Upmo Grow
Community gardening has been shown to have a wide range of social, economic and environmental benefits.
Students are given the opportunity to learn about propagating fruit and vegetables, building a raised bed, caring for developing plants, and safely using tools such as lawn mowers, hoes, spades and other common garden implements.
We have 3 community gardens – on site at Prestonpans and Gorebridge, and The Inch Market Garden.
About Upmo Grow
The content of the community garden session will vary depending on the time of year.
Sessions always begin with a social catch up to discuss daily planned tasks. Tasks may include sowing seeds in a poly tunnel, preparing raised beds for transplanting young plants, watering, learning when and how to harvest a crop, and mowing lawns.
The use and preparation of vegetables in meals is incorporated into the session content, helping students contribute to a healthy lifestyle. We also send our produce over to the Upmo Eat cafes; garden to plate.
Locations
We have 2 community gardens and another we will be joining soon.
Gorebridge
Workshops available onsite – Arts, Health & Wellbeing, Outdoor Learning and more.
Prestonpans
Workshops available onsite – Visual Art, Performing Arts, Outdoor Learning, Health & Wellbeing and more.
Images from Upmo Grow
Support Upmo
Upmo is an independent charity.
We rely on generous sponsors and donors to help us improve the lives of adults with learning difficulties and their families. Everyone from the large philanthropic trust to the local company who provides materials for our workshops makes a world of difference to the lives of our students.