Tag: Gardening

Image taken by Katherine Stephenson.

New ‘Love Your Woodland’ sessions set to bring Salford’s community together

The Garden Needs centre in Kersal are introducing new Love Your Woodland sessions to show the Salford community what nature can do for mental health. Emma Ellison talks about how previous woodland event sessions drastically helped her mental health.

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Free gardening workshop aims to grow plants… and interest

A wellbeing centre is launching a free gardening workshop in Salford, for those who share a passion for horticulture. Start […]

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“We thought it might be an idea to do some gardening” – how one Salford resident re-greened the Quays

A Salford woman has used Facebook and Go Fund Me to raise money and encourage volunteers to join her in […]

Volunteers posing for a quick picture during the project

“Everybody is welcome” – Buile Hill sensory garden partially reopens after 20 years

Volunteers at the Buile Hill Mansion hope a restored sensory garden will offer a safe place for LGBTQ+ members, women, children and everyone in between.

Christine Sherburne, Salford speaker at the Festival of Discovery

Salford woman encourages others to explore their community potential

Christine Sherburne, 65, is making a difference to people experiencing loneliness and isolation in Salford by providing a new, vital […]

Off road photo of Mona Street Community Garden sign

Derelict car park in Salford transformed into MUD’s newest community garden

A once unused derelict car park in Salford has now been transformed into a community garden. Mona Street, just a […]

Image credit- Ian Bocock - Plant Swap Pallet at Cleavley Forest Community Garden- permission to use from Ian Bocock

“It’s a nice way of connecting with the local community”- Community garden launches new Plant Swap Pallet

Cleavley Community Forest Garden in Winton has launched a new ‘Plant Swap Pallet’ enabling Salford residents to connect through growing, […]

''The power of the volunteer'' at Incredible Education Salford

”The power of the volunteer” at Incredible Education Salford

Many organisations in Salford depend on the help from volunteers to run. Incredible Education is no different. Find out about the work they do here

IncrEdible Education Salford switch to peat free compost

IncrEdible Education Salford switch to peat free compost

A horticultural project in Salford has been using peat-free compost to grow their newest produce, citing the environmental damage that […]

Donation of railway sleepers will help disabled veterans at Leigh charity Shoulder to Soldier

VETERANS who are wheelchair bound will now be able to take part in a gardening project thanks to a donation […]