Helping Your Community Grow
We are proud to announce the winners of Helping Your Community Grow. Thank you to everyone that took the time to enter and vote, we have been overwhelmed with the support each community group has received. We received over 35,000 votes!
The winning community groupswill receive gardening resources to brighten up their green spaces in a sustainable way. Each storewill support the winning community group with advice, products and support to help their green space flourish.
The 2022 Helping Your Community Grow Winners are:
- Clifton - Trinity Hospice
- Stockbridge - Stockbridge After School Club
- Lisburn - Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School
- Swansea - Cwmafan Community
- Aberdeen - Arduthie PTA - Blossom Garden Project
- Ayr - Cherry Tree Early Years Harthall Dalmilling
- Braehead - Williamsburgh Early Learning & Childcare Class
- Dundee - Baldragon Academy
- Dunfermline - Foulford Nursery
- Edinburgh - St Thomas of Aquin's RCHS
- Inverness - Glen Urguhart Childcare Centre
- Livingston - Friends of Inchyra Park
- Milngavie - The Glasgow Group of the Riding for the Disabled Association
- Perth - The Black Watch Gardening Group
- Sandyholm - Happy Feet Nursery Carluke
- Stirling - Transition Stirling
- Altrincham - Bee Inclusive
- Andover - Rooting for Andover
- Ashford - Stelling Minnis Primary School Community Garden
- Atherstone - Abbey Infant School, Nuneaton
- Aylesbury - Kingsbrook View Primary Academy PTFA
- Birtley - CESTRIA Primary School Reception Class
- Boston - Hawthorn Tree Primary School
- Brighton - Happy Mountain
- Bury St Edmunds - Honington CEVCP School
- Cadnam - Bartley Outdoor Project
- Carlisle - St Cuthbert’s Community Outdoor Area
- Chersterfield - Brookfield Community School Learning Support Garden
- Cirencester - Northleach C of E Primary School
- Derby - Etwall Parish Council - Gardening Group
- Gailey - VOICE4PARENTS
- Galton - Charminster Preschool
- Gillingham - Bluebells Short Break Unit
- Gloucester - Nature Garden Pre-School
- Havant - Court Lane Junior School Gardening Club with Helen Beer
- Hungerford - Ashley Piece Play Area
- Huntingdon - 3Cs - Colne Caring Community
- Keston - Foal Farm Animal Rescue
- Kings Lynn - West Walton Community Primary School
- Leicester - LOROS
- Lelant - Whole Again Communities CIC
- Liverpool - St Mary's Grassendale Wildflower Project
- Marple - Wood Lane Community Garden
- Milton Keynes - Lord Grey Academy: Reset Gardening Project
- Moreton Park - St. Christopher’s School
- Northampton - Northampton General Hospital Volunteer Services
- Pennine - The Mast Community Garden
- Peterborough - The Cuckoo Clearing Yaxley Community Allotment
- Ponteland - Ponteland Primary School Forest School Sensory Garden
- Preston - Lostock Hall Academy Gardening Club
- Reading - Katesgrove Community Association
- Royston - The Hub
- Rugby - St Nicholas C of E Primary School
- Shenstone - Saxon Hill Academy
- Shepton Mallet - St Joseph's and Theresa's School
- Shrewsbury - Alice ward - Robert Jones Orthopaedic Hospital
- Southport - Compassion Acts Allotment
- Stapleton - The Trees Short Breaks Respite Care
- Stockton - New Biological Hospital, Darlington
- Swindon - Nythe Primary & Nursery School
- Telford - Friends of Hollinswood & Randlay Valley
- Thornbury - New Siblands School
- Woodbridge - Suffolk Owl Sanctuary
- Woodcote Green - The Hive
- York - Vale of York Academy
We are very pleased to announce our national winner is:
Gosforth – Cramlington Village Primary School
Cramlington Village Primary School is going to create a memorial garden with Dobbies support in memory of their student Lyla who sadly passed away unexpectedly earlier this year. This space will provide the children, team members, and the family a calming space to reflect and remember Lyla by.
Community support
If you missed out this year, don’t worry, we do have further opportunities for community groups looking to brighten up their local area. Please contact your local store for more details of the community initiatives.