See the impact your donations and custom have made so far.
Heaton street gardens
Our flagship project in Heaton is now officially in its 5th year of existence and continues to expand at an ever-growing pace, with our waiting list now at over 50 households-long! Located on King John St. in east Newcastle upon Tyne, the project aims to beautify our streets and strengthen community cohesion through a network of colourful, container-based mini-gardens full of organically grown vegetables and pollinator-friendly flowers which are looked after by local residents. Make sure to pay us a visit if you are in the area - hopefully we can inspire you to start your own tiny allotment on your doorstep!
Stanton St. Lounge Grounds Improvement
Thanks to the amazing generosity of local residents, businesses, our customers, friends, family and social media followers, we successfully crowd-funded over £7,300 to improve the gardens of the Stanton Street Lounge - a local community hub and move-on accommodation serving those who experienced extended periods of homelessness and financial hardship. Working in partnership with the Home Group and supported by a group of fantastic volunteers, we weeded over 75 metres of borders and planted them up with hundreds of pollinator-friendly perennials, shrubs, rose bushes, climbers and several metres of hedging. We can’t wait to see the space once the plants fill up!
Chillingham Rd. Primary School planters
In April 2024 we helped the Chillingham Rd. Primary School give their street planters a new lease of life! We weeded, removed dead trees, pruned an existing holly shrub and topped the containers up with fresh compost, before planting them up with a mix of pollinator-friendly perennials, bulbs, and two apple trees which have since produced a bumper crop of delicious James Grieve and Fiesta variety apples. The planters are now looked after by the pupils from the school’s gardening club (with a helping hand from Mr. Thompson!) and are full of colour for most of the year!
Your garden!
Finally, let’s not forget that just through your loyal custom, in 2024 alone we managed to sow, propagate and plant 64 hedging and free-standing trees, 1,500+ shrubs, bulbs, perennials, fruit trees and vegetables, and recycle 1.6 tonnes of your weeds into compost through the Sandhills Garden Waste facility. All these will prove an invaluable habitat and source of food for local wildlife, reduce water run-off, trap air pollutants, improve soil quality and benefit your mental health - all while making your garden a beautiful and relaxing space. We look forward to expanding these numbers even more in the coming year!
Photography by Damien Wootten, Thomas Burrow & ReGreen CIC.