Let's Grow Preston

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 Pre

ston 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.

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!

🌿 Get your garden summer ready! 🌿Join our 4-week Horticulture Course with Lancashire Adult Learning at the beautiful Wal...
08/06/2026

🌿 Get your garden summer ready! 🌿

Join our 4-week Horticulture Course with Lancashire Adult Learning at the beautiful Walled Garden Ashton Park.

📅 10th June – 1st July
🕤 Wednesdays | 9:30am – 12 noon

Learn practical gardening skills, build confidence outdoors and enjoy working in a welcoming community environment.

To book or find out more:
📧 [email protected]

🥗 National Salad Week: Growing Food, Growing Community in Preston 🌱This week is National Salad Week — but for us, it’s a...
08/06/2026

🥗 National Salad Week: Growing Food, Growing Community in Preston 🌱

This week is National Salad Week — but for us, it’s about much more than what’s on the plate.

Across Preston, our volunteers grow fresh food in community gardens that support:
💚 Wellbeing
🥬 Access to fresh food
🌿 Skills development
🤝 Community connection

From seed to salad, this is what local food growing looks like in action.

Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing more about how our gardens help people grow their own food, build confidence and connect with their community. 🌱

🌱 Volunteering that leads to real opportunity 💚For some volunteers, gardening becomes the start of something much bigger...
04/06/2026

🌱 Volunteering that leads to real opportunity 💚

For some volunteers, gardening becomes the start of something much bigger.

One young volunteer developed confidence, improved focus and communication skills, and went on to secure employment at a hospital. 👏

Others have gained:
🌿 Accredited training
🌿 Teamwork and communication skills
🌿 Confidence and routine
🌿 Direction for future careers and education

This is about far more than volunteering — it’s real life progression and personal growth.

We’re incredibly proud to play a small part in helping people grow in confidence, wellbeing and future opportunities through community gardening. 🌱

💚 Volunteers’ Week: Everyone has a place in the garden 🌱At Let’s Grow Preston, we work with people of all abilities and ...
03/06/2026

💚 Volunteers’ Week: Everyone has a place in the garden 🌱

At Let’s Grow Preston, we work with people of all abilities and backgrounds, including neurodiverse individuals, older adults and people with disabilities.

One volunteer with learning difficulties told us they finally felt “valued and included for the first time.”

Another shared:
“I no longer need antidepressants and feel I belong again.”

What powerful reminders of the importance of community, connection and purpose.

We feel incredibly privileged to support people in finding belonging, confidence and wellness through gardening. 🌿

Take this as your reminder: you always have a place with us. 💚

🌿 Get your garden summer ready! 🌿Join th e4-week Horticulture Course ran by Lancashire Adult Learning at the beautiful W...
02/06/2026

🌿 Get your garden summer ready! 🌿

Join th e4-week Horticulture Course ran by Lancashire Adult Learning at the beautiful Walled Garden Ashton Park.

📅 10th June – 1st July
🕤 Wednesdays | 9:30am – 12 noon

Learn practical gardening skills, build confidence outdoors and enjoy working in a welcoming community environment.

To book or find out more:
📧 [email protected]

💚 Volunteers’ Week: “It saved my life.” 🌱One volunteer came to us through a case worker after experiencing trauma, berea...
02/06/2026

💚 Volunteers’ Week: “It saved my life.” 🌱

One volunteer came to us through a case worker after experiencing trauma, bereavement and isolation, while struggling with PTSD and ADHD.

Through regular gardening and community involvement, things slowly began to change:
🌿 Improved mental health
🌿 Stronger family relationships
🌿 New horticulture skills
🌿 Creating their own community garden
🌿 Recognition through a BBC Radio Lancashire award

Their words say it best:

“Our project provided consistent and supportive intervention… It saved my life.”

This is the power of community gardening. 💚

01/06/2026

gardening club update

💚 Volunteers’ Week: Real Lives Changed Through Community Gardening 🌱At Let's Grow Preston, volunteering is about far mor...
01/06/2026

💚 Volunteers’ Week: Real Lives Changed Through Community Gardening 🌱

At Let's Grow Preston, volunteering is about far more than gardening.

People join us for many different reasons, but the outcomes can be life-changing — from overcoming isolation and anxiety to rebuilding confidence, connection and purpose.

Community gardening brings people together, creates belonging and helps people grow in more ways than one.

Throughout Volunteers’ Week, we’ll be sharing real stories that celebrate the impact volunteers make across the UK. 🌿

☀️ A hot week in the garden at Let’s Grow Preston! 🌱Despite the heat, our amazing volunteers have been hard at work keep...
29/05/2026

☀️ A hot week in the garden at Let’s Grow Preston! 🌱

Despite the heat, our amazing volunteers have been hard at work keeping both the plants and themselves watered this week. 💧

We’ve had:
🌿 Plants potted on
✂️ Grass cut and edges strimmed
🪵 Benches being built
🌻 Lots of general garden jobs tackled

A huge thank you to all our volunteers for their hard work and dedication, especially in the sunshine. We couldn’t do it without you. 💚

What a week it’s been — we hope you’ve all had a lovely week too!

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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