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Cultivating Change in the Community
This programme strengthens existing partnerships between Cultivating Change and stakeholders in the community as well as forges new ones to ignite sparks of enthusiasm for horticulture to engage more people in gardening & growing your own.
Local Community Engagement
We want to be present at as many wellbeing & community events as possible, raising awareness of the benefits of gardening and growing on wellbeing. At events we are able to provide growing activities, seeds, expertise and information resources.
Local In-person Collaborations & Partnerships
We are able to support both new and existing community projects, both locally in-person or virtually. This support can include provision of workshops, engaging and informative talks, seed donations and practical growing support and advice, and where appropriate, visits from members of the Cultivating Change team.
Measuring Impact
We are keen to measure the impact on the mental health and wellbeing of our community partnerships. We will achieve this through visits, focus groups, discussions & surveys throughout the year. Feedback will allow us to better understand where our support is needed in the community now, and in the future.
Meet some of our 'Cultivators For Change' in the Community
The Sharing Shed at the Ellesmere Centre, Stetchworth, Newmarket
The Ellesmere Centre is a community hub near Newmarket. ‘The Sharing Shed’ is a gorgeous new project to help & support the local community by getting their village growing - Andrea & Julie said “We felt that encouraging people to grow their own and share any excess was a perfect way to help our community” At Cultivating Change we are delighted to be able to donate to, support and be a part of such a brilliant community initiative, we can’t wait to see how they get on and see the seeds/plants and veg grown from Cultivating Change shared on and see the impact it can have.
COFARM, Cambridge
CoFarm can be found in Abbey, Cambridge on a 7 acre green belt site. it’s a peaceful and productive agroecological community farm you might not even have realised is there. Co-farmers work together and now in its 5th season, CoFarm has produced over 25 tonnes of quality fruit & veg that has been donated to 8 community food hubs in Cambridge which is fantastic. Cultivating Change have donated seed to CoFarm for the last 2 years and we are really looking forward to working more closely with them over the weeks, months and years ahead!
The Papillon Project
Introducing the brilliant The Papillon Project who create allotments in secondary schools across Norfolk to inspire young people to gain confidence by growing food. During 2023-24 Cultivating Change donated 22 seed bundles to them to pass on to their schools. It is brilliant to see the work they have been doing and we look forward to supporting them in the future.
Wedgewood House Therapy Garden, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Wedgewood House is an inpatient psychiatric hospital with a difference! The therapy garden provides a place for peaceful reflection with areas for therapeutic and horticultural activities. The 'lookout', 'meditation meadow' and the 'growing garden' provide a perfect space for in-patients and community visitors to go for recovery focused activities.
Dullingham Railway Station
Dullingham station, near Newmarket is part of the ‘Adopt a Station’ scheme’, which enables individuals or groups to adopt their local railway station and contribute to its use and welfare. It is a voluntary scheme ‘with station adopters playing an active role in keeping stations looking good through inventive gardening projects, creative community art projects, taking part in station ‘health checks’ or being the eyes and ears of their station ‘(Greater Anglia 2023). Dullingham now has quite a large area of flower beds, which will hopefully attract wildlife and be enjoyed by passengers waiting at Dullingham and passing through on the train.
Olive Branch
The Olive Branch is a place for communities to grow, providing social gardening, growing & volunteering opportunities, community events and courses. They have so many positive aspects that really align with our thinking at Cultivating Change and we love that their aims are to ...
Be a catalyst for positive change
Improve connections with self, neighbours, food & nature
To help with social cohesion
Help to enhance overall health and wellbeing
Work towards reducing food poverty
Be a catalyst for positive change
Improve connections with self, neighbours, food & nature
To help with social cohesion
Help to enhance overall health and wellbeing
Work towards reducing food poverty
Dig It
Dig It is a fabulous community horticulture & food growing project based in Saffron Walden, Essex. The aim of the charity initiative is to improve health, support positive wellbeing and reduce social isolation through gardening and environmental activities. Their plans and aims are so aligned with our ethos, they are a perfect match.
Their volunteer groups take part in a number of projects in the local community, but mainly from their community allotment site in Saffron Walden where their goal is to make fresh food available to all in need. They are guided by principles of Eco-Therapy (therapeutic treatment which involves doing outdoor activities in nature) & Social Therapeutic Horticulture (the process of using plants & gardens to improve physical and mental health) which is the very backbone of Cultivating Change.
Their volunteer groups take part in a number of projects in the local community, but mainly from their community allotment site in Saffron Walden where their goal is to make fresh food available to all in need. They are guided by principles of Eco-Therapy (therapeutic treatment which involves doing outdoor activities in nature) & Social Therapeutic Horticulture (the process of using plants & gardens to improve physical and mental health) which is the very backbone of Cultivating Change.
Edible Guernsey are a wonderful charity based in Guernsey doing great work with 3 major goals. To create a local community growing initiative, to support local innovators to set up organic, small-scale food production and to educate the community on sustainable food production & practices.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
Edible Guernsey are a wonderful charity based in Guernsey doing great work with 3 major goals. To create a local community growing initiative, to support local innovators to set up organic, small-scale food production and to educate the community on sustainable food production & practices.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
The Big Sky Hideaway
"My wife Emma and I are so excited to start growing a garden. We’ve been on the move for a few years, leading expeditions and running an adventurous community called TheYesTribe.
We moved into a new home in Lincolnshire at the end of 2020 and are creating a little camping and glamping site with alpacas, alongside an orchard and garden. We call it The Big Sky Hideaway. We’re novice growers but have the time, the land and the will, and thankfully the support of Cultivating Change which is making everything a bit easier.
We’d like to create an experimental garden, a place where our community can visit and find ideas, confidence and skills that they can take home with them and implement, however much space they have.
We moved into a new home in Lincolnshire at the end of 2020 and are creating a little camping and glamping site with alpacas, alongside an orchard and garden. We call it The Big Sky Hideaway. We’re novice growers but have the time, the land and the will, and thankfully the support of Cultivating Change which is making everything a bit easier.
We’d like to create an experimental garden, a place where our community can visit and find ideas, confidence and skills that they can take home with them and implement, however much space they have.
The Goodman Family
"During lockdown we were able to get the whole family gardening and growing thanks to seeds kindly donated by CN Seeds. The boys loved planting, nurturing and eating what they grew; it gave them a real sense of satisfaction & achievement. They learnt lots, found a new appreciation for food and found time in the garden gave them positive headspace.
We've spent hours in the garden since lockdown started in March and we've all felt positive benefits because of it."
We've spent hours in the garden since lockdown started in March and we've all felt positive benefits because of it."
The Sharing Shed at the Ellesmere Centre, Stetchworth, Newmarket
The Ellesmere Centre is a community hub near Newmarket. ‘The Sharing Shed’ is a gorgeous new project to help & support the local community by getting their village growing - Andrea & Julie said “We felt that encouraging people to grow their own and share any excess was a perfect way to help our community” At Cultivating Change we are delighted to be able to donate to, support and be a part of such a brilliant community initiative, we can’t wait to see how they get on and see the seeds/plants and veg grown from Cultivating Change shared on and see the impact it can have.
COFARM, Cambridge
CoFarm can be found in Abbey, Cambridge on a 7 acre green belt site. it’s a peaceful and productive agroecological community farm you might not even have realised is there. Co-farmers work together and now in its 5th season, CoFarm has produced over 25 tonnes of quality fruit & veg that has been donated to 8 community food hubs in Cambridge which is fantastic. Cultivating Change have donated seed to CoFarm for the last 2 years and we are really looking forward to working more closely with them over the weeks, months and years ahead!
The Papillon Project
Introducing the brilliant The Papillon Project who create allotments in secondary schools across Norfolk to inspire young people to gain confidence by growing food. During 2023-24 Cultivating Change donated 22 seed bundles to them to pass on to their schools. It is brilliant to see the work they have been doing and we look forward to supporting them in the future.
Wedgewood House Therapy Garden, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Wedgewood House is an inpatient psychiatric hospital with a difference! The therapy garden provides a place for peaceful reflection with areas for therapeutic and horticultural activities. The 'lookout', 'meditation meadow' and the 'growing garden' provide a perfect space for in-patients and community visitors to go for recovery focused activities.
Dullingham Railway Station
Dullingham station, near Newmarket is part of the ‘Adopt a Station’ scheme’, which enables individuals or groups to adopt their local railway station and contribute to its use and welfare. It is a voluntary scheme ‘with station adopters playing an active role in keeping stations looking good through inventive gardening projects, creative community art projects, taking part in station ‘health checks’ or being the eyes and ears of their station ‘(Greater Anglia 2023). Dullingham now has quite a large area of flower beds, which will hopefully attract wildlife and be enjoyed by passengers waiting at Dullingham and passing through on the train.
Olive Branch
The Olive Branch is a place for communities to grow, providing social gardening, growing & volunteering opportunities, community events and courses. They have so many positive aspects that really align with our thinking at Cultivating Change and we love that their aims are to ...
Be a catalyst for positive change
Improve connections with self, neighbours, food & nature
To help with social cohesion
Help to enhance overall health and wellbeing
Work towards reducing food poverty
Be a catalyst for positive change
Improve connections with self, neighbours, food & nature
To help with social cohesion
Help to enhance overall health and wellbeing
Work towards reducing food poverty
Dig It
Dig It is a fabulous community horticulture & food growing project based in Saffron Walden, Essex. The aim of the charity initiative is to improve health, support positive wellbeing and reduce social isolation through gardening and environmental activities. Their plans and aims are so aligned with our ethos, they are a perfect match.
Their volunteer groups take part in a number of projects in the local community, but mainly from their community allotment site in Saffron Walden where their goal is to make fresh food available to all in need. They are guided by principles of Eco-Therapy (therapeutic treatment which involves doing outdoor activities in nature) & Social Therapeutic Horticulture (the process of using plants & gardens to improve physical and mental health) which is the very backbone of Cultivating Change.
Their volunteer groups take part in a number of projects in the local community, but mainly from their community allotment site in Saffron Walden where their goal is to make fresh food available to all in need. They are guided by principles of Eco-Therapy (therapeutic treatment which involves doing outdoor activities in nature) & Social Therapeutic Horticulture (the process of using plants & gardens to improve physical and mental health) which is the very backbone of Cultivating Change.
Edible Guernsey are a wonderful charity based in Guernsey doing great work with 3 major goals. To create a local community growing initiative, to support local innovators to set up organic, small-scale food production and to educate the community on sustainable food production & practices.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
Edible Guernsey are a wonderful charity based in Guernsey doing great work with 3 major goals. To create a local community growing initiative, to support local innovators to set up organic, small-scale food production and to educate the community on sustainable food production & practices.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
The Big Sky Hideaway
"My wife Emma and I are so excited to start growing a garden. We’ve been on the move for a few years, leading expeditions and running an adventurous community called TheYesTribe.
We moved into a new home in Lincolnshire at the end of 2020 and are creating a little camping and glamping site with alpacas, alongside an orchard and garden. We call it The Big Sky Hideaway. We’re novice growers but have the time, the land and the will, and thankfully the support of Cultivating Change which is making everything a bit easier.
We’d like to create an experimental garden, a place where our community can visit and find ideas, confidence and skills that they can take home with them and implement, however much space they have.
We moved into a new home in Lincolnshire at the end of 2020 and are creating a little camping and glamping site with alpacas, alongside an orchard and garden. We call it The Big Sky Hideaway. We’re novice growers but have the time, the land and the will, and thankfully the support of Cultivating Change which is making everything a bit easier.
We’d like to create an experimental garden, a place where our community can visit and find ideas, confidence and skills that they can take home with them and implement, however much space they have.
The Goodman Family
"During lockdown we were able to get the whole family gardening and growing thanks to seeds kindly donated by CN Seeds. The boys loved planting, nurturing and eating what they grew; it gave them a real sense of satisfaction & achievement. They learnt lots, found a new appreciation for food and found time in the garden gave them positive headspace.
We've spent hours in the garden since lockdown started in March and we've all felt positive benefits because of it."
We've spent hours in the garden since lockdown started in March and we've all felt positive benefits because of it."
The Sharing Shed at the Ellesmere Centre, Stetchworth, Newmarket
The Ellesmere Centre is a community hub near Newmarket. ‘The Sharing Shed’ is a gorgeous new project to help & support the local community by getting their village growing - Andrea & Julie said “We felt that encouraging people to grow their own and share any excess was a perfect way to help our community” At Cultivating Change we are delighted to be able to donate to, support and be a part of such a brilliant community initiative, we can’t wait to see how they get on and see the seeds/plants and veg grown from Cultivating Change shared on and see the impact it can have.
COFARM, Cambridge
CoFarm can be found in Abbey, Cambridge on a 7 acre green belt site. it’s a peaceful and productive agroecological community farm you might not even have realised is there. Co-farmers work together and now in its 5th season, CoFarm has produced over 25 tonnes of quality fruit & veg that has been donated to 8 community food hubs in Cambridge which is fantastic. Cultivating Change have donated seed to CoFarm for the last 2 years and we are really looking forward to working more closely with them over the weeks, months and years ahead!
The Papillon Project
Introducing the brilliant The Papillon Project who create allotments in secondary schools across Norfolk to inspire young people to gain confidence by growing food. During 2023-24 Cultivating Change donated 22 seed bundles to them to pass on to their schools. It is brilliant to see the work they have been doing and we look forward to supporting them in the future.
Wedgewood House Therapy Garden, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Wedgewood House is an inpatient psychiatric hospital with a difference! The therapy garden provides a place for peaceful reflection with areas for therapeutic and horticultural activities. The 'lookout', 'meditation meadow' and the 'growing garden' provide a perfect space for in-patients and community visitors to go for recovery focused activities.
Dullingham Railway Station
Dullingham station, near Newmarket is part of the ‘Adopt a Station’ scheme’, which enables individuals or groups to adopt their local railway station and contribute to its use and welfare. It is a voluntary scheme ‘with station adopters playing an active role in keeping stations looking good through inventive gardening projects, creative community art projects, taking part in station ‘health checks’ or being the eyes and ears of their station ‘(Greater Anglia 2023). Dullingham now has quite a large area of flower beds, which will hopefully attract wildlife and be enjoyed by passengers waiting at Dullingham and passing through on the train.
Olive Branch
The Olive Branch is a place for communities to grow, providing social gardening, growing & volunteering opportunities, community events and courses. They have so many positive aspects that really align with our thinking at Cultivating Change and we love that their aims are to ...
Be a catalyst for positive change
Improve connections with self, neighbours, food & nature
To help with social cohesion
Help to enhance overall health and wellbeing
Work towards reducing food poverty
Be a catalyst for positive change
Improve connections with self, neighbours, food & nature
To help with social cohesion
Help to enhance overall health and wellbeing
Work towards reducing food poverty
Dig It
Dig It is a fabulous community horticulture & food growing project based in Saffron Walden, Essex. The aim of the charity initiative is to improve health, support positive wellbeing and reduce social isolation through gardening and environmental activities. Their plans and aims are so aligned with our ethos, they are a perfect match.
Their volunteer groups take part in a number of projects in the local community, but mainly from their community allotment site in Saffron Walden where their goal is to make fresh food available to all in need. They are guided by principles of Eco-Therapy (therapeutic treatment which involves doing outdoor activities in nature) & Social Therapeutic Horticulture (the process of using plants & gardens to improve physical and mental health) which is the very backbone of Cultivating Change.
Their volunteer groups take part in a number of projects in the local community, but mainly from their community allotment site in Saffron Walden where their goal is to make fresh food available to all in need. They are guided by principles of Eco-Therapy (therapeutic treatment which involves doing outdoor activities in nature) & Social Therapeutic Horticulture (the process of using plants & gardens to improve physical and mental health) which is the very backbone of Cultivating Change.
Edible Guernsey are a wonderful charity based in Guernsey doing great work with 3 major goals. To create a local community growing initiative, to support local innovators to set up organic, small-scale food production and to educate the community on sustainable food production & practices.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
Edible Guernsey are a wonderful charity based in Guernsey doing great work with 3 major goals. To create a local community growing initiative, to support local innovators to set up organic, small-scale food production and to educate the community on sustainable food production & practices.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
The charity has a large space, including greenhouses which provide scope for growing, community events and an educational space.
We are so glad that with the support of @cnseeds we are able to help support them with seed donations. We can’t wait to see how Edible Guernsey gets on over the coming weeks & months.
The Big Sky Hideaway
"My wife Emma and I are so excited to start growing a garden. We’ve been on the move for a few years, leading expeditions and running an adventurous community called TheYesTribe.
We moved into a new home in Lincolnshire at the end of 2020 and are creating a little camping and glamping site with alpacas, alongside an orchard and garden. We call it The Big Sky Hideaway. We’re novice growers but have the time, the land and the will, and thankfully the support of Cultivating Change which is making everything a bit easier.
We’d like to create an experimental garden, a place where our community can visit and find ideas, confidence and skills that they can take home with them and implement, however much space they have.
We moved into a new home in Lincolnshire at the end of 2020 and are creating a little camping and glamping site with alpacas, alongside an orchard and garden. We call it The Big Sky Hideaway. We’re novice growers but have the time, the land and the will, and thankfully the support of Cultivating Change which is making everything a bit easier.
We’d like to create an experimental garden, a place where our community can visit and find ideas, confidence and skills that they can take home with them and implement, however much space they have.
The Goodman Family
"During lockdown we were able to get the whole family gardening and growing thanks to seeds kindly donated by CN Seeds. The boys loved planting, nurturing and eating what they grew; it gave them a real sense of satisfaction & achievement. They learnt lots, found a new appreciation for food and found time in the garden gave them positive headspace.
We've spent hours in the garden since lockdown started in March and we've all felt positive benefits because of it."
We've spent hours in the garden since lockdown started in March and we've all felt positive benefits because of it."
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