Penrose Roots to Recovery

Roots to Recovery is a garden-based project that provides a therapeutic growing space for people aged 18+. It brings people together to nurture and grow friendships, not just vegetables, helping people become happier, healthier, and job-ready through various learning opportunities. The project offers skills learning and employability, reduces social isolation, and promotes mental and physical wellbeing.

Penrose Roots offers service users access to a growing space, where they grow organic produce and participate in on-site workshops. We also enhance and encourage wildlife and regenerate unused land. The project brings people together as a group, giving a renewed sense of purpose and reawakening old skills and interests.

We also promote recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, mental ill health, offending behaviour, homelessness and unemployment.

Penrose Roots offers our clients a range of opportunities, including:
•access to a therapeutic open space
•providing a place  to grow and cook organic food, enhancing healthy eating and benefiting food budgets
•access to healing centres in a natural environment, for people with mental and physical ill health
•signposting to relevant support services, where needs are identified