So last week Rainbow Garden Hull put a shout out on our Facebook page that we had surplus 🍅 and cauliflower plants. Now when we’ve done this is the past weve had little interest or none at all 😕.. But this time we had interest 😁…

Seems lockdown has created green fingers amongst us 🖐️ (sorry no green hand emoji available 🤔)

There is no better taste then homegrown food😋 and the satisfaction knowing you have tenderly cared for and watch grow and now seeing it on your plate or in your pack up sarnie!

Happy growing everyone 🥬🌽🍅🥔🥕🥦

So from the 23-31ST May its time to get yours and your little ones or bigger little ones hands dirty!!

At Rainbow Garden Hull, we know how much children love being outdoors whether there running around, growing plants making a mud pie!! And not forgetting making friends with Sally the 🐌 or Walter the worm!

National Children’s Gardening Week aims to capture children’s enthusiasm, with the exciting activities that are available from making a 🦔 feeding Station to making a Grass 🐛 that’s sure to happen.

Have Fun 😀

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We are very proud that since 2013 each year we have gained the prestigious Green Flag Award in the community category.

This recognises and rewards all the hard work the staff,volunteers and clients put in all year round maintaining the community garden and allotments.

In September 2019, we featured in an article published in the Independent

The article was about doctors beginning to prescribe gardening as a way to manage mental health conditions like anxiety and depression. These non-medical treatments are known as social prescriptions.

So why is gardening so good for you?

• Because it can be a way of meeting people and being more active
• Because it can help you to get in touch with nature

The article (originally published in The Conversation – a news source which works with universities and research institutes) was written by a researcher at the University of Hull.

She wrote about her research at the Rainbow Garden, which aims to understand how people’s wellbeing is impacted by taking part in gardening activities. She mentioned how gardens can

• Bring together diverse groups of people in an accessible and inclusive space
• Stimulate all of the senses: sight, sound, scent, touch and even taste

Of course, anyone who’s been to the Rainbow Garden knows it does these things and more!