Nature Festival
We’re excited to invite you to our annual Nature Festival celebrating the outdoors!
Join us for a family fun day for all - with a host of workshops & activities to get your creativity flowing & connecting with nature.
Alternative Pride
Join us for another year as we come together in the beautiful Platt Fields Market Garden. Celebrate, explore, and delight in what can happen when the LGBTQIA+ community finds itself amongst the flowers and veg beds.
The MUD Farmers Market + makers + alt pride!
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
Platt Fields Art Market
Mark your calendars, save the date and ready your baskets as Platt Fields Art Market is back for their autumn edition on the 14th of September! @plattfields_marketgarden will be full of artists and makers and @mudkitchenmcr have all your food and drink needs covered.
Platt Fields Art Market started in summer 2024, hosting stalls of local makers, varying from textile artists, potters, printmakers, craftspeople and painters.
The MUD Farmers Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
The MUD Farmers Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
The MUD Farmers Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
Reggae Roots Rum
Sunshine pending. Rum waiting. Reggae loading.
See you August 16th at Platt Fields Market Garden 👀
Worm Charming
Manchester Urban Diggers are wriggling in excitement to announce our first Worm Charming Competition at Forever Fields
The MUD Farmers Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
FREE PARTY with The Witching Hour
FREE PARTY at @plattfields_marketgarden
@polydubsound X @thewitchinghour_manc
26/07/25 3pm - 11pm
Artwork by @krass.uk
Beers In The Garden
This family friendly festival celebrates great beer, cider & wine, award winning food from the best chefs and establishments Manchester has to offer, alongside live DJ sets.
Expect celebrations & family activities for all ages, all held within the wonderful Platt Fields Market Garden.
This is our 5th year holding this festival. It has gone from strength to strength and we sell out EVERY year so be sure to get your tickets well ahead of time.
All ticket proceeds go to the social enterprise MUD CIC & Platt Fields Market Garden - the community garden the festival is based at.
The MUD Farmers Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
Frivolous Fields
Manchester Urban Diggers and The Traditional Exchange present:
FRIVOLOUS FIELDS II - ACOUSTIC BOOGALOO - an all-day unplugged family friendly festival celebrating the folk culture of Platt Fields Market Garden.
MUD CIC AGM (Annual General Meeting)
You are all invited to our 5th AGM (Annual General Meeting) on Sunday 8th June at Platt Fields Market Garden.
There will be lots of opportunities to ask questions and offer feedback but it would be great to get your thoughts in advance so please fill in our Feedback Form ahead of the day.
There will be some free pints at the end and a bit of social if anyone wants to stick around.
Please book a free ticket on our store so we have an idea of numbers.
Platt Fields Art Market
WE’RE BAAAACK 💚 mark your calendars, save the date and ready your baskets as Platt Fields Art Market is back for our third edition on the 8th of June. We’ll be hosting lots of lovely local artists at @plattfields_marketgarden alongside @mudkitchenmcr who’ll be serving up drinks and food galore. Come along for a lush day in the (hopefully) sunshine ☀️
The MUD Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
Kid’s Craft Market
A makers market with a twist… everything made by kids and sold by kids!
Table to Farm
Growing skills and techniques for people interested in digging deeper into where their ingredients come from and how to make them taste their best.
May Day
Join our May Day celebrations, bringing together community, music, dance, and traditions rooted in nature and folklore.
The MUD Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
Early finish just this month, 10am - 2pm so we can get ready for May Day!
Tea Party at Forever Fields
Our amazing queer gardening group have organised a day of crafts, food, talks, games, activities, gardening and a clothes and book swap at our Forever Fields garden on Brantingham Road in Chorlton.
The MUD Market
Fresh produce, locally made products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
The Feast of Folk & Joy
You’re warmly invited to our folk sessions, performances, workshops and community feast on Saturday 29th March.
This day celebrates the creativity and cross-cultural exchange of food, and the joy of breaking bread and folk traditions in collaboration with Factory International.
Farmers Market
Fresh produce, artisan products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
Seed Swap Community Day
Manchester Urban Diggers warmly invites you to our Seed Swap Community Day at Platt Fields Market Garden, Fallowfield.
We’re inviting Diggers, Growers, Gardeners, and Environmental Organisations from across Greater Manchester to swap seeds, stories, and skills. Our Marquee will be jam-packed with stalls and we want you to be there!
Join us to swap seeds, soak up the knowledge, or simply stop by to enjoy the day.
✨ What’s on offer?
Swap seeds and gardening tips.
Connect with like-minded individuals and organizations.
Listen, learn, and share your passion for nature.
Relax and enjoy the garden atmosphere.
Our MUD Kitchen will be serving up delicious, nutritious hot food, and the café will be open for all your refreshment needs.
Farmers Market
Fresh produce, artisan products, street food, coffee, music and nice times.
Hullabaloo
There’s no better way to kick off our events season than with a knees-up shindig celebrating Wassail. We’re very excited to announce a garden takeover by the very talented leoleoleo who will be spinning the decks in our marquee to get your feet moving under the starry sky.
Willow Lantern Making
Construct a willow lantern with Mez from MAD Sustainable Design and decorate with natural materials including preserved leaves and willow shapes to create a magical atmosphere!🏮🌟.
You will leave this workshop with a beautiful decorative lantern of your own to take home. If you’re sticking around for the evening event you can also light it there and take it home after!
This workshop will run for 1.5hrs 10.30am - 12pm during Wassail day. Limited spaces available for the workshop, booking essential. Book your ticket here. Apologies, no refunds available for any reason.
Wassail
Our annual, much loved Wassail returns!
We’ll head to the orchard behind the garden to visit the fruit trees, sing songs and make a hullabaloo (yep, that’s a real thing) by banging pots and pans.
Expect apple juice and mulled cider, workshops, singing, dancing to scare the evil spirits, and tying toast on trees to welcome the good ones.
Introduction to Fruit Tree Pruning
Introduction to pruning fruit trees with Dan; our much loved gardener, orchard expert and volunteer coordinator.
Xmas Veg Box Collection
Collect your veg boxes on Sunday 22 December, 10am - 3pm.
These are £20 for a 2 person veg box using seasonal veg from our garden and Organic North. Ideal for 2 people for Xmas day dinner! All organically grown and you can buy as many boxes as you like to make up the veg needed for 2, 4, 6, 8 people etc.
Available through the website MUD shop. Feel free to add chutneys and juices on also through the MUD Shop.
LAST ORDER DATE Sunday 8th December.
Yaldā Feast
On the winter solstice we’ll gather under our large fairylit polytunnel and feast on sharing platters. You are warmly invited!
This ancient Persian/Iranian tradition is a night when friends and family gather together to eat, drink and read poetry. Together, we’ll celebrate the coming of winter, renewal of the sun, victory of light over darkness, and eat some really lovely food.
With a warm fully belly we’ll listen to and share poems. You are so welcome to bring a poem to share, and if you have a poem but don’t feel like reading it we have our resident poet Joey on board who would be happy to read it out on your behalf. This is totally optional, so no pressure to bring one!
We’ll round the night off with live music from local Kurdish artists.
Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options available. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be available to purchase. Be aware that we can advise on whether allergens are in our food but there is always a risk of cross contamination due to the nature of our kitchen.
Tickets available here. Apologies, no refunds for any reason including in the unlikely circumstances of us having to cancel due to the weather (only under dangerous weather conditions).
Rummage in the Garden
The super successful second-hand and vintage goods market comes to Platt Fields Market Garden on the 3rd Sunday of every month!