CONTRIBUTORS, councillors, and community members gathered to celebrate the work of the Holy Brook Nook project on Saturday, November 5.
The project, which started back in February, is working to improve the community as well as its spaces through conservation work, promoting and protecting natural space, and providing learning opportunities.
Attendees were invited to see the wellbeing garden, meet the muralists and conservationists, and find out about how the project is helping children in Coley.
Natalie Ganpatsingh, a director at Nature Nurture, said: “It was just fantastic to see so many people turn out on a rainy day– from the council, the different groups who’ve worked on the project, and the Coley community.
“All celebrating the project so far, and we can’t wait to take it on to the next step.”
She said of Holy Brook Nook: “It’s a genuine grassroots community project– and, unusually, it embraces looking after a green space with volunteers, public art, education, all those things together in one place.”
She thanked those who had contributed to making the project a success so far, saying: “It takes so much to really have an impact on an area.
“I’m really personally very grateful that the councillors were willing to take that step with with Nature Nurture and our partners to go for something that really was so ambitious.
“They just trusted us to, to work with the community, and it’s really paid off.”
