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Sow the City delivers efficient and cost-effective projects that strengthen the local economy, provide health benefits to residents and help to make neighbourhoods cleaner and greener.

"The benefits to health and wellbeing are plain to see and I have heard a lot of very positive feedback about their work."

Councillor Joanna Midgley

We have experience of working with disengaged residents, including those who are long term unemployed, socially isolated or who may be living in socio-economically deprived neighbourhoods.

  • We run one-off workshops and events within local community areas and engage in strategic work to improve community health and wellbeing.
  • Our projects encourage community members to take collective action, to grow food together and to improve the quality of life in their local area
  • Sow the City can provide consultancy and research identifying unused sites that would benefit from urban greening.
  • We can assist with food policy work
  • We can submit joint funding applications to help access voluntary sector funding that isn’t available to local authorities.

Find more useful information on our workshops and training page.

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Related services

  • Site transformation

    Designing growing spaces and transforming derelict and unused land into thriving urban green spaces.

  • Workshops and training

    Running green workshops e.g. food growing, healthy eating, nature crafts, wildlife, and sustainability.

  • Research and consultancy

    Using our expertise to research the benefits of green spaces and solve problems.