# Blooming Gardeners SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC053019
- **Known as:** Blooming Gardeners
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 2023
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC053019


## Contact

- **Address:** 12 Birch Place, Tain
- **Postcode:** IV19 1FF
- **Website:** bloominggardeners.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of environmental protection or improvement&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Blooming Gardeners is a gardening project in Easter Ross giving adults with learning disabilities and/or neurodiverse conditions the opportunity to enjoy purposeful and productive horticultural activities in a safe environment. Guidance and support are provided by skilled horticultural trainers and volunteers. The gardeners obtain experience and training in plant production, garden maintenance, soft landscaping and fruit and vegetable growing. Regular healthy, outdoor activities like this promote both physical and emotional wellbeing. Self-esteem is boosted by involvement in planning and in the satisfaction derived from seeing the results of their efforts. The community benefits from colourful floral displays and produce donated to the local food bank. Eco-friendly techniques are used and consideration of the natural environment is encouraged through discussion and example. Parents and guardians of the gardeners enjoy the regular respite from their caring role thus provided.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;People with disabilities or health problems&#x27;,&#x27;Other defined groups&#x27;

**Objectives:** The organisation&#x27;s purposes are to support people in Easter Ross with potential exclusion issues, principally, but not exclusively, learning disabilities (hereafter referred to as the client group) through involvement in horticulture in a safe and supportive environment, thereby promoting: The advancement of the physical and mental health of the client group * by promoting and sustaining cardiovascular health and good levels of mobility through engagement in the physical activities of gardening. * by promoting and sustaining good mental health and emotional wellbeing through engagement in gardening and the support of the horticultural trainers.  The advancement of education by providing the client group with the opportunity to develop new and transferable skills under the guidance of skilled horticultural trainers.  The advancement of citizenship and community development through encouraging social inclusion:  * by providing the opportunity for our client group to develop new friendships  * by involving volunteers and community groups in horticultural and nature-based projects with the client group.  The advancement of the protection and improvement of the environment:  * by assisting the client group in developing awareness, understanding and responsibility for their natural environment  * by using environmentally-friendly horticultural practices





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Highland
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area







