Every Incredible Edible group is unique. They each embody the Incredible Edible ethos in their own special way.
This year we are sharing a round up of reflections looking back over the year from a small selection of our groups. Today, we’re hearing from Incredible Edible Denbigh / Bwyd Cymunedol Dinbych.
What is your favourite or most successful crop you have grown this year?
Tomatoes performed really well for us this year.
What has been your biggest success, or something you are proud of?
Throughout the growing season at the Community Allotment we ran weekly sessions each Tuesday, 4-6 pm, for anyone to turn up, take part in the growing and share the harvest. We would typically get a mixture of adults on their own and families, with between 8 and 25 people per session; so a really good turn out.
Also throughout the growing season we ran one Saturday session per month, on the 3rd Saturday. These were Garddio a Pitsa – Gardening and Pizza – with our outdoor pizza oven. These public sessions were always well-attended too – around 30 people per session, and often the way new people got to hear about our other activities.
We held a special Garddio a Pitsa session in June, as part of Denbigh Midsummer Festival, called Gardening with Wildlife, with extra stalls from Menter Iaith Sir Ddinbych and the North Wales Wildlife Trust. We had a brilliant day and 70 people came!
Are there any challenges or difficulties you overcame this year?
We secured a Sustainable Steps Wales National Lottery Grant which started in June 2025 for one year. It has enabled us to employ co-ordinators to run the sessions mentioned above, plus strengthen the organisational side – we think it’s really important this type of community development is seen as a proper job. Although many volunteer hours are still donated! We currently have 3 people working as co-ordinators, one of them as lead co-ordinator and doing the majority of the work and two others with key skills and knowledge, who are working for us alongside other jobs.
Can you share a valuable lesson you learned this year, big or small?
We learned that saying no is as important as saying yes. It’s easy to overstretch oneself.
What are you most looking forward to in 2026?
We’re hoping to build a keyhole raised bed on a currently under utilised area of our community allotment.
Do you have any words of encouragement you would share with someone thinking about starting a new Incredible Edible group?
Go for it! It’s a wonderful way to enhance wellbeing and grow the community through food.
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Bwyd Cymunedol Dinbych (Denbigh Community Food) is all about bringing people together through good food, shared values, and a sense of community. At its heart, it’s a pay-what-you-can gathering where everyone is welcome — a place to enjoy a homemade meal, grow food, connect with neighbours, and celebrate the spirit of sharing.
Our focus on community food means we use locally grown and donated produce whenever possible, supporting a more resilient and fair food system. Much of what we serve comes directly from our community allotment, where volunteers grow fruit, vegetables, and herbs for everyone to enjoy.
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do. From reducing food waste and composting scraps, to choosing seasonal ingredients and reusing materials, every meal is an opportunity to make a positive difference — for people, for the planet and for the community we share.
