De Wijkse Moestuin

De Wijkse Moestuin is a community-supported market garden of about one hectare in Wijk bij Duurstede, where members share in each season's harvest of vegetables, herbs, small fruit and flowers.

Most crops grow outdoors, with two polytunnels for the rest. The garden follows the principles of organic growing but holds no organic certificate; the soil is fed with compost, and their website says this makes artificial fertiliser and pesticides unnecessary. The beds follow a six-year rotation in which crops are grouped by the part of the plant you eat (leaf, fruit, root), with potatoes, legumes and brassicas as three groups of their own, and two further beds hold flowers and perennials such as strawberries, rhubarb and asparagus. A second hectare of pear orchard is being turned, over several years, into a mixed garden of fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Members (oogstgenoten) choose between zelfoogst, coming to the garden to pick and dig their own share, and a vegetable box that the growers harvest and leave at a pickup point. Since 1 January 2026 the garden has been run by Natuurlijk heel leuk, the social enterprise behind the Wijkse Voedselbos food forest, with the previous grower staying on through 2026 to hand over.

The garden is run on community-farming lines, so members carry part of the risk of each season along with the growers.