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Pop the kettle on and settle down with a cuppa to read what our Mental Health charity based in Bath has been up to...



Hanging Baskets
This week we created hanging baskets for sale in the Urban Garden garden centre. Starting with a pre-planted mix of geranium, verbena,...
Grow for Life
May 13, 2022


Potting Skills
It was week 10 on our City & Guilds Horticulture course and we were ready to be assessed on our potting on skills. Potting up Verbena...
Grow for Life
May 3, 2022


Walled Garden Update
Its been a month since our social and therapeutic Thursday group have been to the walled garden at Newton St Loe. And for many much has...
Grow for Life
Apr 29, 2022


Class Time
It was week 9 on our City & Guilds Horticulture course and we helped the Parks Department to pot on Verbena bonariensis. These small...
Grow for Life
Apr 28, 2022


Propagation Prowess
It was week 8 on our City & Guilds Horticulture course and we undertook our first practical assessment with the group on Propagation. The...
Grow for Life
Apr 20, 2022


A Session in the Sun
A lovely session in the sun and tranquillity of the Quaker Burial Garden with our social and therapeutic horticultural group. Over a...
Wayne McMaster
Apr 4, 2022


Ivy & Lemon Drizzle
Our Grow for Life Partnership group, working with St Philips church and St Martins school came together on Saturday. It was another...
Wayne McMaster
Apr 4, 2022


Potato Planting
Our social and therapeutic horticultural group spent a very productive Thursday morning at the Walled Garden at Newton St Loe. Last month...
Wayne McMaster
Apr 1, 2022


Learning & Growing
Our City & Guilds Horticulture course experienced some new plants and trees this week, with our perennial and tree identification...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 28, 2022


Knee Deep in Mushroom Compost
A walled garden update: Saturday also proved just as sunny up at Newton St Loe and the walled garden. Our team of volunteers merrily...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 25, 2022


Cardboard Chronicles & Organising the Orchard
Always grateful to our team of volunteers who meet up at the walled garden and orchard on Fridays. This week we have a massive delivery...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 24, 2022


Propagation Practice & other stories
Our City & Guilds Horticulture course trainees with Grow for Life were grateful for the sunshine this Tuesday. We continued this week...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 22, 2022


Bedding-in the No-Dig Beds
It's always a team effort. Our small team who turned up on Tuesday started to make progress on the no-dig beds. We hope to be ready for...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 22, 2022


Spring Has Sprung
Signs of spring in the garden. We had a small group of us join at St Martin’s School, to start the new growing season on the Grow for...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 16, 2022


Pallet Rolling
This pallet rolling is catching on! So grateful for a growing team of volunteers who managed to attend our Tuesday afternoon session up...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 16, 2022


Honing our Horticulture
Our City & Guilds Horticulture course trainees with Grow for Life were grateful for the good weather this Tuesday. We started our session...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 15, 2022


Come Rain or Shine
We are so grateful for our volunteer support at the Walled Garden. On Friday we now welcome a new team of volunteers who have started to...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 11, 2022


Under Glass
We led our second session this week for our C+G course in the greenhouses within Royal Victoria Park. Week 2 looked at propagating plants...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 9, 2022


Mud on our Boots
Our Thursday social and therapeutic gardening group met up at Newton St Loe for their monthly involvement at the Walled Garden. The first...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 3, 2022


New Beginnings
Our new trainees embarked on their City & Guilds Horticulture course with Grow for Life this Tuesday. This is an adult community learning...
Wayne McMaster
Mar 2, 2022
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