Lets Grow Together & Thrive!

Thank you so much for taking time to read this…

Our aim is to raise £25,000 so we can grow more food, expand community access, nurture our environment and further our education and well-being offerings.

OUR STORY SO FAR…

In 2021 we rented an 8 acre field in Penryn, Cornwall to grow food with and for our local community. Since then hundreds of people have visited the field and contributed energy to creating an abundant community field. Once a bare grass field, Loveland now has almost 1000 trees planted within it, and contains diverse community land-based projects. Having successfully established our project we recently have secured a 10 year lease from Truro Diocese allowing us to drive forward our mission and aims.

PLEASE HELP OUR COMMUNITY GROW AND THRIVE: so that we can continue to feed our community with delicious local produce whilst meeting our social, environmental, educational, and well-being aims. 

We are passionate about community well being, production of nutritious food and working with nature, not against it.

We are an active platform for local community resilience and support, through the current cost of living and the climate and ecological crisis. In addition to the market garden we host projects led by local people including a herbal medicine garden, community veg patch, heritage grains project, flowers plot and a community orchard. A participatory community research project in partnership with Exeter University will begin this year. We want to continue to support these projects and need your help to do this!

WE GROW, GATHER & CELEBRATE FOOD - a space where people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds can get involved, meet, chat and be part of a welcoming community. We supply vegetables locally, incorporating hands-on volunteer programmes linked to social prescribing, employability programmes, and university research. Our volunteers learn how to grow food in a way that sequesters carbon, builds soil and supports wildlife. There are over 40 people who regularly volunteer at our weekly sessions; with 100’s more participating in our events and workshops every year.

WITH YOUR HELP we can progress our vision and sustain provision of shared growth (plants and people), through hands-on learning engagement and enjoyment of the field.

WHERE WILL YOUR FUNDING GO?

Your support will provide vital match funding for some exciting new developments on the field, and will also fund our well-being programme. 

We’ve recently been awarded FIPL (Farming in Protected Landscapes) funding and now need to raise match funding for:

• A wheelchair and pushchair friendly access track, to increase inclusivity and improve access to the field in winter.
• Two polytunnels to allow for year round food production, a more diverse range of food, and some much needed shelter for our committed (and often rain-drenched!) volunteers.
• A walk-behind tractor to allows us to grow more food, integrate green manures into our market garden, and manage our grassland for wildlife. Ultimately, sequestering more carbon and creating more habitat in the field.
• Improved compost systems to make more compost, that's better quality too.
• A wildlife management plan for the field. The design, creation and management of dedicated wildlife areas to protect nature and increase biodiversity. We will restore some of our Cornish hedges, plant more trees, and create acres of wildflower meadows! 

Your support will help us to continue to offer our weekly facilitated volunteer sessions. These run year round, where people come to share knowledge and skills, increase social connections, feel more connected to nature and ultimately feel better.

We aim to continue collaborating with local agencies to reach those most in need of accessing nature and health sessions, workshops and volunteer days. Employment Support Programmes and agencies assisting people with learning disabilities refer volunteers to our weekly sessions. We are linked in with the local Social Prescribing / Well-being Hub, Job Centre and University. 

We know that our sessions have a positive impact on people's lives - we want to sustain our offerings on a long term basis, and start offering more where there is a local need.

WITH YOUR HELP WE CAN EXPAND & THRIVE  We are passionate about celebrating the seasons, connecting with the land and each other, keeping old traditions alive and making some new ones for ourselves! 

BIG THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US THIS FAR - we hope you like what we’re up to and want to support us, we’ve got some great rewards!

PLEASE DONATE NOW!!!