HEREFORDSHIRE GROWING POINT Registered Charity No. 1006625
Welcome
Herefordshire Growing Point encourages and assists people who are unable to manage traditional methods of growing plants to enjoy the therapeutic benefits of horticultural activities. Individual needs are met through utilising several alternative gardening techniques together with adapted tools and accessories.
The Castle House Hotel in Hereford generously allowed Herefordshire Growing Point to use their wedding marquee for a 20th Anniversary fundraising event on 19th March. Sir Roy Strong was guest speaker and the evening was a great success, being generously supported by several businesses including Knight Frank, the Frome Valley Vineyard, Holloways of Suckley, Butler and Sweatman in Ledbury and Art History UK.
We were honoured to have HRH The Countess of Wessex visit the Demonstration Garden on Wednesday, 17th March 2010. Click here to see an account of her visit.
PATRON: The Baroness Masham of Ilton
NEXT EVENT
Gardeners’ Question Time
Saturday 10th March 2012
7.00 - 9.00pm
The Main Hall, Royal National College for the Blind,
College Road, Hereford, HR1 1EB
Chairman: Sir Roy Strong
Panelists
Stephen Anderton – gardener & columnist
Robert Myers - landscape architect & designer
Nick Dunn - Trees for Life – F P Matthews
Tickets - £15 to include drinks and canapes
Please contact Laura Hone on laura@hone.net or ring 01531 640222 for more details.
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"I would like to carry on gardening, it makes me feel like an adult and pleased at what I have achieved". - HGP client comment
A recent article in Neuroscience mentioned that scientists at Bristol University & UCL discovered that mycobacterium vaccae, friendly bacteria in soil has the same uplifting effects as anti-depressant drugs. The bacteria stimulated the immune system and activated in the brain a group of neurons that produce the mood enhancing chemical serotonin. Even the briefest contact with soil releases these friendly bacteria.
