Funded projects
Grow Wild awards funding of £2,000 or £4,000 to community groups to bring people together and transform communal spaces, by sowing and growing UK native wildflowers, plants and fungi.
Each of the 294 projects we've funded across the UK so far, inspire people to grow and learn about UK native wildflowers, plants and/or fungi through unique, creative ideas and events which involve the local community. We are always amazed by the creativity and inspiration of the groups, as they constantly find new ways to engage people in learning about UK native wildflowers, plants and fungi.
View our interactive map of funded projects. The map allows you to click through to each project’s profile page, featuring photos, activity records and ways to get in touch.
Read some stories from our community projects.
2018 Community Projects
What do a dinner club in Bermondsey, the UK’s first dedicated hip-hop school in Derby, a world record attempt in Lytham, a student action group in Swansea, street artists in Derry, and the residents of the wind-swept Hebridean island of Tiree all have in common?
You’ve guessed it. They are just a few of the 50 community groups and organisations that make up the Grow Wild 2018 community project network. From Caithness to the Isle of Wight, Redruth to Montrose and Fermanagh to Grimsby, this years network of projects is truly covering the length and breadth of the UK – reaching new audiences, connecting people with their neighbours and making, often dramatic, transformations to community spaces.
For more information about 2018 projects click on the project below to explore their project profile page:
South England
North England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
South England
Connecting Communities: Nature on Your Doorstep, Gloucester
Forest Farm Herbal Aid, Ilford, Essex
Growing Local Flora at the Centre of the Earth, Birmingham
Healing Roots Community Garden, Torquay
Southwark Peace Garden, London
The Dark Side and Underworld! Basingstoke
Wild About Herbs, Ryde, Isle of Wight
Wild Field Feast & Maze Play, Redruth
North England
Women's Weeds, Amble, Northumberland
West End Wildflower Corridor, Newcastle upon Tyne
It's Spreading Like Wildflowers @ Jubilee, Crewe
Weeds Are Flowers Too, Once You Know Them, Manchester
From Blooming Bins To Wild Weekends, Salford
Greening Church Street, Stoke-on-Trent
Where The Wild Things Are, Bootle, Merseyside
Scotland
Grow Wild with Caithness Horizons, Thurso
The Blooming Good Garden of Readin', Glasgow
Bushcraft Botanicals, East Kilbride
Good Shepherd Centre Nature Trail, Bishopton, Renfrewshire
Hebridean Flower Power, Isle of Tiree, Argyll
Garnock's Fantastical Forest, Beith, Ayrshire
Wild 25: Sharing the Word on Native Wild Flowers, Inverness
The Tollcross YMCA's 'Melody Meadow Project', Glasgow
Going Native with Nature, Montrose
Rewilding Gorebridge, Midlothian
Wales
Goldfinger, Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan
Tyfu Môn (Grow Anglesey), Menai Bridge, Anglesey
Grow Together at Insole Court, Cardiff
Living, Learning, Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil
Northern Ireland
Free Range Families, Larne, Antrim
Weeds Shall Overcome, Derry / Londonderry
Turning Triax Green, Derry / Londonderry
Beyond the bridge! Armoy, Antrim
Beautiful Border, Belleek, Fermanagh
Get in touch
If you would like to speak to Grow Wild about your project please email the relevant contact below:
England | Scotland |
Wales | Northern Ireland |
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