Root & Branch

Therapeutic gardening and rural crafts for people in Oxfordshire who experience mental health difficulties

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You can benefit from attending Root & Branch through

experiencing the therapeutic effects of gardening
being involved in interesting and stimulating activities
meeting new people
learning new skills
becoming more physically active
gaining work experience
recovering confidence and self esteem
spending time in the countryside

Tree painting Leek flowers July 2008 Apple tree

Our autumn 2008 newsletter is now available. Download it, to learn about all the great progress we have made over the recent months to upgrade our facilities, introduce new activities and, above all, help so many people to improve their mental health and so move on with their lives.

Email us if you want to go on our email distribution list. We will send you future newsletters when they come out and send you notices of events.

Click here to download the newsletter as a pdf file (591 kb).

Winter at R&B is a time of keping warm as well as clearing the garden for spring. Find out more.

Autumn is the time for harvesting produce and planting for the spring. Meanwhile the last of the flowers are with us attracting the bees and other insects. Click here to see some pictures of Root & Branch in autumn.

Uchi kuri and orange soup. We have a great harvest of uchi kuri so are finding great ways to use the squash. Check out a fun recipe.

In August, Root & Branch shut down for two weeks to take out our old kitchen and start work on installing a new one. Things took longer than expected but the new kitchen is taking shape. Find out more.

We held our 2008 Open Day on Sunday June 29. This was a great success bringing in nearly £1000. Activities for all the family included sales of bric-a-brac, plants, crafts, and cakes; demonstrations of our activities, and games, storytelling and music. See more pictures here.

In March, Root & Branch was pleased to welcome Faith Mitchell as our new manager. She has worked before in teaching, tourism and charity management. We had a party to welcome Faith and say goodbye to our previous manager, Liz Clarke. Find out more and see pictures of the party, which included a tree-planting ceremony.

Forget the Da Vinci Code, discover the secrets of our Root & Branch logo. The designer tells us how she came up with the idea. Click here for the secrets!

Why not join us as a volunteer? You will find it to be fun and rewarding work. Find out more.

We are looking for a Healthy Eating Co-ordinator. This is an exciting new post based at Root & Branch but covering other community mental health settings in Oxfordshire.

Applications now closed and post filled - details to follow

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