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Grow Wild is the national outreach programme of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Inspiring people to connect with nature, enhance biodiversity and take action in their communities. Through Grow Wild, millions of people are doing something positive where they live; connecting with wildflowers, fungi and places around them, taking notice of nature, getting active, learning new things and sharing thei

r knowledge and enthusiasm. We believe that this simple act of creativity can turn spaces into beautiful, inspiring and colourful wildlife havens; encouraging people to care for and delight in the nature around them.

18/08/2026

Less than 1 week to go!

Join us for a free online session: From Ideas to Action: Starting a Community Growing Project.

We’ll be covering…

🎯 The value of having a clear vision
🗺️ Starting with your strengths - community asset mapping
🌿 Getting to know your project space
🚀 Dreaming big, but starting small – the power of micro actions

We’re also delighted to be joined by project leaders who will be sharing their experiences of getting started with their community growing projects.

📅 When: Tuesday, 25 August | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

💻 Online, MS Teams (link sent upon registration)

🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/4fKpbTe

17/08/2026

You are making a difference! 🌿A message of hope to all the Grow Wilders out there from pioneering scientist and author Dr Suzanne Simard.

Suzanne is recognised for her work revealing how trees connect through underground fungal networks in forests. You may know her for her bestselling memoir, ‘Finding the Mother Tree’.

Her latest book, ‘When the Forest Breathes’, uncovers the ways that nature’s deep-rooted cycles of renewal can ensure the longevity of threatened ecosystems.

We spoke with Suzanne about her work, and how the first thing you can do to help our trees and forests is connect people to nature.

‘Every little bit of action in your community, whatever you’re doing to grow plants, to care for them, really matters.’

Read the full interview ➡️ https://growwild.kew.org/blog/suzanne-simard-wood-wide-web-mother-trees-and-power-collective-action

Kew Gardens Kew Wakehurst

12/08/2026

Shoutout to all the brilliant young Grow Wilders out there this International Youth Day!

Grow Wild Youth Grants support young people to deliver projects that champion nature in their communities. We are endlessly inspired by the dedication and creativity of these young leaders 👏💚

Featured: Youth Grant project photos 2025-2026.

10/08/2026

Keep an eye on mature ash trees—you might just discover a shaggy bracket fungus hidden on the trunk.

The shaggy bracket is one of the UK's most striking summer bracket fungi. Young fruit bodies are bright orange to rusty orange, soft and sponge-like, often producing amber-coloured droplets on their pore surface during periods of rapid growth. As they mature, they darken to rich brown and eventually almost black, becoming dry and corky before breaking down.

Shaggy bracket grows mainly on broadleaved trees, particularly ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and apple (Malus domestica).

Although the fruit body lives for only a single season, the fungal mycelium can persist inside the tree for many years.

📸Photo credits:
1-2: Young shaggy bracket, Xuetong Yan © RBG KEW
3: Mature shaggy bracket, Terrence Pickles (Exeter Trees)/iStock

09/08/2026

Leaf litter critters! 😊

Fallen leaves may be unassuming, but they offer vital food and refuge for all sorts of amazing creatures throughout the year...

Photos by Mark J Millan:
🐌Invertebrates like snails, woodlice, and springtails chomp their way through leaves and other organic material, aiding decomposition.
🦋Pollinators like this butterfly may rest in leaf litter during the heat of the day.
🐸Frogs and toads, well-camouflaged in the litter, feed on worms and insects.
🪷Seeds and young plants develop under the protective leaf litter blanket

Leaf litter also helps soil: adding nutrients, retaining more moisture, providing structure, and reducing run-off when it rains.

To read more about why we should 'leave the leaves', read Mark Millan's blog on the Grow Wild website: 'The other life of leaves: why ‘litter’ is good for gardens, soil and wildlife'
- https://growwild.kew.org/blog/other-life-leaves-why-litter-good-gardens-soil-and-wildlife

03/08/2026

Check out this new freestanding bog garden in Cringle Park, Manchester!

Supported by Grow Wild, Grounded Manchester CIC built this wheelchair-accessible bog planter by its cafe space. The project grew directly out of conversations with the community; people were particularly excited by the idea of a bog because it is unusual, often overlooked, and rarely accessible in urban settings. The mini habitat includes rainwater collection and features native wetland plants like marsh marigold and ragged robin to support invertebrates.

Excited to see what wildlife this attracts! 🪲

📸Photos by Grounded Manchester CIC

30/07/2026

Got an idea for a community growing project, but don’t know where to start?

Join us for a free 1-hour webinar where we’ll introduce some simple tools to help you move from ideas to action!

📅 Tuesday, 25 August
🕕 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
💻 Free Online, MS Teams (link sent upon registration)

We’ll be covering…

🎯 The value of having a clear vision
🗺️ Starting with your strengths - community asset mapping
🌿 Getting to know your project space
🚀 Dreaming big, but starting small – the power of micro actions

Plus, hear directly from two guest speakers about their experiences of getting started with community growing projects!

🔗 Register now at this link: https://bit.ly/4fKpbTe

This webinar is part of our new mini series inspired by topics from The Grow Wild Guide. Keep an eye out for upcoming sessions!

27/07/2026

Meet some incredible bog-dwelling plants! 🌱

At first glance, a bog can seem almost empty: a wide, treeless landscape of dark pools, soft moss and grasses moving in the wind. Look more closely, however, and it becomes a miniature world of carnivorous plants, rare orchids, colourful mosses and thousands of years of stored carbon.

Bog Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of July each year - an opportunity to celebrate bogs and the wider family of peatlands, and to consider why these wet landscapes matter.

23/07/2026

We adore this beautiful herb planter at Arts Network in Deptford, created from an old playground structure during their first Community Gardening day last week!

It's full of herbs like rosemary, thyme, lemon balm, bread seed poppies, and calendula. Behind the herb garden is a new dead hedge for wild creatures and critters to shelter in. 😊🪲

Arts Network is a charity reframing mental health through creativity and community. We are thrilled to be supporting this new wellbeing garden project as part of the Grow Wild Community Programme.

Well done to everyone involved so far!🌱

Photos © Arts Network

20/07/2026

🌿FROM GREY TO GREEN🌿

An empty, grey urban area at Hackney Ark has been completely transformed into a therapeutic growing space! 👇✨

'Before this project it was literally just a barren square of rubber mulch, completely sterile. No signs of life at all', say project leaders Chrissy and Miranda.

The Targeted Health Outreach (THO) at the NHS Hackney Ark centre supports disabled young people aged 14-25 to improve their health and wellbeing. With Grow Wild support, THO has created a new sensory garden at the centre, using native wildlife plants and working with a horticultural therapist.

Service users and parent carers have been making birdboxes, bug hotels, and homes for solitary bees, planting bulbs and gardening, and getting creative with nature inspired cyanotypes and mosaics to decorate the space.🌸🐝

Huge congratulations to everyone involved in planning, planting, and bringing this beautiful urban oasis to life!

👉 Read the full story of this transformation here: https://growwild.kew.org/blog/grey-green-new-therapeutic-growing-space-hackney-ark

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