and writer Arit Anderson, presenter of Gardeners' World, for an inspiring interview on the BBC One Show! 🌱✨
Together, they explored the magic of garden-sharing—how it brings people together, transforms spaces, and builds greener communities. 🌍💚 Curious to know more? Find out how you can get involved and be part of this growing movement! 🌟
On The BBC One Show
From our community:
“I have a garden and never have the time or money to make it come in to fruition...what a great idea.”
— SOPHIE, GARDEN OWNER. CLAPTON
“My grandad loves this idea, an avid gardener but he’s now in a wheelchair. Now he can enjoy his garden again whilst someone else helps. My grandad’s in Essex, so I’m gonna do it a bit nearer to where I live, get a bit healthier, increase the salad in my life…hopefully.”
— RICHIE, GARDEN TENDER AND GRANDSON OF GARDEN OWNER. CANNING TOWN
“This is a win win situation! I have a garden that needs doing and there is someone nearby that wants to do it? Be my guest!”
— SUNNI, GARDEN OWNER. FULHAM
“What with the allotment list being never-ending, it’s 2 miles away from where I live anyway. I love having somewhere to grow at the end of my road.”
— DAN, GARDEN TENDER. STREATHAM
Help Us Grow the Garden-Sharing Movement 🌱
Even if you’re not signing up today, you can still make a big difference.
✨ Spread the word — Tell friends, neighbours, or local groups about Lend and Tend and how they can get involved.
📱 Share on social media — Tag us @LendandTend to help the message reach more green-hearted people.
📌 Pin it up — Got a favourite local café, shop, or community board?
Download our poster here and pop it up in your neighbourhood to help others discover garden-sharing.
And if garden-sharing’s not for you, but you believe in greener, more connected communities — a donation helps us grow. Your support funds new projects and helps more people enjoy the benefits of growing together.
Thank you for helping us cultivate care. 🌻
