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Let's Grow Preston Let’s Grow Preston is an award-winning community environmental charity based in Preston, Lancashire.
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We promote physical and mental wellbeing through horticulture therapy, connecting people with green spaces, volunteering opportunities, and more! Lets Grow Preston is an environmental charity working in Preston, Lancashire. We help local communities brighten up their areas and greenspaces through gardening to improve wellbeing. We are a community run organisation with members from all parts of Preston including South Ribble. We welcome everyone from all backgrounds and levels of experience. We promote physical and mental wellbeing through volunteering in horticulture by creating and improving green spaces in Preston to impact the lives of people living in those communities. Let's Grow Preston empowers communities and individuals through projects such as community gardens, improving woodland and park areas, education within food growing, volunteering and providing training within horticulture.
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We are based within Ashton Walled Garden located on Ashton Park. We have a abundant community garden which is used for training, volunteering and growing stocks of plants. We also run a community garden in Grange which sites a small orchard, two poly tunnels, a vegetable garden and pizza oven. Let's Grow Preston provide a network to help support communities and members by sharing resources and materials, creating projects and workshops, to help grow together. If you are interested in getting involved in community environmental activities in Preston or would like to set up your group or project please do get in touch with us because we are here to help you!

Want to attract more wildlife to your garden? 🐝🌿Join us at Ashton Walled Community Garden for a practical workshop explo...
02/11/2026

Want to attract more wildlife to your garden? 🐝🌿

Join us at Ashton Walled Community Garden for a practical workshop exploring how to make your outdoor space more welcoming to local wildlife.

📅 Saturday 7 November
⏰ 10am–12pm
📍 Ashton Walled Community Garden

Whether you have a garden, a few pots or just a love for local wildlife, come along and get inspired!

Hello, November! 🍂🌱As the garden settles into autumn, there’s still plenty happening outdoors. November is a great time ...
01/11/2026

Hello, November! 🍂🌱

As the garden settles into autumn, there’s still plenty happening outdoors. November is a great time to plant garlic, broad beans and spring bulbs, while harvesting the last of your hardy crops.

Swipe through for a little look at what’s happening in the garden this month, what you can plant and harvest, and the activities coming up with Let’s Grow Preston.

Even as the days get shorter, there’s always something growing. 💚

Pumpkin season has arrived at Let's Grow Preston! 🎃🍂
31/10/2026

Pumpkin season has arrived at Let's Grow Preston! 🎃🍂

🐝 Want to make your garden more welcoming to wildlife?Join Let’s Grow Preston for our Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden...
30/10/2026

🐝 Want to make your garden more welcoming to wildlife?

Join Let’s Grow Preston for our Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden workshop at Ashton Walled Community Garden!

This practical session will help you explore ways to encourage wildlife into your outdoor space and create a garden that nature can thrive in. 🌿

📅 Saturday 7 November
⏰ 10am–12pm
📍 Ashton Walled Community Garden, Preston

Whether you have a big garden, a small outdoor space,or simply want to learn more about supporting local wildlife, come along and get inspired.

🎟️ Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/attracting-wildlife-to-your-garden-gardening-workshop-tickets-1995457975521

🌱 Choose Let's Grow Preston as your Co-op Local Community Fund cause!Your support could help us continue bringing people...
28/10/2026

🌱 Choose Let's Grow Preston as your Co-op Local Community Fund cause!

Your support could help us continue bringing people together through community gardening, improving mental wellbeing, and helping get fresh, locally grown food to people who need it.

Our gardens do more than grow plants. They help people feel connected, build confidence and support a network that provides enough surplus produce for around 1,000 meals a week. 💚

You can help us keep growing!

📲 Download the Co-op app, become a Co-op member and choose Let's Grow Preston as your cause. We’ll then receive a share of the £3.5 million Local Community Fund.

Every little bit helps our community grow. 🌿

🌱 A little introduction to Let’s Grow PrestonWe believe that growing together can make a real difference.Being outdoors,...
26/10/2026

🌱 A little introduction to Let’s Grow Preston

We believe that growing together can make a real difference.

Being outdoors, growing food and working alongside others can improve wellbeing, build confidence and bring communities closer together.

Through community gardens, volunteering and opportunities to connect with nature, we’re helping people across Preston grow more than just plants. 💚

Whether you’re a keen gardener, a complete beginner, or simply looking to get involved in your community, there’s a place for you.

Follow along to see what we’re growing, what’s happening across Preston, and how you can get involved.

🌷 Bring a little colour to your garden this winter!Join us for our premium container gardening workshop, led by a qualif...
22/10/2026

🌷 Bring a little colour to your garden this winter!

Join us for our premium container gardening workshop, led by a qualified horticulturalist, and learn how to combine bulbs and seasonal plants for beautiful displays that last through winter and into spring.

We’ll provide all the tools and materials, so you can get hands-on, pick up some new skills and take plenty of ideas home with you.

🌱 Standard members: £20
🌱 Non-members: £25

📍Ashton Walled Garden
📅 This Saturday, 24/10 at 10am

Book your ticket on our eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bulbs-winterspring-containers-gardening-workshop-premium-tickets-1999235901399

13/10/2026
World Mental Health Day: Why we believe gardens matter!Mental health support doesn't always have to happen indoors.Somet...
10/10/2026

World Mental Health Day: Why we believe gardens matter!

Mental health support doesn't always have to happen indoors.

Sometimes it can happen in a garden.

At Let’s Grow Preston, we use social and therapeutic horticulture to create welcoming spaces where people can volunteer, learn, connect and contribute.

For some of the people we support, that can mean:
💚 Finding routine
🌱 Building confidence
🤝 Making connections
🌿 Spending time outdoors
💪 Developing independence
🥕 Feeling that they have something valuable to contribute

We've seen people who were isolated begin volunteering regularly.

People who lacked confidence develop new skills.

People who struggled to leave home find somewhere they feel comfortable.

And people experiencing loneliness find a community.

Since 2023, we've delivered:
1,500+ horticulture sessions
21,000+ volunteer hours
and so much more!

These aren't just numbers.

They're thousands of opportunities for people to participate, contribute and connect.

This World Mental Health Day, we're celebrating the power of green spaces — and the people who make them possible.

🌱 Sometimes growing a garden can help someone grow too.

🌱What a fantastic effort from our allotmenteers! 🥕🍅Throughout this year allotmenteers from local allotments across Prest...
08/10/2026

🌱What a fantastic effort from our allotmenteers! 🥕🍅

Throughout this year allotmenteers from local allotments across Preston have grown and donated surplus fruit & vegetables to support Prestons food hubs, helping fresh, locally grown produce reach people in our communities.

The figures on our poster have been calculated using data from the harvestometer, which helps us measure the environmental impact of the food grown and shared.

A huge thank you to everyone involved. 🌿🍏

Address

The Bowling Pavillion, Ashton Walled Garden, Ashton Park, Off Pedders Lane
Preston
PR21HL

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3pm
Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 10am - 3pm

Telephone

+447535836364

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