Topsoil Garden Project

07/11/2023

🌿 Exciting News! 🌿

We're thrilled to share that we've teamed up with Ceres Brunswick to offer in-person nature-based psychology sessions in Melbourne, as well as online telehealth sessions with our dedicated psychologist, Jay. 🌱✨

Reach out to us through our website or drop us an email at care@topsoilgarden.org Let's cultivate wellness together 🌼💬

24/10/2023

🌷 Spring vibes in full bloom! Our Therapeutic Horticulture program at the Scenic Hotel is in full swing—can you believe we're already halfway through? 🌱 Our crew is diving into the world of gardening, sowing seeds, and leveling up those green thumbs. 🌿 Growing more than just plants—our participants are cultivating skills that boost self-reliance, resilience, and all-around well-being! 🌼

22/08/2023

Spring is coming to Norton Summit! 💐

The Topsoil Garden is launching something unique here in South Australia for those experiencing mental-ill health and/or living with a disability. Our programs are evidence-based, small groups designed and delivered by allied-health professionals.

For more information please head to our website - www.topsoilgarden.org

If this seems like a fit for you or someone you know, please feel free to send through an expression of interest and we’ll get back to your request shortly. EOI form can be found in the link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KfmfaQ1_TpbG7_zp0TpfLG18Wcpd3T6H5CUwjSTfFgs/edit

- TSG 👨‍🌾

25/04/2023

Thanks Kilburn Community Centre for letting people know about our Wednesday weekly program at the Kilburn Peace and Welcome Community Garden. Our next instalment is tomorrow at 10AM, hope to see you all then! 😀🍂🌱

Do you like gardening? Do you enjoy meeting others from the community?

If yes, check out this wonderful group. Contact details are in the flier.

24/03/2023

Our second week The Junction Community Centre and seedlings are in the ground 🌱

Some winter veggies and pretty perennials to get us started. Thank you to all those that have been involved so far!

Next week you can look forward to making up some name tags for your new plants and learning about what they are and how to care for them! See you there! 🥰

Lilly and Laura of Topsoil Garden Project

👩‍❤️‍👩🌿☀️

27/02/2023

We're happy to announce that our very first Topsoil Garden program has commenced in collaboration with The Junction Community Centre in Ottoway!

OUR NEWEST PARTNERSHIP - VERY EXCITING!!!! Day 1 and the connections were there! Well done!

The Topsoil Garden Project started at the Junction today - led by Laura (Registered Mental Health Nurse and avid gardener) and Lilly (Head Gardener and Program Officer).

Their initiative is designed to deliver community-based, nature-centric wellness services, supporting the needs of people experiencing marginalisation, mental ill-health or psychosocial disability, largely through the process of a gardening and therapeutic horticulture program.

Laura and Lilly aim to provide an opportunity for participants to learn about gardening whilst also developing tools and techniques for improving overall wellbeing; plus includes culturally affirming food production, gardening literacy, facilitation of community events, connection with the broader green community and enhancing local diversity through a varied program.

Our participants profile is:
· aged 18-64 years
· predominantly from CaLD or new and emerging communities
· have experience of personal or social barriers which contribute to loss of connection with community
· are looking for a community-based solution to addressing personal challenges (i.e. mental ill-health, social disconnection, low self-esteem etc.)
AND
are interested in:
· exploring and expanding their talents and developing new skills
· learning, personal growth & development
· being part of a dynamic wellbeing community & working with others
· making a positive environmental impact.

15/04/2022

The seeds of an exciting new not-for-profit project are being sown by The Scenic Hotel to help build a therapy garden and greenhouse for the community. We look forward to hearing all about the Topsoil Garden Project as it comes to bearing fruit! 🍓

https://tinyurl.com/2p9ehpw2

12/04/2022

♥️ The Scenic Hotel

04/04/2022

💥 We’re LIVE! 💥

So many hopes, dreams and good intentions are wrapped up into this one little project. Please take the time to read, watch, share and fully understand what we are proposing. While it may initially seem radical, the chance for everyone in our community to have utility is anything but. Link below and in our bio 🐄

https://startsomegood.com/topsoil-the-garden-project

Let’s bloody do this! 🪴

03/04/2022

🏡🪴🌿 The Topsoil Garden; a brave attempt to revolutionise healthcare in a meaningful and naturalistic way.

Topsoil will do this by returning nature, and the village to individualised support.

Members of our community with a disability or experience of mental ill-health will grow alongside support workers, fruits and vegetables, in a strength-based, multi-disciplinary model.

Topsoil will provide quality, innovative, person-centred services as well as food security and job opportunities, in a community-based natural environment 👨🏾‍⚕️👩‍🌾♥️