Bangor Healing Gardens - Headway/SVB
Headway Gwynedd
A development of a sensory garden to provide an accessible, friendly, natural environment for brain injury survivors part of Headway Gwynedd & Mon, students from Bangor University, and the public.
Visitor Information
Fron Heulog
Fron Heulog
Friddoedd Road
BANGOR
Gwynedd
LL57 2EF
The garden will be behind St James' Church opposite Morrisons. There is parking at Morrisons for a 2 hour period, or university parking by the Healthcare building, and local bus stops.
Get involved
Volunteering opportunities / Upcoming events
Headway Gwynedd and Mon have volunteering opportunities to support our members at the Garden.
Student Volunteering Bangor have work parties on Sundays. (free to attend)
Both will work together to put on more frequent activities particularly in the spring and summer months.
Links for both can be found at the students union website: or
Get in touch
Contact information
Headway Gwynedd and Mon can be contact through;
Phone: .
Email: [email protected]
Student Volunteering Bangor for the Healing Garden can be contacted through:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SVBHealingGarden/
Photos of the site
Clearing for a new social area.
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Clearing space & placing compost
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Creating flower beds
Friday, May 3, 2019
Working on Site
Friday, May 10, 2019
Renovating old vegetable beds
Sunday, May 26, 2019
Weeding Veg beds
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Wheelchair accessability Path
Friday, June 7, 2019
Garden Design Plans
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Path Progress
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Bath tub pond in the ground!
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Local art club came to paint shed
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Vegetable Bed Wood Refurbished!
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Met with Grant Partners GrwpC
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Garden Party Headway Members
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Path progress
Monday, July 22, 2019
Path Progress!
Monday, July 22, 2019
Finished Planting Vegetable Beds
Sunday, July 28, 2019
New spiral path (Sensory beds)
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Sensory Spiral Path Complete !
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Purchasing the plants on monday
Monday, September 2, 2019
Pizza Oven construction!
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Student Opportunities Fair
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Purchased the remaining plants
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Official Sign Made
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Many new volunteers planting!
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Many new volunteers planting!
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Many new volunteers planting!
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Many new volunteers planting!
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Many new volunteers planting!
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Many new volunteers planting!
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Edible Sensory Herbs planted
Sunday, September 22, 2019
View from the nearby Bus Stop
Monday, September 23, 2019
Garden Pizza Party planned
Saturday, September 28, 2019What we've been up to
| What we did | When we did it | How many people took part | Who was there |
|---|---|---|---|
| First work party with 20 brand new volunteers of the semester ! | 22/09/:00 | 24 | Mixed ages |
| Volunteer Work Party Gardening , Clearing the weeds on the new flower boarder, planting the first herbaceous additions ! | 15/09/:00 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| Headway Members tea party | 14/09/:00 | 12 | Mixed ages |
| Ran a Stall recruiting volunteers at the Local student opportunities fair, collected 162 email sign ups for students interested ! | 18/09/:00 | 162 | Mostly young people 12-25 |
| Pizza Oven construction | 03/09/:00 | 3 | Mixed ages |
| Cleared the first flower bed, ready for planting the plants purchased with the grant on monday morning! | 01/09/:00 | 5 | Mixed ages |
| Cleared the flower bed and trellies, trimmed the grass verges and vegetable bed weeding | 18/08/:00 | 5 | Mixed ages |
| completed the sensory spiral path! | 11/09/:00 | 5 | Mostly young people 12-25 |
| A garden party and BBQ to value the Headway Gwynedd and Mon Members and SVB group! | 21/07/:00 | 26 | Mixed ages |
| Sunday Work parties, cultivating sensory beds, Laying the path, maintaining the garden weekly. Piecing together the pizza oven kit. | 04/08/:00 | 5 | years |
| Sunday Work parties, Filling vegetable beds, Laying the path, maintaining the garden weekly. | 28/07/:30 | 5 | years |
| Sunday Work parties, Filling vegetable beds, Laying the path, maintaining the garden weekly. | 14/07/:00 | 6 | years |
| Sunday Work parties, Filling vegetable beds, Laying the path, maintaining the garden weekly. | 14/07/:00 | 6 | years |
| Sunday Work parties, Filling vegetable beds, Laying the path, maintaining the garden weekly. | 07/07/:00 | 7 | years |
| Sunday Work parties, Filling vegetable beds, Laying the path, maintaining the garden weekly. | 30/06/:00 | 10 | years |
| Sunday Work parties, Filling vegetable beds, Laying the path, maintaining the garden weekly. | 23/06/:00 | 8 | years |
| trimmed the path border to make a tidy and clear passage to the sensory area. | 16/06/:30 | 7 | Mixed mainly 12-25 years |
| Local art club with children came to paint our shed and visit the garden and to give it a touch of colour to kick off the summer. | 23/06/:30 | 25 | Mixed ages |
| Created a new wheelchair and accessibility path for students, members, and the public with physical difficulties. | 07/06/:00 | 10 | Mixed ages |
| Cleared space for a social area | 20/04/:30 | 25 | Mixed ages |
| Dup up a compost pile and transferred this to the garden in order to lay down ground soil for the flower beds that will be around the path. | 03/02/:30 | 25 | Mixed ages |
| Renovating the old vegetable beds by re-soiling, planting, and building the skirtings and creating 3 extra! | 26/05/:30 | 15 | Mostly young people 12-25 |