We welcome everyone who would like to join our friendly groups. There are a few different ways you can get involved.
As a participant or beneficiary
Our gardens may be signposted to you for many different reasons, including as a way to improve your mental or physical health, to meet people if you are feeling lonely or to learn new skills and be more active outdoors. It doesn’t matter if you are a complete beginner and know nothing about gardening, as there’s always something to do and we will teach you and support you as you learn.
We have a programme of activities every day designed to suit everyone’s needs. We use colours for different levels, so you can choose which activities are most suitable for you (with guidance from us). The activities are grouped as follows:
Green activities – these are gentle activities which can be done seated or walking around and include things like sowing seeds, doing craft to go in the garden, potting on plants, preparing seeds or bulbs for storing, light weeding in containers with a trowel and deadheading of plants.
Blue activities – these are medium level activities which use mainly upper body but can also sometimes involve stretching or kneeling and include planting and weeding in beds, pruning and cutting back plants which may have grown tall and using wheelbarrows.
Purple activities – these are higher intensity activities and may involve digging, mowing, laying bark and putting in plant supports.
As a volunteer
There are many different ways to volunteer with Greenwell HT. If you have some knowledge of gardening, we will support you to become a Partner Gardener, working alongside our beneficiaries to support them in developing skills and confidence in the garden. We also welcome people who have good admin or IT skills, can help us to develop our social media presence or who have practical skills which can be used to help with hard landscaping in the garden.
Membership
We are developing a membership scheme, whereby everyone who is part of our team whether as a participant or volunteer can join for free. You will be invited to meetings and will be able to keep in touch with our development plans for the group. Watch this space for more details later in 2025.
