Give it a Grow Wigan Spotlight on

A Local Social

Give it a Grow Wigan formed in 2021 with the aim of bringing greater biodiversity to Wigan’s urban spaces. We were a little fed up with endless mowed grass, bare concrete and lack of flowers, and we soon found that quite a few folk agree!

Victoria lives and works in Springfield, so we work quite a lot around here. We garden every two weeks on a Tues morn from 9:45am at St Anne’s Community Garden and with the SBHG group on the last Sunday of the month.

You’ll often spot Victoria waving a litter picker around too. You’re welcome to join any session; we love meeting new people.

The garden is looking great; we previously created a mini wildflower meadow and wildlife pond.

Now we’re working on more of the space, and there are more flowers than ever, and fruit and veg are already well on their way for the year. It’s a lovely peaceful spot.

We have four members, Victoria, Ali, Michelle and Dawn, and 40 or more volunteers who have helped with various gardening projects.

Community is very much the focus of our work - we can’t do this job alone! We work with several community groups in Wigan.

Our projects are generally guided by whoever wants a hand, and we figure out how to help.