Healing, Growing, and Connecting Through Nature
By Holly Dodd
Celebrate Community Gardening Week (March 31st to April 6th) by joining local gardening groups. It’s a chance to improve health, learn new skills, and connect with others. Whether you’re a beginner or expert, gardening fosters well-being, reduces loneliness, and creates beautiful shared spaces. Get involved and discover the joy of growing together!

Community Gardening Week is taking place from 31st March to 6th April. Fancy doing a bit of community gardening? Would you like to be part of a group and get to know people? Welcome to Longford Park Gardening Group’s drop-in session on Friday morning, 4th April from 10.30 to 12.30. Click here to read more…

Please click here for details and dates of all the Health Walks for 2025.

Please click to see a list of all their sessions and prices.

Sign up is open for our fun, charity tournament – Manchester Disc Golf Ice Bowl 2025. We join a global network of Ice Bowl tournaments that raise cash for their local homeless charities. Sunday 19 January, 2025. Click here to read more.

FOLP are once again taking part in the St Matthews Christmas Tree Festival. Festival Opening times are as follows Christmas Tree Festival in St Matthew’s Church Stretford on Friday 13th (3-8pm), Saturday 14th (10am-6pm) and Sunday 15th (12noon-4pm) December. Well worth a look at all the brilliant trees.