Maggie Haynes BEM

We’re absolutely delighted to report that Tuppenny Barn Founder, and Gardening4Health Trustee Maggie Haynes has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2026 New Year’s Honours Awards. Richly deserved recognition of her amazing work over so many years for the Community and the Environment.

A big day out – at Tuppenny Barn

Yesterday was a big day for Gardening4Health: the first in-person meeting of our Board of Trustees. It was lovely to go back to Tuppenny Barn: venue for our first Green Therapies conference last year. Tuppenny truly is a brilliant model for any therapeutic garden to follow, and Founder and CEO Maggie Haynes showed us roundContinue reading “A big day out – at Tuppenny Barn”

Infographics to spread the word

Dr Carly Wood is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Essex and Director of the Health, Exercise and Active Lifestyle Research Group there. Her research is focused on how nature-based interventions can be embedded within health systems to ensure access for all. She spoke about this at Tuppenny BarnContinue reading “Infographics to spread the word”

How we have used NHS Monies to pay for Garden Therapy in Tonbridge

Since I spoke at the Propagating Green Therapies Conference in October about, amongst other things, how we have employed Garden Therapy Workers in Tonbridge, I’ve been contacted several times about how this works. So, to help others who may want to follow this model I thought it would be helpful to create a summary documentContinue reading “How we have used NHS Monies to pay for Garden Therapy in Tonbridge”

Propagating Green Therapies – Recordings now online

Recordings of the event are now available to watch on the Garden Masterclass website: https://www.gardenmasterclass.org/green-therapies The whole day is available to catch up on online for £30. This fee is to cover the cost of the post-production editing, and any surplus will be gifted to the Transforming Tuppenny appeal.

Propagating Green Therapies in the UK – Joining the Dots

Monday at Tuppenny Barn – a very special day of connection and learning, both in person and online. Extraordinary speakers and wonderful delegates. All together helping each other navigate the pathway towards the universal provision of Nature-based Therapies. Within this wonderful healing and growing space; a day suffused with the Tuppenny ethos of sustainability, humility,Continue reading “Propagating Green Therapies in the UK – Joining the Dots”

SAVE THE DATE!

Propagating Green Therapies in the UK – Joining the Dots A one-day conference on making green therapies available to all To be held at Tuppenny Barn, near Chichester PO10 8EZ Monday 9th October 2023 9.30am – 5 pm A joint venture from Gardening4Health, Garden Masterclass, and Tuppenny Barn Booking details and Programme to follow

Tuppenny Barn

The very model of a modern Therapy Garden Tuppenny barn, in Southbourne – near Chichester, is deeply rooted in education, organic horticulture and sustainability. In the last four years it has branched in a big way into therapeutic horticulture. Groups visit to work with Social and Horticultural Therapists, connecting with nature in a safe andContinue reading “Tuppenny Barn”