Issue 73 April 2023 FREE DONATIONS WELCOME
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s part of my role I support many different groups and ini�a�ves. One of the areas I am most excited about is suppor�ng community green spaces. Imagine a garden at a doctor’s surgery that grows food and medicinal herbs, where residents take the produce home to cook, and children learn where it comes from. A place where luscious leaves shade friends as they admire nature’s curiosi�es in a calm space that hosts a diversity of plants, bu�erflies and birds. Imagine all this right in the centre of Southmead. This is the reality at the Henbury and Southmead Family Prac�ce, Bristol’s first GP Prac�ce that has a
garden open for the benefit of its pa�ents and community. Throughout the winter residents, doctors, staff, and crea�ves have been working together to develop the ‘Glencoyne Wellbeing Garden’ and to sow the seeds for a greener future. The vision uses holis�c gardening prac�ces with people at its heart. The working group are establishing plants that encourage wildlife and planning gardening sessions to offer inter-genera�onal learning. All dressed up and nowhere to grow? With the Equinox having passed new shoots are now growing at the Glencoyne Wellbeing Garden. We would like to invite you to come and enjoy the longer days with us. The garden is open on Thursdays 2 - 4pm for volunteers, although alterna�ve �mes can be arranged if this doesn’t con�nued on page 3>
INSIDE P.3 Glencoyne Square update P.4 Hello Hedgehogs! P.5 Easter at The Ranch P.6 We Love Pre-Loved! P.7 A Royal Invita�on P.8 Lots On at the S.C.A P.9 Looking for our Library? P.10 Times, Places & Info P.11 Poetry Please Southmead P.12 Get involved in the Southmead Fes�val