Thrive is a national charity whose mission is to research, educate and promote the use and advantages of gardening for people with a disability.

Archived News

Taster training day at Thrive

25/02/2010

Free seminar for professionals - gardening after stroke & with heart disease, 15th April 2010

18/02/2010

22-28 February: Student Volunteering Week

17/02/2010

Syngenta staff raise over £5,500 for Thrive's Trunkwell Garden Project

11/02/2010

Thrive volunteer of the year 2009

14/12/2009

Blind Gardeners of the Year winners

16/11/2009

Sale of Christmas wreaths and table decorations

12/11/2009

Thrive at enABLE09 in Coventry

04/11/2009

Green Circle Project Launches in Hampshire

02/11/2009

Wicked support for Thrive

30/10/2009

Trunkwell Gift Fair

27/10/2009

Cocktail party in aid of Thrive 17 October 2009

10/09/2009

Thrive offers new free support for gardeners who have sight loss

10/08/2009

Training and education officer

27/07/2009

Could you volunteer at the Thrive Battersea Garden Project?

24/07/2009

The Thrive Battersea Garden Project open garden and family fun weekend

18/06/2009

New jobs at Thrive

31/03/2009

Mr Fothergill's supporting Thrive with Morning Glory Hazelwood Blues seeds

16/03/2009

New gardening sessions for younger people with dementia (near Reading & Wokingham, Berkshire)

16/02/2009
Do you look after someone who has dementia but who is in their 40s or 50s? Do you think they would like to join a weekly Gardening Club and help our research?

Thrive in The Times: Green shoots of recovery

17/11/2008
Thrive featured in The Times during December 2008 as part of the newspaper's Christmas Appeal. Articles about our work at the Trunkwell and Battersea Garden Projects featured in the weekday and Saturday editions.

Thrive and RNIB award prizes in the 2008 Blind Gardener of the Year competition

10/11/2008
Thrive and RNIB have again recognised the UK’s top blind gardeners in this year's Blind Gardener of the Year competition.

Trunkwell Gift Fair, Friday 7 November, in aid of Thrive

07/10/2008
Come to a fabulous Christmas gift fair on 7 November at the Trunkwell Mansion House, in Beech Hill near Reading, between 10am and 4.30pm.

New Thrive Christmas cards – buy some and support us!

07/10/2008
Buy your Christmas card from Thrive this year – choose from 4 festive designs at just £4.50 (incl. p&p) for a pack of ten cards.

Thrive gardening guide for heart and stroke patients now available to everyone

25/09/2008
Thrive's popular guide, gardening for hearts & minds , is now being made more widely available to coincide with World Heart Day on Sunday 28 September 2008. 

Latest additions to Thrive’s services for visually impaired gardeners

24/09/2008
Keeping the garden gate open and Gardening together are new additions to the range of products that are available free to blind and partially sighted gardeners.

Come to the Thrive Battersea Garden Project annual flower show

10/09/2008
This year’s flower show is on Wednesday 24th September, in the Herb Garden near Albert Gate, and is open to visitors from 12.30 to 2.30pm.

Thrive Annual Flower Show

22/07/2008
On Thursday 17 July the sun shone during the afternoon of our annual Flower Show at the Thrive Trunkwell Garden Project in Beech Hill, near Reading, Berkshire.

A successful week for Thrive at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show

15/07/2008
A successful week for Thrive at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Thrive’s debut at the world’s largest flower show was a resounding success (7 – 13 July 2008) and staff promoted the charity to visitors at two stands, one in the Daily Mail Pavilion and the other with RNIB, near the Festival of Roses.

Thrive News - Summer 2008

14/07/2008
Read the latest edition of Thrive News (Summer 2008) and learn more about how we help disabled people improve their lives.

Thrive at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2008

07/07/2008
Come along to Hampton Court Flower Show this week (8 – 13 July 2008) and hear more about how the power of gardening can change lives. We're delighted to be exhibiting at the Show for the first time and talking to visitors about Thrive and how gardening can be beneficial to your health and well being.

Open Garden at Thrive Trunkwell Garden Project 13 July 2008

11/06/2008
The Thrive Trunkwell Garden Project, in Beech Hill near Reading, will be open to visitors again this year from 2.00pm to 4.30pm, as part of the National Garden Scheme.

Excellent visitor numbers at Open Squares Weekend in Battersea

10/06/2008
The Thrive Battersea Garden Project opened their Herb Garden to visitors again this year during Open Squares Weekend on 7 & 8 June. More than 500 visitors came to see the newly planted garden and admired the brand new Alitex glasshouse. The Mayor of Wandsworth and local MP Martin Linton joined Thrive supporters and everyone enjoyed the glorious weather.

Battersea Park 150th Anniversary 14 June 2008

05/06/2008

Blind Gardener of the Year 2008

06/05/2008

Inspire Others

02/05/2008

New grants available for local food schemes

20/03/2008

Read the latest copy of Thrive News

11/03/2008

Reading man runs 54 miles for Thrive

11/03/2008

Come and decorate some Easter eggs at the Thrive Battersea Garden Project

19/02/2008

New Gardening Weekends for Visually Impaired People

05/02/2008

Thrive at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2008

07/01/2008
Come along to the world’s largest flower show on 7 July 2008 and support Thrive at the Midsummer’s Eve Charity Gala Preview.

Rotary Club raising money for Thrive

18/12/2007

Give a Thrive e-gift this Christmas

21/11/2007

Working It Out

24/10/2007

Thrive Battersea Garden Project Flower Show

17/10/2007

Thrive Battersea Garden Project's annual Flower Show

24/08/2007

HRH Princess Alexandra opens Thrive's new Secret Garden

18/07/2007

Read the latest edition of Thrive News

02/07/2007

Thrive awarded significant funding by the Big Lottery Fund to continue the National Blind Gardeners' Club

11/06/2007

Visit Thrive's New Secret Garden on Sunday 15 July 2007

31/05/2007

Thrive Opens Herb Garden in Battersea Park

31/05/2007

Just keep gardening!

10/05/2007

Volunteers from Barclays Asset and Sales Finance help with the Secret Garden

10/05/2007

Thrive's new appeal to complete the 'Secret Garden'

25/04/2007

Tips for Easier Gardening

12/04/2007

Using the garden to support people with dementia

10/04/2007

Inspire

23/03/2007

Thrive announces research results

05/03/2007

Gardening, Wellbeing and Occupational Therapy

13/10/2006

Children in Need chooses Thrive

18/08/2006

Mr Fothergill's supports Thrive for a second year

18/08/2006

Improving Children's Mental Health

08/08/2006

John Lewis Corporate Volunteering Day

10/07/2006

New Training Programme

10/07/2006

Volunteers help make Flower Show Bloom

10/07/2006

Partnerships go from strength to strength

04/07/2006

Last chance to enter Blind Gardener of the Year competition

04/07/2006

Increased Flexibility Project Update

23/06/2006

Steep and Stroud Open Gardens

07/06/2006

Thrive in Northern Ireland

07/06/2006

All Change - Ministerial Movements

08/05/2006

Therapist wins Prestigious award

08/05/2006

Using Horticulture to benefit people with mental health support needs

04/04/2006

Thrive launches Spring Appeal

04/04/2006

Blind gardeners to benefit from new national club

21/03/2006

Thrive launches Growing Options Project

28/02/2006

Roger Davis Running for Thrive

28/02/2006

Marathon Run for Thrive

28/02/2006

Wyevale Adopts Thrive

06/02/2006

Spring Blind Gardener Weekend

30/01/2006

Events for Blind Gardeners in 2006

27/01/2006

Monty Don shows support for Thrive

13/01/2006

Cultivating Quality

13/01/2006

Blind Gardener of the Year Presentation Ceremony

07/12/2005

Stary stary night

06/12/2005

Everyclick supports Thrive

10/11/2005

Buy your Christmas cards from Thrive this year!

18/10/2005

Blind Gardener of the Year winners

11/10/2005

Thrive's successful Antiques Valuation Evening

07/10/2005

New way to help Thrive

27/09/2005

First roadshows in London for blind and partially sighted gardeners

18/08/2005

Antiques valuation evening rescheduled for 22 September

29/07/2005

Thrive Garden Festival

22/07/2005

TV gardener Monty Don helps to raise money for Thrive

22/07/2005

Trunkwell Flower Show has highest number of entries ever

22/07/2005

New name for Thrive's newsletter for projects and practitioners

21/06/2005

Thrive now registered to receive wedding gifts

21/06/2005

Thompson and Morgan newest corporate affiliate

21/06/2005

Blind Gardener of the Year Competition 2005

21/06/2005

Garden Festival

04/06/2005

Growing Together research - the results

03/06/2005

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