Grow Well Eat Well is a project for the local community to garden, grow veg, cook and eat TOGETHER! FREE activities for all the family!
Spring Family Adventure
When: Wednesday 8th April 2026, 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Where: People’s Community Garden, Maidenhall Allotments, Halifax Road, Ipswich, IP2 8RE
- Follow the egg trail
- Share fun and food with your family
- Explore the community garden
This event is FREE to attend.
Book your place by contacting Phoebe by email phoebe@activlives.org.uk
or call 07756 533424 or ActivLives office on 01473345350
Families enjoy a bumper harvest as part of our local
our local food project
Our ‘Grow Well Eat Well’ project has gone from strength to strength over the summer, with a huge amount of veg going out each week to St Peter’s Top Up Shop – visited by more than 60 families.
Meanwhile, we have welcomed new volunteers from the local community, while a family and a group of childminders have taken up plots with us and are busy growing their own food with their young children.
We have encouraged residents to grow on their windowsills and balconies with activities at St Peter’s and Downside Close – giving away free seeds and plants.
Forty primary school children have enjoyed and learnt about gardening, growing and beekeeping in visits to the community garden.
We have also promoted cooking from scratch with fresh veg: Project Officer Phoebe attended the Top Up Shop with unusual bakes such as courgette cake, while a slow cooker course run by Realise Futures proved hugely popular. Everyone enjoyed soup made with veg donated by volunteer Pat from her plot, before taking their free slow cooker home.
More than 25 families had fun at our ‘Pizza Non-Express’ evening – collecting toppings around the garden for pizzas baked in the clay oven.
A huge thank you to Chantry Walled Garden volunteer Mark, who cooked a delicious harvest meal in our outdoor kitchen for us all to enjoy!
Children enjoy fun activities and healthy food
at Autumn family day
Families enjoyed our Autumn Adventure at the People’s Community Garden in October as part of Grow Well Eat Well project.
Children and their parents, grandparents and carers had fun exploring our wonderful garden, tended and decorated by volunteers especially for the event, and filled with an autumnal glow of yellow and orange hues.
They carved pumpkins, collected edible flowers to add to their garden potions, and crafted spider webs, before enjoying a healthy veggie lunch made by volunteer Mark, and cooked on the fire by volunteers Jay and William. This was followed by an indulgent pumpkin pie for dessert.
Some of the children said they really enjoyed the tomato and basil soup and veggie stew, despite thinking they might not like it – highlighting how valuable our project is in making good nutritious food accessible and showing people how to make it tasty.
Reaching us by public transport – Buses:
Getting Involved
For more information, or to book your place, please contact Phoebe phoebe@activlives.org.uk 07756 533424 or ActivLives 01473 345350
