Growing Lives

Sydenham Garden

The only core project based at the De Frene market garden site. The project runs weekly social, therapeutic and vocational horticultural sessions, along with offering the chance to achieve Open College Network accreditation.

  • Improve their mental, physical health, and general wellbeing,
  • Learn new horticultural and transferable skills, to gain qualifications, and to improve their employability, self-confidence, and self-esteem,
  • Learn food growing and experience healthy eating and improved diet, and
  • Increase their social inclusion in the communities they live in.
Growing Lives also manages the De Frene site in an environmentally friendly way which enhances wildlife and biodiversity, as well as improving the general amenity of the neighbourhood.

Growing Lives is led by the Project Coordinator and supported by the Project Assistant and Support Volunteers.


Fin out more about making a referral https://www.sydenhamgarden.org.uk/referrals/how-to-make-a-referral/


Contact details

Organisation Sydenham Garden
Address Sydenham Garden Resources Centre, Wynell Road, London, SE23 2 LW, United Kingdom
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