{"id":57462,"date":"2017-06-10T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-weve-got-nine-plots-now-and-its-a-proper-charity\/"},"modified":"2017-06-10T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T10:02:07","slug":"me-and-my-garden-weve-got-nine-plots-now-and-its-a-proper-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-weve-got-nine-plots-now-and-its-a-proper-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and my garden: \u2018We\u2019ve got nine plots now and it\u2019s a proper charity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWarren Carter, Moulsecoomb Forest Garden, BrightonA group of us started with one allotment, a couple of tools and lots of\u00a0permaculture ideas. I thought it was important to grow some of our own food, although it took me a\u00a0while to get really into it. One day, a guy from the pupil-referral unit at the local school asked if he could bring a lad up and we said yes. Then a\u00a0youth worker came along with a couple of boys who were having a bad time at home. One of them used to go fishing and we\u2019d cook his catch. It was a safe space for them to come.We\u2019ve got nine plots now and it\u2019s a proper charity\u2013 there\u2019s an outdoor classroom with skills and bushcraft, offering GCSE equivalents and youth awards. Working outside in\u00a0nature helps with all sorts of\u00a0mental health pressures, and anyone who comes to our workdays gets to feel part of something. They all\u00a0muck in and get involved with the garden jobs,\u00a0collecting food, cooking it\u00a0and then sitting down to eat. It builds the kids\u2019\u00a0self-esteem, makes\u00a0them realise they\u2019re not\u00a0useless just because they\u2019re not academic. One girl had been\u00a0kicking off in class and yet she\u00a0spent two hours with me just planting seeds. I\u00a0can tell her,\u00a0\u201cYou\u2019re a brilliant gardener.\u201d Everyone is\u00a0good at something. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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