Thrive 25 Project

Jul 01, 2025

Garden Project

Thrive 25 is about trying to re-imagine Matt Talbot into the future. In re-imagining Matt Talbot we are talking about the garden, it is an edible garden.

Everything outside should have a purpose, a function like herbs, crops we have fruit and mushrooms. Everything will provide something that can be taken from the garden and brought into our kitchen that can be used to make our meals each day.

If that’s what we are doing in the garden then we need to reflect that inside Matt Talbot,

We try to create a safe space, a place where people are welcomed, a place that’s trauma informed if this is where we are headed we all have to think about our own responsibility.

Every Programme that we provide will provide growth and information, a set of skills to every person in Matt Talbot. We hope to create an environment where we feel safe and people feel welcomed and where people also feel heard in Matt Talbot, that’s how Matt Talbot will be re-imagined in a number of years to come.

Thrive 25 in the garden is about setting up the raised beds and to start the paving at the back of the raised beds which opens up the opportunity to build the green house to transform the physical environment.

Wellbeing Team

The Wellbeing Team is going to focus on the crops that are going to be planted,

To think about how the crops are going to be introduced into the food that we eat here in Matt Talbot.

They are also going to look at the log cabin to try and create a safe space that’s welcoming, that is safe, calm, they will look at colour, look at the physical environment.

They will also be looking at the Wellness Environment here in Matt Talbot, maybe look at running some workshops

e.g Life Coaching, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management, Peer to Peer Support and how to build relationships.

Updates coming soon!

Written by Participant