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Sow the City are working
with Cornbrook GP surgery
in Hulme, to create a new
wellbeing garden for
growing, wildlife and
relaxation.
Watch our video showcasing the Prescribe a Plant
scheme here.
Sow the City worked alongside GP staff and patients
to design and develop a wellbeing garden in the surgery’s
wooded grounds. The project is supported by Age Friendly
Manchester. It aims to develop the GP surgery grounds
to create an engaging greenspace and provide
nature-based interventions for patients.
The Cornbrook GP surgeries have around 13,000 patients,
many of whom are socially isolated and have very little
access to outdoor space. The garden provides opportunity
for local people to learn new skills, take part in physical
exercise, get access to healthy and free food and meet
new people.
Food growing activities and the recreational use of the
garden will be recommended by GPs providing a
precedent for the emerging social prescription approach
that is being rolled out across Manchester. Patients are
encouraged to engage with community and nature-based
activities as a means of improving their health and
wellbeing.
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