Grow-Wellbeing

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Grow-Wellbeing | We run a Forest School, nature sessions for kids and adults, community gardening, volunteer opportunities, holiday clubs & more!
👉 Find out more over on our Events & Programmes page https://bit.ly/GrowWellbeingProgramme

02/12/2025

Big news at Bentinck Street Community Garden 🌱

Our brand new polytunnel and cabin are now up and looking brilliant 🎉

This is a huge milestone for this transformed patch of Birkenhead, made possible by our funders and the community who backed the project.

We cannot wait to grow more, welcome more and do more together.

Read the Bentinck Street Community Garden story here and find out how you can get involved: https://www.grow-wellbeing.com/bentinck-street (or click through to our website using the link in our bio)

Huge congratulations to our volunteers 💚 and team 💚

28/11/2025

This week our Grow a Community Garden group planted a host of trees to create a new hedgerow at the Bentinck Street Community Garden, using a mix of native tree species to strengthen biodiversity and create long-term habitat on the site 🌱🌿.

It felt fitting to do this during National Tree Week, a moment to recognise, in Polly Higgins’s words, trees as “Nature’s most sublime sentinels” 🌳✨.

If you are inspired to celebrate trees this weekend as National Tree Week rounds off, the Tree Council has an excellent set of ideas on how to get involved. From small actions at home to local events and even a Tree Party playlist, there is plenty to explore 🎶🌲:
https://treecouncil.org.uk/seasonal-campaigns/national-tree-week/

If you would like to learn along with us as we explore thirteen native trees over the course of 2026 with us here on our social media, we recommend getting hold of a copy of Glennie Kindred’s beguiling book Walking With Trees.

In fact, if Birkenhead is accessible to you, you can borrow a copy from the incredible Grow Wellbeing Library 📚 👀

More on that soon….

28/11/2025

🌿 Kids Club – Saturday Morning Session 🌿
Tomorrow | 10:00am – 12:00pm
Bentinck Street Community Garden, at the end of Hilton Close, Birkenhead CH41

You’ve got until MIDDAY TODAY to book on!

Join us for a magical morning of storytelling, den building, conker crafts, nature walks, marshmallows over the fire, and outdoor play! Let your child lead the way in a world of creativity, adventure and nature connection 🌳

🎟️ Book now: www.grow-wellbeing.com/forest-school-sessions
(Link also in bio)

27/11/2025

A brilliant first day today for our new Grow A Community Garden sessions 🌿💚

We had a lovely group of around eight people join us today Thursday afternoon, the atmosphere in the garden was friendly and industrious, with people enjoying the natural rhythms that being in a garden creates. A pocket of people teamed up to do some planting; another small group tackled putting up our new polytunnel, and a third cluster of folk chatted on benches in the warmth reach of the fire.

I caught up with Kate, our plant-medicine and community gardening loving forest-school practitioner who leads this new weekly group, and asked her what people can expect when they come along.

‘It’s about being in the garden: being in nature. But the focus of our Thursday afternoons is especially on community gardening, so we’re developing relationships within the group, talking about our growing experience, our growing skills, and discussing what we might want to improve on. Each week we’ll develop some gardening knowledge, as well as doing some planting, and once the poly tunnel is up, we’ll be planting inside of that as well. But it can also just be about hanging out. Today a lot of people ended up sitting round the fire and just being in nature, and watching other people work, you know? Which is great. That is what its all about.’

If you or someone in your world would enjoy a calm weekly space like this through winter, there are still plenty of spaces available.

The sessions are free and open to adults aged 18 plus, running every Thursday, 1–3pm at Bentinck Street Community Garden.

Feel free to share this post to help us reach more local people this winter.

Booking link in bio. 🌿💚

27/11/2025

A great start to our Winter-long Outdoor Cooking Wednesdays. ❄️🔥🥣

There was a gentle hum of relaxed togetherness and shared purpose as people gathered around the fire and sampled the soup that Kate had just demonstrated making.

The food is provided using a mix of produce grown on-site at the community garden in Bentinck Street, in conjunction with ’s Social Supermarket, and other donated or surplus foods. 🌱🍲

We are demonstrating how, with limited resources, it is possible to cook tasty, nutritious, filling dishes. We’ll be offering recipes and skills each week, both outdoor cooking skills and food-growing gardening skills. 🌿🪴🍽️

Side effects of the sessions can include:
• social opportunities and new local connections 🤝
• warming up around a fire and through movement 🔥💨
• a sense of wholeness from being outside in nature 🌲
• feeling energised and happy by the end of the morning 😊✨

There are plenty more spaces available, so if you or anyone you know, or anyone in your networks, would benefit from joining in, book on now using the link in our bio… or share, share, share to help get the word out to as many local people as possible this Winter. ❄️📣

These sessions are funded by Wirral Council’s Household Fund. 💚

21/11/2025

We are excited to announce that today we are launching our Winter Food Growing Project.

This sees us together with partner organisations providing opportunities for communities local to our food growing gardens to learn and share skills for growing produce to take home and eat, how to cook on site outside, eat warm meals together, and make new social connections.

As part of this project, there are two new weekly sessions starting next week at the Bentinck Street Community Garden.

If these sound perfect for you, someone you know, or your networks, get over to the website and book on, or get sharing and spread the love 💚

Here’s the details!

Outdoor Cooking 🔥🍳
Wednesdays from next week until 18 March 2026
10am to 1pm
Bentinck Street Community Garden, CH41

Growing a Community Garden 🌱🧤
Thursdays from next week until 17 March 2026
1pm to 3pm
Bentinck Street Community Garden, CH41

Bentinck Street Community Garden is a supportive gardening and food growing space with secure access, shelter and a friendly community base 🏡🌿

These sessions are open to adults of all ages and stories who live locally.

• Improve your confidence in growing and cooking potentially new and unfamiliar food 🌾
• Make positive new connections locally 🤝
• Feel better in yourself and reduce stress 💚
• Learn practical skills 🧑‍🏫
• Reduce food costs 🥕
• Build self-sufficiency 🌿
• Become part of this local food growing garden community, because it is yours 🌻

Grow Well Being’s Winter Food Growing Project is funded through Wirral Council’s Household Support Fund and supported by partners Neo Community, Feeding Wirral, Wirral CVS, the Liverpool Food Growers Network, Feeding Liverpool, Callister Trust and Wirral Environmental Network.

Booking is essential. Booking link: https://www.grow-wellbeing.com/forest-school-sessions 🔗🫛

‼️🚨🔔Calling all Wirral youngsters 11-18 years old! Do you love being outside in the wild? Are you interested in spending...
14/11/2025

‼️🚨🔔Calling all Wirral youngsters 11-18 years old!

Do you love being outside in the wild? Are you interested in spending time in the woods, learning about nature, how to keep warm and cook 🔥How to use tools snd identify plants snd wildlife? Do you want to get involved in conservation? Are you based on the Wirral??

If any of these sound like you, book on to Youth in Nature at Bidston Hill right now!

Tomorrow morning’s session still has space and we would love to see more young people join us 🌿✨

These free sessions are led by our qualified Forest School Leader, Kris, they are free, and they are the perfect place for any nature-loving young person to start building real outdoor skills. It could be the first step in a junior forrester journey for your young person 🌱🔥

Youth in Nature is hands-on, practical and full of opportunities. From fire lighting, shelter building and tool work to nature ID, climate action and community gardening, every session helps young people grow in confidence, capability and connection 🌳🪵🌍

One of our previous attendees even went on to volunteer with Grow Wellbeing, and as the group grows we plan to develop a Youth Leadership Group to support those showing strong leadership or peer mentoring skills 🌟

If your young person loves the outdoors or wants to find out what this could lead to, this is their chance to step in, explore and begin their journey 🧭💚

We’re keeping a close eye on the weather and will let everyone know if we have to cancel tomorrows session due to the conditions - but so far it looks absolutely fine and we are definitely going ahead - wear appropriate clothing!

These sessions are free of charge and supported by Awards For All and the National Lottery 🎉

Book for tomorrow morning and join us on Bidston Hill. These are regular sessions and take place every two weeks!

Spaces are limited to 12.
Click for details and booking: https://www.grow-wellbeing.com/forest-school-sessions

Local to Birkenhead or happy to hop on a train or a bus?? Got kids you’d like to spend some good quality creative time w...
07/11/2025

Local to Birkenhead or happy to hop on a train or a bus?? Got kids you’d like to spend some good quality creative time with tomorrow morning, outdoors?? If so, DO NOT WORRY!!! Saturday morning’s wholesome time away from computers and out in nature is absolutely sorted ✔️ And for free!

Fire, mud, stories and imagination - don’t forget Kids Club is TOMORROW - Saturday mornings done right.

Join our free Kids Club at Bentinck Street Community Garden, 10am–12pm, for outdoor fun, creativity and nature play for ages 4–14.

Last week we made conker necklaces, built dens, told stories and toasted marshmallows.

This week? Maybe clay, spinning tops or charcoal making - we’ll see where the kids’ ideas take us!

Free but limited spaces - book now to save a spot.

Booking link: https://www.grow-wellbeing.com/service-page/bentinck-street-kids-club

What’s On – November at Grow Wellbeing 🌿This month, we’ve got eleven uplifting, nature-based sessions happening across o...
03/11/2025

What’s On – November at Grow Wellbeing 🌿

This month, we’ve got eleven uplifting, nature-based sessions happening across our gardens and green spaces. Perfect for everyone from children, to youth, to everyone else. If you love being outdoors, or want ways to effortlessly get your kids or young people outside and enjoying themselves, for free, check out what’s on and book on. From creative workshops and forest-school adventures to a friendly fireside gathering, come and connect with nature and community, and see what’s cooking at Grow Wellbeing. Considering the time of year, there will definitely be toasted marshmallows and warm brews involved!

🍂 Every Saturday in November
Kid’s Club – Bentinck Street Community Garden
10 am – 12 pm // Ages 5–14
Outdoor play, nature crafts and fun for children of all ages. Free sessions, led by qualified Forest School Leaders.

🌿 Every Saturday – Volunteer Gardening
Bentinck Street Community Garden
10 am – 12 pm // Open to all
Join our friendly volunteer team to help care for the garden and share skills, tea and company.

🌲 Saturday 15 & 29 November – Youth in Nature
Bidston Hill
10 am – 12 pm // Ages 11–18
Explore the woods, build fires, learn new skills and spend time outdoors with friends and our Forest School team.

🔥 Tuesday 4 November – The Night Before Bommy Night
Bentinck Street Community Garden
5–7 pm // All ages
A cosy fireside evening for volunteers, families and neighbours - hotdogs, marshmallows and community warmth. No fireworks, just flickering flames and good company.

💚 All activities are free, all require booking.
👉 Book now – https://www.grow-wellbeing.com/forest-school-sessions

01/11/2025

🎃 The Great Pumpkin Make-Off at Bentinck Street Community Garden was pure Autumn magic yesterday 🍂

Families joined us to turn recycled fabric into beautiful eco pumpkins, and little ones from just a few months old up to age nine had an absolute ball 💚

It was wonderful seeing the garden full of laughter, colour and creativity as we celebrated the turning of the season together - and it is truly amazing how many fabric pumpkins buggies can carry! 🍁

If you’re interested in how our community garden is developing, or you live locally and want to stay in the loop about what’s happening at what is *your* garden, you can join our Bentinck Street Community WhatsApp group for updates, announcements and upcoming activities 🌱

👉 Bentinck Street Community Garden WhatsApp Community Invite Link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KeUOVk0Sj6e9FfEe4zrZvT?mode=wwt

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GROW - Wellbeing

GROW-Wellbeing is a not-for-profit company which provides creative person-centred Forest School and other outdoor learning opportunities which support individual health and wellbeing. Extensive research indicates that children’s holistic development is actively promoted through positive engagement and respect for the natural world.

Working with communities throughout the North West and North Wales, GROW works with schools, nurseries, youth settings, child and adolescent mental health teams and local authority looked after children services, to provide programmes of outdoor learning, Forest School and plant cultivation, which are child-centred, promote positive self-affirmation, resilience, relationship building, risk management and communication skills and independence.

GROW is a team of experienced outdoor Forest and Coastal school leaders, early years and primary educators and lecturers, youth and play workers, artists and art educators and social care and mental health professionals.

Grow-Wellbeing is a Community Interest Company, limited by guarantee. Company Registration no. 11490513