Grounded Community

27/10/2026

The Nurtured by Nature community has been busy again making pine cone gnomes, connecting as well as sharing 🌿

If you're lonely and want to make friends, want to have some fresh air and deep conversations, or want to partake in social wellness activities, consider coming along to our nexr Nurtured by Nature session! 💚

Our next meet will have the theme, "Holding the Light" where the group will be making lanterns that will be both beautiful and remind us that the light will return again whilst we get through the darker months. This will be on Wednesday 4th November from 10 am at the Secret Garden🕯

We welcome all, and we wish to create a safe supportive space for anyone who comes along, so whether you're celebrating a win, feeling down, or even experiencing grief - you are warmly welcome here!

Learn more and book your place through the link in our bio or the comments below 👇

20/10/2026

Grounded Composting needs you!

Do you enjoy physical, outdoors work, with a purpose? Are you concerned about climate, waste, and food supply issues? Would you like to help Boscombe lead the way, transforming waste into living soil?

We believe that small, local solutions are needed to deal with food waste; to reduce carbon & methane emissions; upskill our community; put valuable nutrients back into garden soils; and grow more food.

Exciting developments are on the way at our community composting project…
🌿New equipment, allowing us to process even more food waste.
🌿An electric cargo bike and trailer for zero-emission collections.
🌿Testing new, affordable, community-scale composting techniques.

Where - The rooftop of the Sovereign Shopping Centre on Boscombe high street.
When - Tuesday and/or Friday mornings between 10am and 12pm

Please contact [email protected] to express your interest, meet the team and arrange a visit.

15/10/2026

🌿 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝'𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲! 🌿

🕧12.30pm at The Secret Garden

The weather’s chilly so we’re doing hot jacket potatoes for everyone using surplus spuds collected by our brilliant Pantry drivers.

If you’re coming, please bring something to go with a jacket potatoes like beans, cheese (no vegan cheese please, we’ve got loads), salad, chilli, curry, dips, crisps…

Or bring something sweet like cakes, biscuits or dessert.

✨ New to our community meals?
• We eat 12.30 to 2.30
• Bring a dish if you can, but come anyway if you’re short on time or money
• Open to all! Bring friends or family
• No alcohol, no smoking, no dogs
• No visitor parking at the Garden

📍 Directions:
We’re tucked in St Clements Churchyard, St Clements Road BH1 4DJ.

Walk from Knole Road towards the church and our gate is on the right.

On‑street parking available on Knole Road.

Next Bring & Share is Sunday 8 November 💚

15/10/2026

Grounded bring and share meal this Sunday! Find the details below 👇

04/10/2026

Nurtured by Nature is our twice-a-month community nature and wellness sessions, run by the wonderful Karin 💚

These sessions are about building community, connecting with others, and connecting with nature. Each session includes a group check-in, followed by a craft or activity for everyone to join in.

So whether you're lonely and want to make friends, want to have some fresh air and deep conversations, or want to partake in social wellness activities, Nurtured by Nature might just be the place for you!

Learn more and book your place through the link in our bio or the comments below 👇

24/09/2026

There are still places on our adult pumpkin pottery workshop - and now we're offering 20% off! 🎃

Use the code "20PLENTY" to get 20% off the full price ticket for the adult workshop 🎉

The incredible Helen Walker from Helen Walker Ceramics is donating her time and professional skills for the session, and 100% of the ticket revenue will go to Grounded as a donation 💚

The piece you create will be dried, fired, glazed, and fired a second time by Helen in her pottery studio and kiln, So you will be taking home a ceramic creation with a professional finish!

Whether its a group outing, a gift, or a little something for yourself, everyone who attends is bound to have fun and learn about pottery 🏺

Get your tickets from the link in our bio or the comments below 👇

23/09/2026

We're so proud of our incredible team at Feed our Community and everything they do for our community 💚

'I work for the NHS but still need this place'

21/09/2026

Our 2026 Harvest Festival Fundraiser was a massive success! 🍎🍂🥒

We raised a whopping £1395.14, smashing our previous record for single fundraising events 🎉

We couldn't have done it without everyone who turned up, donated, bought something, and signed up for Friends of Grounded!

But we also couldn't have done it without all the people who helped run the event, set up, tidy up after, everyone who donated a cake, brought apples, Sarah Mozer for donating her beautiful greeting cards, and the whole team for planning the event 💚

This was a huge team effort, and we are grateful to every person who helped make this event such a success - until our next fundraiser!

09/09/2026

Join us on the 19th for our yearly harvest festival 🎃

Our yearly Harvest Festival day is fast approaching, and for those who have joined us before, you’ll notice some exciting new changes this year - we’re turning the event into a fundraiser! 🥳

The beloved bring & share meal and harvest table will remain just as you remember. Please bring along your savory dishes and extra produce to share and swap with fellow guests.

What will be different is we will have people on the door asking for a voluntary entry donations to the event. Volunteers and Friends of Grounded can come for free. We will also be charging for the hot drinks as well as the apple juice.

We are asking people to bring baked goods, similar our yearly bake off, but these cakes will be being sold at the event to help fundraise! 🍰

There will be buckets and a few card machines to take payment for the various activities and things we're selling. We kindly ask that guests consider bringing cash for this, and consider bringing bottles if they'd like to purchase some of the fresh pressed apple juice.

We appreciate all your support in helping us continue to grow, and hope we can all make this new fundraising event a raging success! 💚

03/09/2026

Join us this Sunday for another Nurtured by Nature session at the Secret Garden 💚

Discover the beauty of simple marks and natural forms in this relaxing creative workshop. Using regular lines, dots, and short strokes on black paper, you'll explore the unique shapes and patterns of leaves while experimenting with doodling techniques. Create striking, nature-inspired artwork that is both calming to make and beautiful to display 🌿

If you'd like to join us, please head to the link in our bio or the comments to learn more and get your tickets!