Community
As a not-for-profit, an important part of what we do is supporting our local community and using flower growing as a way of doing so.
Every Friday and Saturday morning we run our Women’s Shed project. Since January 2025 we now run our new intergenerational Growing Connections project on Wednesday mornings.
We also collaborate with other local businesses to run workshops and events throughout the year to bring the community together.
To help us run these projects, we receive grant funding from organisations including the National Lottery, Postcode Community Trust, UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund and Swansea Council.
The Women’s Shed
The Women’s Shed was born out of a desire and demand from local women of all ages and backgrounds to have more spaces to connect with each other over positive, practical activities. The Women’s Shed therefore creates a supportive space where those aged 18+ can come together to learn, talk and get their hands a bit muddy!
How much you engage is totally up to you. There is no pressure and no expectations for anyone to chat if they don’t want to. This is your space and we want you to feel totally comfortable. We know that being in a group can be a bit overwhelming for some, so if you just want to come and sow some seeds or do some weeding, that is just as wonderful.
The Women’s Shed is a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds, skin colours, cultures, genders, sexualities and abilities. Summit Good also runs the Men’s Shed project on our shared site on Thursday mornings. You can read more about the project on the BBC website.
Growing Connections
Growing Connections is a new intergenerational project that uses flower growing as a way of connecting older and younger members of the community to boost wellbeing. The sessions are aimed at individuals under 25 and over 50.
The project came about after we saw the amazing benefits that having individuals ranging from 18 - 80 had at our Women’s Shed sessions. The sharing of knowledge, experience and skills across generations had a hugely positive impact on participants’ enjoyment and wellbeing.
Based on this experience and research that has been done on the benefits of intergenerational connections, we decided to create a new project that had this at its heart.
What to expect
During these sessions you might find yourself doing things like sowing seeds, laying woodchip, potting up and harvesting our beautiful flowers. We have a large polytunnel where we grow certain varieties of flowers so if it’s raining, we’ll be under cover!
Tea, coffee and cake are provided during both sessions to keep us fuelled. No gardening or growing experience is required. We recommend wearing comfortable clothing that you don’t mind getting a bit muddy and some sturdy footwear such as trainers or walking boots. We ask that you don’t bring dogs.
We are currently in the process of levelling the tracks on-site which will make the farm more accessible to those with limited mobility. We welcome those with additional mental and physical needs and their accompanying relatives or carers.
Sessions are held at our farm in Dunvant - find directions here.
