Thousands of seeds sown and tree saplings taking root! 🌱💫 Our teams have been busy at the Azadî and Hêvî community gardens in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, sowing vegetable and flower seeds and tree saplings to create greener, healthier spaces for local families.

Imagine the smell of fresh bread drifting through the garden while your hands are in the soil 🍞🌿 In Gawilan camp, our Hêvî community gardeners bake bread in traditional tannour ovens, sometimes topped with red pepper, zaatar, olive oil or sesame & nigella seeds 😋 Thanks for making this possible 🫶

Plenty of happy smiles from our gardeners of the future! In the Hêvî Community Garden in Gawilan camp, young hands work alongside their mums, tending raised beds, harvesting herbs, aubergines, radishes, leafy greens, flowers and more 🥬💐

Brighten your inbox with our September email newsletter 💌 1. Meet Rûken, one of our Garden Facilitators 2. Check out the new portacabin and upgrades at the Hêvî Community Garden …and more! Landing tomorrow, 30th September! Subscribe now: lemontreetrust.org/newsletter/#...

Our beloved Annual Garden Competitions are back! 🏆🌿🎉 Seven garden parties across Kurdistan are celebrating the creativity and dedication residents put into their beautiful home gardens. Winners receive a certificate, cash prize & Sidra Blend Tea, with time to connect over cake & refreshments 🍰☕

Our garden keeps growing, despite the intense 45°C heat! 🌞 Thanks to your incredible support, the Hêvî Community Garden in Gawilan camp is thriving, even during the hottest days of summer 💚💛 #GrowingHope #CommunityGarden #WithRefugees

Celebrating our Garden of the Month standout home gardens 🌿🥇 From 9 refugee & IDP camps in Kurdistan, these gardeners are building a sense of home, one plant at a time. Winning gardens 🌱👇 Plaques, seeds & fruit trees awarded. #GardenOfTheMonth #WithRefugees #GrowingHome

"The scent carries us back to the good memories of what we have lost" – Aveen When Aveen fled Syria she carried her family's healing plant knowledge with her. Now our operations manager in Kurdistan she brews Sidra Tea daily bringing gardeners together. ☕ Recipe: lemontreetrust.org/news/cultiva...

Guljin grows okra & hot peppers in the Hêvî Commnunity Garden and bakes traditional Syrian bread in our bakery house🌶️🍞 “While the dough rises, I water my plants and harvest what’s ready. It brings me such joy and peace.” lemontreetrust.org/news/hevi-co... #WomenWhoGrow #WithRefugees

On #WorldRefugeeDay we stand with people rebuilding life after displacement to plant seeds of hope, memory and connection. #CommunityAsASuperPower #CommunityGardening

Fresh from the garden: new photos from Hêvî Community Garden in Gawilan camp, snapped today! 📸🌿 🍅 92 beds full of produce 🧺 New benches built + painted 💧 Irrigation, walkways + lights added #RefugeeWeek2025 #CommunityAsASuperpower

May in full bloom at our Azadî Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp! 🌿🌸 So much beautiful produce is flourishing, thanks to you. This garden truly wouldn’t grow without your support 💛 #GrowingTogether #GrowingHope #OneGardenAtATime

Growing hope in your inbox, one email at a time! 🌱 Our refreshed newsletter now lands monthly with stories & snapshots from displaced communities. Get: 🌳 personal stories 🥕 impact pics 🌍 project peeks 🤝 ways to help. Sign up before the April issue lands! lemontreetrust.org/home/newslet...

Big cheers for our nine March Garden of the Month winners! 🏆🌱 Through sheer hard work and creativity, they’re greening homes and neighbourhoods in camps across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Each winner gets seeds, a fruit tree and a plaque! #OneGardenAtATime #WithRefugees #WithIDPs

Spring vibes! March highlights from Azadî Community Garden 🌸🌿 🥬 Abundant produce – our garden is thriving! 🔥 Newroz celebrations – traditional clothes, dancing & the Newroz torch. 🍞 Khubz (Syrian flatbread) baked & shared with families. 🐢 Surprise visitor – a tortoise in the garden! #WithRefugees

Look at the garden grow! 🌱✨ A few weeks ago, we planted the first seeds in Hêvî Community Garden (meaning hope in Kurdish), in Gawilan refugee camp. Now, the raised beds are flourishing with fresh vegetables and herbs! 🥬🧅🌿 #GrowingHope #WithRefugees

Roasting homegrown aubergines in the Azadî Community Garden bread oven – perfect for the dip, Baba Ganoush 🔥🍆👩‍🍳 Community-grown ingredients = great food! Have you tried Baba Ganoush? Did you like it? #TogetherWeGrow

G’nite from #BrookwoodPointe! When all else fails, plant a seed! Yes, in January! #GardenGrewPeas #ResistanceGardening #OneTomatoAtATime #Gardening 🌱

Fresh from the Azadî Community Garden! These vibrant radishes are more than nutritious and tasty food – they represent resilience, community and the joy of growing together 💚 Who else is growing their own? Share your harvest with us, #TogetherWeGrow

Even in the bleakest times, there are moments of light

Congratulations to our 9 Garden of the Month winners! 🏆🌹 Their creativity and dedication are transforming refugee & internally displaced people camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq into greener, more vibrant spaces 🌿 What do you love most about these gardens?

435 trees and plants on the move! 🌱🌳 💪 We’ve sent trees and plants from the Azadî Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp to Hêvî Community Garden in Gawilan camp. Acacia (mimosa), chinaberry, geranium, aloe vera, grapevine, fig, lavender, santolina and rosemary. #CommunityGarden #GrowingHope

Happy New Year from the new Hêvî community garden! 🌱 Thanks to all your support in 2024, we’re starting this year with exciting updates: The raised beds are being planted and we're excited to watch the garden grow into a thriving green space for everyone! 🥬🧅🧄 #CommunityGarden #WithRefugees

Hi everyone 👋 We're transforming refugee and IDP camps, one garden at a time. Gardening heals. It combats isolation, improves mental health, fosters belonging, boosts food security and so much more. Let’s grow beauty, dignity and opportunity for displaced communities – together. Who’s with us?