We are very fortunate that the wonderful illustrator and writer Guy Parker-Rees has created a really heart-warming animation for us. We think it's beautiful.
Grow winter social - Tues 13th Dec
The next Grow Social for anyone who has attended a Grow Season will be on Tuesday 13th December – leaving Brighthelm Centre at 1pm and returning by 5pm.
We’ll be easing our way gently together into the festive season up at the barn at Saddlescombe Farm with a foraging walk to gather natural materials for some festive wreath-making.
We’ll also be warming some mulled apple juice on the woodburner and there may even be a mince pie or two!
If you’d like to join us please email info@growingwellbeing.org.uk to book your place.
New report launches - Ecotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice
Would you like to hear more about how Matt Adams and Julie Morgan from University of Brighton have been working with Grow to evaluate the project and see some of their findings? Come along on Friday November 18th between 2-4.30pm to Mayfield House Lecture Theatre, University of Brighton at Falmer if you’d like to:
- watch the WORLD PREMIERE of a short animation about Grow and the University’s work with us
- be there for the launch of Ecotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice - edited by former colleague Martin Jordan;
- listen to guest speakers;
- AND, most importantly, enjoy a carefully curated selection of refreshments!
Please email Matt Adams if you’d like to attend on Matthew.Adams@brighton.ac.uk
Grow Poem
For a few hours the bomb in my head stopped ticking
And the perpetually unfinished lists were still
I didn’t have to run anymore, fear or hide myself
The anger the sirens the squawking were far away
And all I heard was birdsong
All I saw was beautiful
Nature minded its own business
I’m just another thing
Alongside
Quietly growing
And all I did was breathe
The calm strength of the earth below
Held my feet and made my stride braver
And the sky gently put its arms around my shoulders and said,
“None of this needs to be so complicated you know.
You will always be part of this landscape,
And no harm will come to you today".
By Sarah Grinstead, written after a day out with Grow
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Can’t quite believe we’re past the longest day already – time for some long lazy summer days and the opportunity to enjoy some of the amazing summer flowers and meadow grasses that are out at the moment. To catch up on our news and find out about upcoming events, read our summer newsletter.
