Squire’s Awards £5,000 To Community Gardening Projects
Squire’s Garden Centres has awarded £5,000 in gardening vouchers to ten local community gardening projects as part of its ‘Love Where You Live’ 2025 programme. Following the successful re-launch of the initiative last year, the programme continues to support projects that educate, grow produce, or provide health and wellbeing benefits through horticulture.
This year, ten groups have each received £500 in Squire’s vouchers, enabling them to purchase plants, tools and gardening supplies to bring their projects to life.
Love Where You Live 2025 Award Recipients:
- Hale Community Garden – supported by Squire’s Badshot Lea
- Wrecclesham Conservation Group – supported by Squire’s Badshot Lea
- Cobham Community Garden – supported by Squire’s Cobham
- Grayshott Community Orchard – supported by Squire’s Frensham
- Elmbridge Community Eco Hub CIC – supported by Squire’s Hersham
- Friends of Ifold Road Park – supported by Squire’s Reigate
- Headstone Manor & Museum Gardening Club – supported by Squire’s Stanmore
- Hogsmill Community Garden – supported by Squire’s Long Ditton
- Strawberry Hill Trust – supported by Squire’s Twickenham
- Binfield WI Environment Group – supported by Squire’s Wokingham
As spring and summer progress, these projects will get underway with fresh resources and enthusiastic volunteers, making a positive impact in their communities for local people to come along and enjoy. The combination of financial support and horticultural advice from Squire’s centre-based Plant Teams is designed to ensure that each project flourishes and delivers lasting benefits.
Sarah Squire, Chairman of Squire’s Garden Centres, comments: “We are delighted to continue our ‘Love Where You Live’ programme for 2025 and to be supporting such a fantastic range of community gardening projects. It’s truly inspiring to see the dedication and passion of local groups who are working to create greener, healthier spaces for their communities.
“At Squire’s, we believe in giving back to the areas we serve, and this initiative allows us to do just that. We can’t wait to see the progress made and the positive impact these projects will have over the coming months.”
Applications for the 2026 ‘Love Where You Live’ programme will open later this year.
