August's Sustainability Challenge - the results!

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Show Us What You're Growing!

This month, we’re celebrating National Allotments Week (12–18 August) by launching a fresh new challenge: “Show Us What You’re Growing!”

Whether you’ve got a windowsill herb garden, a backyard veggie patch, or a full-blown allotment, we want to see it! Growing your own food is a brilliant way to live more sustainably, reduce food miles, and reconnect with nature.

How to take part:

  • Snap a photo of what you’re growing—plants, produce, or even your setup and send it to us at engagement@sng.org.uk
  • Tell us a little about your growing journey or what you’re most proud of below.

Why it matters:

  • Homegrown food reduces packaging and transport emissions
  • It supports biodiversity and pollinators
  • It’s a great way to relax and boost wellbeing

Let’s inspire each other to get growing this August!



Here’s some of the things you were growing in August!

  • Chives (onion and garlic) which we use on top of homemade pizzas along with home grown Oregano.
  • Lettuce in a window box, which we use in sandwiches and salads.
  • Blackberries from a thornless blackberry that I planted a couple of years ago. We have blackberry crumble, blackberries in porridge and with ice cream.
  • Apples from a small apple tree. We plan to get some stepover apples in the future so we can have homegrown apples for a longer period of time.


A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and sent in photos!


Here are some of the amazing photos we received:



bag of soil


Show Us What You're Growing!

This month, we’re celebrating National Allotments Week (12–18 August) by launching a fresh new challenge: “Show Us What You’re Growing!”

Whether you’ve got a windowsill herb garden, a backyard veggie patch, or a full-blown allotment, we want to see it! Growing your own food is a brilliant way to live more sustainably, reduce food miles, and reconnect with nature.

How to take part:

  • Snap a photo of what you’re growing—plants, produce, or even your setup and send it to us at engagement@sng.org.uk
  • Tell us a little about your growing journey or what you’re most proud of below.

Why it matters:

  • Homegrown food reduces packaging and transport emissions
  • It supports biodiversity and pollinators
  • It’s a great way to relax and boost wellbeing

Let’s inspire each other to get growing this August!



Here’s some of the things you were growing in August!

  • Chives (onion and garlic) which we use on top of homemade pizzas along with home grown Oregano.
  • Lettuce in a window box, which we use in sandwiches and salads.
  • Blackberries from a thornless blackberry that I planted a couple of years ago. We have blackberry crumble, blackberries in porridge and with ice cream.
  • Apples from a small apple tree. We plan to get some stepover apples in the future so we can have homegrown apples for a longer period of time.


A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and sent in photos!


Here are some of the amazing photos we received:



Tell us a little about your growing journey or what you’re most proud of growing

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