St Mary's Secret Garden Limited
Charity number: 1152027
Website: www.stmaryssecretgarden.org.uk
Description:
The Objects of the Charity are:
To advance the education of the public in the subjects of gardening, conservation and food production;
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society;
To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Hackney and the surrounding area the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.
To achieve this, we provide
an urban green space for all to access;.
therapeutic horticultural placements for the most disabled and disadvantaged in inner city London;
training in gardening and 'growing your own' to community groups and individuals;
our organically grown produce and plants to sell to local people.
Currently we are reaching over 120 people per week through the medium of horticulture. Our youngest gardener is 20 months old and our oldest is 88 yrs young. We have proven wellbeing impacts - please see our website for further details. We are regular medal winners of the Hackney in Bloom competition. Our garden is open to all.