Thrive is a small national charity that uses gardening to change lives.
We champion the benefits of gardening, carry out research and offer training and practical
solutions so that anyone with a disability can take part in, benefit from and enjoy gardening.

Come to a Thrive event and find out more about us

Why not visit one of our open garden & family fun days, easier gardening demonstrations, and weekly plant sales?

We have events planned throughout the summer with fun activities, kid's entertainment and ideas for easier gardening.

So come along and support Thrive, have a fun day, and find out more about Thrive and what we do.

Find out more about Thrive Events

Blind Gardeners of the Year competition

Whether you have a window box, a garden or an allotment, why not enter this year's competition for people who have sight loss, love to garden and grow food?

Just tell us - why you love gardening and growing food, how it helps you, what plants you grow to eat and how you share the produce - and you could win a super prize.

Find out more about Blind Gardeners of the Year 2009

New Carry on Gardening website

Thrive's new website can help you start or continue gardening whatever your disability.

There are top tips for easier gardening, tried-and-tested garden tools, and information to help you garden if you: have had a stroke or have heart disease; use one hand; have a weak grip; can't bend easily; have sight loss; or want to improve your emotional well-being.

Find out more about the new Carry on Gardening website

Thrive Battersea Garden Project Redevelopment

Can you help create a little piece of paradise in the Thrive Battersea Garden Project?

We're raising £839,000 to fund the redevelopment of the Thrive Battersea Garden Project in Battersea Park, London SW11.

Building new up-to-date facilities and refurbishing our gardens will allow us to help 250 local disabled people each year - that's 5 times as many people as we can help today. We will also be able to reach around 2,500 disabled people though our community outreach work – 10 times as many as we reach today.

Find out more about creating a piece of paradise in the Thrive Battersea Garden Project

Making a difference to Gavin: "I used to get bad mood swings but going into the garden and having a purpose in life has helped to reduce those."

Gavin has achieved fantastic progress during his time at the Thrive Battersea Garden Project. He first came in 2001, 12 years after he was...

Read more about how Thrive is making a difference to Gavin.
Making a difference to Brian: In 2003 a terrible car accident snatched away Brian’s hard-earned career. As a sub editor on a national paper, Brian had his finger on the nation’s pulse and was used to reporting front-page news.

Brian says: “Coming to Thrive’s Battersea Garden Project has transformed my life."
Read more about how Thrive is making a difference to Brian.
Making a difference to Veronica: Veronica is 54 years old and had a stroke in 2005. She lost the sight in one of her eyes and can’t use her left arm and leg.

The stroke completely changed her life and she urgently needed something new to focus on to help rebuild her confidence and get her strength back.

Read more about how Thrive is making a difference to Veronica.

Latest Thrive News

Published - 18/06/2009
The Thrive Battersea Garden Project open garden and family fun weekend
The Thrive Battersea Garden Project open garden and family fun weekend. Over 750 people visited The Herb Garden in Battersea Park on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June 2009 as part of London Open Squares Weekend.

Published - 01/06/2009
Could you volunteer at the Thrive Battersea Garden Project?
We're looking for people who have spare time during the week to volunteer and help in our office at the Thrive Battersea Garden Project.