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At Project Grow, we believe that growing food is about so much more than harvests. We grow people, communities, skills and opportunities. Through our community growing spaces, we provide vital locally grown, seasonal produce while delivering Social & Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) programmes to vulnerable, marginalised and disabled people of all ages and abilities.
Alongside our therapeutic programs, we offer a range of educational pre-school, primary and secondary school workshops. Our sessions are also available to community and youth groups including home education groups, brownies, guides, cubs and scouts.
Social & Therapeutic Horticulture Sessions
We grow food, build confidence and improve wellbeing through structured Social & Therapeutic Horticulture programmes delivered at our main growing site, the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub in Gloucester. We offer a FREE public growing session every Tuesday from 10:00am–1:00pm. Everyone is welcome, and donations are appreciated to help support our work.
Our accessible community garden provides a welcoming environment with on-site parking, disabled access, accessible toilets, kitchen facilities, locker and indoor and covered outdoor spaces for year-round sessions
Each session includes: purposeful growing activity (sowing, planting, harvesting), peer connection and gentle facilitation, reflective and sensory elements, clear session plans, safeguarding protocols and wellbeing outcome tracking (Warwick-Edinburgh scale).
Our programme is suited to people experiencing: mild to moderate anxiety or depression, social isolation or loneliness, low confidence or loss of purpose, recovery (mental health, substance misuse) and long-term conditions benefiting from activity.
All of our staff are qualified Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Practitioners through Thrive Charity. All session leads hold an enhanced DBS check. Public liability insurance is in place. Full documentation available on request.
Educational Workshops
Our educational workshops aim to inspire children of all ages about the benefits of growing, cooking and eating fresh, seasonal, local fruit and vegetables. Our workshops explore soil & composting, climate and sustainability issues, sowing, growing and harvesting and much more. We have created a series of practical workshops that relate to the National Curriculum requirements.
We have also funded a new Outdoor Learning & School Educator at Kingsholm Primary School providing growing and outdoor sessions to over 60 children a week.
Volunteer with us
We run weekly growing sessions every Tuesday and Friday across our three community growing sites, welcoming people of all ages and abilities. Volunteers help grow food for local communities while learning practical horticultural skills, meeting new people and spending time outdoors. In exchange you get access to food harvested that day to take home.
On Friday afternoons we also deliver outdoor Social & Therapeutic Horticulture sessions with Kingsholm Primary School, where volunteers supporting children's activities will require an Enhanced DBS check.
Whether you can spare a few hours or would like to become a regular volunteer, we'd love to welcome you.
Contact hello@weareprojectgrow.com to find out more.
