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Community Gardening in Lawrence Weston

Join our social and therapeutic gardening groups to improve health. Engage in meaningful activities, grow your own fruits and vegetables. Help us develop local green spaces and combat loneliness. Contact us for more information!

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Community Gardening in Lawrence Weston

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  1. Community Gardening in Lawrence Weston

  2. What we do • Social and therapeutic gardening groups in care homes and community gardens • Training • Resources and practical support • Lawrence Weston Garden Group

  3. Why we do it Loneliness and social isolation are bad for our health Lawrence Weston Community Plan Spending time in nature is good for our health and wellbeing

  4. Gardening is good for you - 5 ways to wellbeing

  5. Community gardening project Lawrence Weston • Joint funded by Ambition Lawrence Weston and Bristol Public Health • Aims to: • improve local green space • involve local residents in its development and upkeep • provide meaningful activity and opportunities to socialise for older people • enable residents to grow and eat their own fruit and vegetables.

  6. The story so far… • Ran 19 group sessions, with a total of 140 attendances by local residents • Engaged older people and people with dementia in meaningful gardening activities • Held 2 volunteer days • Facilitated 36 hours of volunteer support to residents during sessions

  7. Contact us dalec@growingsupport.co.uk Tel: 07581281578 Website: www.growingsupport.co.uk Twitter: @Growing_Support Facebook:www.facebook.com/GrowingSupport

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