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Changing Lives Through Therapeutic Horticulture

What we do

The Good Life Project is a therapeutic horticultural programme run by Pendle Leisure Trust and funded by the National Lottery. We are based at Hodge House Allotments in Nelson, Lancashire and we improve the health and wellbeing of individuals who may be isolated, inactive or have mild to moderate mental health issues.
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Mayor's Commendation Award

The Good Life Project was awarded the Pendle Mayor's Commendation award for going the extra mile and making an outstanding contribution to the quality of life in Pendle.
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3 days ago

🦆I think the saying 'nice weather for ducks' sums up today's weather ☔. But despite the downpours we managed to get things done. The hotbeds are almost filled and we have been replacing the old woodchip in the polytunnel 😀🦆☔🦆#healthandwellbeing ... See MoreSee Less

🦆I think the saying nice weather for ducks sums up todays weather ☔. But despite the downpours we managed to get things done. The hotbeds are almost filled and we have been replacing the old woodchip in the polytunnel 😀🦆☔🦆#healthandwellbeingImage attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment
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The chickens and duck getting hot feet? 🥴🥴

Looking good!

The Good Life Project
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1 week ago

Accrington & Rossendale College students spent the morning helping us to finish manuring the polytunnel beds, sowing salad leave seeds and filling pots ready for planting. They did a great job! 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾👍 ... See MoreSee Less

Accrington & Rossendale College students spent the morning helping us to finish manuring the polytunnel beds, sowing salad leave seeds and filling pots ready for planting. They did a great job! 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾👍Image attachmentImage attachment
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1 week ago

Greenhouses, cleared, swept, tidied and washed ready for the new plants👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🌱#spring #gyoforwellbeing ... See MoreSee Less

Greenhouses, cleared, swept, tidied and washed ready for the new plants👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🌱#spring #gyoforwellbeingImage attachmentImage attachment
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Nothing I like more than all the potential in an empty greenhouse at the start of the season! 😁

Impressive!

The Good Life Project
The Good Life Project

2 weeks ago

👨‍🌾🌱👩‍🌾A busy day pricking out some onion seedlings. We have grown a couple of varieties, one of these being Mammoth Onions, we will let you know how big they get. Our geranium seedlings that we sowed at the beginning of January were also pricked out. 🌨❄🌱🌱 #healthandwellbeing #gyoforwellbeing ... See MoreSee Less

👨‍🌾🌱👩‍🌾A busy day pricking out some onion seedlings. We have grown a couple of varieties, one of these being Mammoth Onions, we will let you know how big they get. Our geranium seedlings that we sowed at the beginning of January were also pricked out. 🌨❄🌱🌱 #healthandwellbeing #gyoforwellbeingImage attachmentImage attachment
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2 weeks ago

It is slowly starting to feel like spring is just round the corner and it is staying light till just after 5pm 😀 We are starting to see flowers popping up, so this brings us nicely to 'flower of the week', which is the Snowdrop. The Galanthus, or Snowdrop is a pretty flower which starts to appear in January. For many of us it is a taste of what flowers are to come over the next few weeks. Snowdrops do not establish well from dry bulbs, so you are best buying and planting them when they are in the green. Or divide a clump, once they have finished flowering 🌱🥀🌷 #gyoforwellbeing ... See MoreSee Less

It is slowly starting to feel like spring is just round the corner and it is staying light till just after 5pm 😀 We are starting to see flowers popping up, so this brings us nicely to flower of the week, which is the Snowdrop. The Galanthus, or Snowdrop is a pretty flower which starts to appear in January. For many of us it is a taste of what flowers are to come over the next few weeks. Snowdrops do not establish well from dry bulbs, so you are best buying and planting them when they are in the green. Or divide a clump, once they have finished flowering 🌱🥀🌷 #gyoforwellbeing
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3 weeks ago

🌱👩‍🌾Do you have any spare seeds hanging about at home or in your garden shed? Then The Good Life Project needs you! Horticulture is extremely beneficial for people’s health and well-being, but to be able to deliver activities seeds are needed👨‍🌾🌱
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