Ardagh Community Trust, Bristol
Creating a community-led future for The Ardagh at the heart of Horfield Common.
ACT provides volunteering opportunities, sports, leisure and wellbeing facilities. In addition, we have public gardens, space for community activities (including gardening, a Repair Café and a range of events and performances)and a community hub and café, open daily.
ACT is working to improve the quality and availability of the facilities at The Ardagh for this, and for future generations.
During the winter months, the wider site is open from 9am – 4.00pm. At the beginning of April opening hours are extended to dusk. The Café on the Common is open daily from 10am – 4pm.
Regular activities and events in and around The Ardagh are listed here and on our events page.
The Ardagh is a beautiful site, full of glorious plants and trees, lively wildlife and hidden corners!
We want to celebrate this green oasis by producing our own calendar, full of colourful images.
Our calendar competition is now open for entries and you are invited to submit up to five landscape views of the Ardagh.
The Ardagh Calendar 2027 Photo Competition Rules
- Images must be taken within The Ardagh site
- Landscape images only will be accepted for the competition
- No images including members of the public will be accepted for the competition
- Images may include Ardagh staff or volunteers with their permission
Entries will be judged by a small panel, for which you may apply, shortly after the closing date. The competition winner will have their image published on the cover page of the calendar and receive £150.
Entries must be submitted online via the QR code on the poster, or this link: https://form.jotform.com/260972660915060
New for 2026! Community Plant Nursery -open every Saturday from 10am - 2pm
Ardagh Community Plant Nursery
We are excited to announce the launch of the Ardagh Community Plant Nursery which is open to our community every Saturday.
Everyone is invited to browse and buy our home grown plants and meet the team.
The nursery will be open from 10.00am to 2.00pm, located on the Nursery Court, down the right-hand side of the bowling green. Please follow the signs on arrival and take the opportunity to learn more about what we do at Ardagh Community Plant Nursery.
Everyone is welcome, including well-behaved dogs on leads.
Plants will continue to be available for sale daily from the café.
Days of the year we are open.
Residents can walk here in 10 minutes
trees make up our 0.4km ‘Fruit & Nut’ hedgerow – planted by volunteers