Chill out in our edible garden

With ‘active gardening’ shown to reduce anxiety by 26% and ‘connecting with nature’ resulting in 30% more people reporting their health as ‘excellent’; getting involved in our campus community gardens and growing spaces could be the perfect way for you to boost your wellbeing.

Last year with the funding and support of the Estates and Sustainability Teams, LED lights and a pizza oven were installed so that garden could be enjoyed all year round.

Activities this academic year have included:

• Regular sessions to take care of the plants, trees and wildlife such as a pond which attracts frogs, and a range of water insects.
• Artists using the garden for outdoor drawing
• Biosciences students studying the habits of feeding birds
• Japanese high school students learning about English plants and writing nature poems
• Pizza parties with the help of the woodfired oven