Stories From the garden
Making the polytunnel planters
Kian, one of our Build Trainees, walks us through the process of making our accessible keyhole planters in our polytunnel.
Learning to be guardians of the liminal: A visual story unfolding at the edges
A look inside our latest away day at Paper Garden.
Future Neighbourhood Greening’s stories
This story is made up of many stories—stories of joy, and stories of twists and turns—about how the Story Garden community engagement team supported the transformation of neglected spaces into thriving green areas, improving residents’ wellbeing, skills, and sense of connection.
It is a story of migration, encounters, shared experiences, and the teaching of nature across local estates.
In the making: Partnership with Heatherwick studios
Young people’s creativity is often stifled by modern pressures, but engaging with nature can help revive it. Jemma, Global Generation’s Head of Funding writes about a collaboration between Global Generation and Heatherwick Studio for In the Making programme, giving young people space to reconnect with creativity, explore new possibilities, and feel empowered. The initiative has inspired over 1,000 participants, helping them see creative careers as accessible and encouraging imagination.
Changing perspectives
Global Generation Joint CEO, Nicole Van den Eijnde, reflects on why we are called Global Generation and what the local and global dimensions of our work are. Through gardening, togetherness and time to reflect, we work to inspire real change in our communities and a deeper change in how we think and care about the world