The Green Patch
Green Patch is our award-winning community green space in Kettering. Take look for yourself at Green Patch in action …
More than 15,000 people visited Green Patch in the last 12 months and every year the Green Patch team:
- Runs 1,500 specialist workshops and activities
- Cooks and prepares 530+ meals
- Prepares around 300 veg boxes
- Provides more than 2,000kg of food to the local community
- Soaks up 232.2kg of carbon thanks to its green roofs
Green Patch is a thriving and essential community asset which makes a difference to the lives of hundreds of local people every week and is embedded in the fabric of the Kettering community.
Groundwork Northamptonshire has been managing and growing the Green Patch, just off where Valley Walk and Margaret Road meet, since 2007.
At Green Patch we host after-school clubs, adult volunteer days and community events and run a successful ‘veg box’ scheme, providing the local community with fresh produce at an affordable cost.
We also have a multi-use building, polytunnels for growing produce, wildlife areas, a play area and orchards.
Get Involved
We are asking you to get involved and support us. Here’s how:
- Take a peek at all our online stories and hear from our visitors, supporters and volunteers
- Follow us on social media. Comment, interact and share your Green Patch highlights and memories
- Volunteer for us – email kimberley.lawson@groundwork.org.uk
- Find out more about becoming a Groundwork Northampton trustee.
- Donate and fundraise – we are seeking additional funding for Green Patch
- We are also keen to work with businesses that are seeking a CSR partner – do your volunteering hours with us, choose us as your charity of choice, hold your team days with us. Contact kimberley.lawson@groundwork.org.uk for more information
About Green Patch
The Green Patch, our thriving community garden project, is Groundwork’s flagship green space – used and enjoyed by local people, schools, community groups and organisations. Our 2.5-acre site, based the edge of the Grange Housing Estate in Kettering, hosts volunteer days, children’s clubs, education sessions and family events. We have ducks, chickens and rabbits. We are open to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays (10am-2pm), have a grass paddock and play areas, veggie boxes, wildlife orchards, ponds, beehives and bee friendly garden.
Our Green Flag
In July 2025 Green Patch was once again awarded the prestigious Green Flag. That’s nine years in a row we’ve been recognised with this award – a national mark of quality for parks and green spaces. It’s all thanks to the incredible hard work of our staff and volunteers who keep the space safe, welcoming and open to everyone.
As our Chief Executive, Kate Williams, says: “This space is so much more than a garden – it’s a lifeline. From wellbeing and learning to sustainability and connection, Green Patch is here for the whole community. We couldn’t do it without our amazing team and volunteers.”
Thank you to everyone who makes Green Patch such a special place 💚
