Stories From the garden

Emma Trueman Emma Trueman

Hands, doodling and unlocking the ears and mind

Emma Trueman, Head of Projects and Outreach for Canada Water, reflects on the beautiful ways children learn through their hands and how children’s minds come alive when they are given the freedom and space to discover.

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Garden Trainees Garden Trainees

Meet the garden trainees: Cohort Four

With our #TriangleSite we launched a formal build traineeship focused on sustainable design and building, heritage crafts and landscaping skills. Learn more about cohort four.

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Earth Build Trainees Earth Build Trainees

Making the polytunnel planters

Kian, one of our Build Trainees, walks us through the process of making our accessible keyhole planters in our polytunnel.

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Joygun Nehar Joygun Nehar

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.

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