The garden has been running since September 2017 and the Grow Well Project has a focus on engaging with people with health and wellbeing issues and supporting them through their garden work – they have a broad range of volunteers at the moment and encourage anyone that is interested to join them.  The project has been working alongside the primary care staff and GP surgeries in the area to help promote the benefits to health and wellbeing from gardening and working outside in a friendly and welcoming environment.

Grow Well Project Officer, David Kilner says,

“We won a commendation for our showpiece at the RHS show in May after tireless work through snow and rain to get our tulips flowering, mange tout climbing show pieces ready.  Our showpiece was designed, planned and built by our volunteers – a tremendous achievement!”

“The garden goes on and we can often be found handing out the weeks harvest to pupils and parents on a Wednesday from Ysgol Treganna – broad beans, lettuce, rocket, carrots by the bag full.

“Anyone that would like to be involved can just pop in and join us – our doors are always open to new volunteers.  JOIN US!

“You can find us at the Lansdowne Surgery garden drinking tea and looking after our garden from 12.30pm every Wednesday.”

Grow Cardiff is a small Cardiff based charity supporting growing projects across the city.

To get in touch with David, Grow Well’s Project Officer, you can email or call 07555 450 456.

We recently visited the Glamorgan Archives to begin to explore the history of the Paper Mill.  It was my first visit to the Archive so it was fascinating to learn more about how it works and to spend some time browsing. The photographs I had opportunity to look through were just the tip of the iceberg – but it was great to be able to see some snapshots of the working paper mill, some dating back to the late 1800s.

We have also spent time at the Dusty Forge on Cowbridge Road West speaking to people who had worked at The Mill and I’ve loved hearing the stories. We’ll continue to reach out to people via drop in sessions like this within the community, and on social media, as the project grows.

As we embark on this project we’re building links with a wide range of people, community groups and organisations with a view to not only curating stories, photographs and other memorabilia from The Mill’s past but to create a legacy at The Mill in recognition of its rich history for present and future generations.

We’ll post details of any upcoming events online but if you’d like to get involved, get in touch!