Potential To Grow – Community & Learning Garden
Our wonderful community venture, Potential to Grow has seen 5,000ft² of The Galleria car park transformed into a green, living and breathing space – complete with vegetable and herb plots, wild flowers, herbaceous and perennial beds, and established trees and shrubs.
The purpose of the community and learning garden is to help children from Potential Kids develop their social and communication skills, reduce social isolation, and help them develop friendships while developing skills, forming a hobby and doing something fun.
We have areas for growing fruit and vegetables to share locally, for propagating plants, and for creating a mindfulness and sensory garden for reflection.
What have we grown so far?
All sorts! Not just fruits and vegetables – we’ve found that our Community and Learning garden is making a huge difference to the mental wellbeing and social connectiveness of those who use it.
We now have regular STEAM learning sessions in the garden for our home educated young people, helping them to complete logical and mathematical tasks, problem solving and use of imagination. The shared sense of achievement we get from our work as the PK family crosses all the generations who get involved – we’re seeing more healthy eating (and love making meals in the outdoor kitchen!), learning about nature and the environment as well as showing the benefits of sustainability, exercise and getting outside.
We’re really proud of the sense of community Potential to Grow is creating – as a shared, inclusive, safe and diverse space for everyone to learn, relax and enjoy working with others.
Potential to Grow
The Galleria North Carpark, Comet Way, Hatfield AL10 0XR,
We are always looking for volunteers who could help us create even more potentials to grow – if you’d like to get involved, please get in touch