OsNosh Outside - Growing The Garden

Funded on
19 Jul 2024

We will transform our community garden into a vibrant space to eat, teach and socialise in, with garden trail and sensory herb garden, and lead outdoor wellbeing activities for those who need it most.

£11,488 Raised of £11,409

31 Backers

100%

Costs

A programme of 12 garden & wellbeing sessions £3,000
OsNosh Outside project lead role £1,750
Garden mural working with community artist £1,500
3 x 8 seater wooden picnic benches £1,245
Plants and seeds £500
Educational outdoor signs and materials £500
Outdoor teaching kitchen equipment £500
Compost and woodchip £500
A fire bowl with complete fire cooking set £338
Raised wooden planters £320
Other + £550

Garden ornaments/structures built by Maesbury Metals £300

Garden tools £250
Target: (inc. fees) £11,409

http://osnosh.co.uk

OsNosh CIC is committed to tackling food poverty and food waste. We take a holistic community-based approach to this challenge, using these issues as a tool to build and unite community, improve people’s mental health and well being and develop a more positive sustainable attitude to food and the food cycle. This is achieved through projects involving the creative cooking and redistribution of surplus food, the cultivation of urban garden spaces and educational outreach.

Community Kitchen and Café - An open to all ‘Pay-As-You-Feel’ service utilising surplus food. We serve creative nutritious hot meals and provide access to surplus groceries at our food share tables, alongside community-led physical and mental wellbeing activities. We work with other organisations to ensure those most in need are made aware of our service and reiterate that it can be free.

Cookery School - Working collaboratively to teach cooking skills and build confidence in the kitchen, for minimising cost, reducing waste, and nurturing creative cooking. We aim to build self-esteem, confidence and independence - especially for those in food poverty, disengaged or constrained by physical or mental health.

Community Growing spaces – Our award-winning work in urban growing has transformed underused areas with sustainable gardening methods. This includes local school gardens and our own rooftop garden at The Centre. We re-green under-used spaces to create a place for our community to connect, grow produce and engage with their local food system and reap the physical and mental health benefits of connecting with nature.

Project Owner: OsNosh CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.