Supporting Our Community

In partnership with Forest Garden, we are keen to support our local communities as much as possible.

Acorns Children’s Hospices

Acorns Children’s Hospices provide dedicated, specialist palliative care for life limited and life threatened babies, children and young people as well as support for their families. This support is offered from their three hospices based in Worcester, Birmingham and Walsall, as well as in the family home and community.

We regularly run charity events and have raised thousands of pounds for the hospices. You’ll also find Forest Garden products and from time to time some of our colleagues, at all three Acorns Children’s Hospices, where we have equipped Peace and Activity Gardens that provide calming spaces for children and families who are living through challenging time.

Thrive

Thrive uses gardening as therapy to bring about positive changes in the lives of those living with disabilities or ill health, or those who are isolated, disadvantaged or vulnerable. As part of our work with Thrive we have developed a range of accessible gardening planters and raised beds. These products are designed with wheelchair users and those with limited mobility in mind, enabling access to planting areas without the need to bend or stoop.

Local Schools

We have close relationships with around 50 local schools through our environmentally friendly growing campaign ‘Bee Friendly with Forest’. Each school is equipped with raised beds, along with the compost, seeds and planting guides that both children and their teachers need to grow their bee friendly plants and find out more about bees and their positive impact on the environment.