Bloom Sheffield

Bloom Sheffield CIC is a social enterprise promoting positive mental health through therapeutic horticulture. We run four community gardens and a community and retail space. We work with attendees to grow cut flowers throughout the British flower season and then cut and sell the flowers, along with other items such as homeware, gardening and floristry tools, books etc in our shop in Woodseats.

As a not for profit CIC all the money we raise goes back into supporting the people we work with at our gardens. We also run a vibrant programme of events and workshops at our gardens, community space and out and about across the city.

At our gardens we run weekly Gardening To Feel Good groups which provide support for women and non-binary people who are struggling with mental ill health, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, psychosis and agoraphobia. We bring people from different backgrounds together to work collaboratively on a shared outdoor project and aim to improve mental health, reduce social isolation and provide a safe space to share and learn new skills.