Join us for an immersive woodland experience called Shinrin Yoku, or forest bathing. In this session, Helen Todd will invite participants to slow down, and deeply connect with nature through a series of sensory activities.
For this session we will take a walk through Cat Lane Woods and end with a hot drink and snacks at Big Bloom, our community garden at Heeley & Meersbrook Allotments.

Come and join us for a cosy, festive evening of wreath making at Marmadukes and The Mowbray. You will learn how to make your own winter wreath for your door with expert guidance and demonstrations from our tutors. All materials are included along with mince pies and mulled wine.

These workshops are all about having fun and being creative and are perfect for novice and seasoned wreath makers alike. Bring some pals and get together for a fun, relaxed evening to help get you in the festive spirit!

We are running five workshops, so you can choose to your date and ideal venue. We will be at Marmadukes - The Sorting Office and at The Mowbray in Kelham Island. ✨

Monday 24th November at The Mowbray at 7pm - SOLD OUT
Wednesday 26th November at Marmadukes at 7pm - SOLD OUT
Monday 1st December at The Mowbray at 7pm - SOLD OUT
Thursday 4th December at Marmadukes at 7pm
Monday 8th December at The Victoria at 7pm - SOLD OUT

Join us for our After-Hours Festive Shopping Evenings on Thursday 27th November
starting at 5pm at our cosy shop at 661 Chesterfield Road, Woodseats.

Take your time to browse our brand-new festive stock, find the perfect gifts for loved ones (or a little treat for yourself), and soak up the seasonal atmosphere. We’ll be serving complimentary mulled wine and mince pies, with plenty of candles, fairy lights, and friendly faces to make your evening sparkle.

No need to book—just pop in and enjoy the festive cheer!
All welcome until 8pm.

Join us for an introduction to The Art of Deep & Health Giving Rest. During our time together you will be guided through some gentle movement into the restorative space of Deep & Health Giving rest in the practice of nourishing Yoga Nidra, sound, poetry and story. All finished off with tea and treats. 
Noela, a qualified Pilates and Yoga coach, though now retired, is passionate about rest - pure and constructive rest. She will offer a space to understand how and why rest is of the utmost importance. 

In order to get the most out of your rest, you need to be as cosy and comfortable as possible.
Therefore, please bring blankets, pillows, cosy jumpers or whatever you have to make the most out of your experience.
Yoga mats will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer. 

Join us for our After-Hours Festive Shopping Evenings on Thursday 13th, 20th & 27th November
starting at 5:30pm at our cosy shop at 661 Chesterfield Road, Woodseats.

Take your time to browse our brand-new festive stock, find the perfect gifts for loved ones (or a little treat for yourself), and soak up the seasonal atmosphere. We’ll be serving complimentary mulled wine and mince pies, with plenty of candles, fairy lights, and friendly faces to make your evening sparkle.

No need to book—just pop in and enjoy the festive cheer!
All welcome until 8pm.

In this two hour workshop with Clare Anderson you will use different hand building pottery techniques to make a hanging planter or vase. You will be using terracotta clay and will discover the therapeutic benefits of using your hands to build with clay.
At the end of the workshop you will have learnt new skills and created a unique piece of pottery which will be fired and returned to you to proudly display in your home or gift to someone special.

Join us at Big Bloom - our community garden at Heeley & Meersbrook Allotments for a day filled with apple related fun! We will be pressing apples from our community orchard, have delicious treats and warm drinks to enjoy, and you can bring your family and friends to enjoy a lovely day in our community garden. We will also have lots of activities for the kids to enjoy. All welcome.

Make sure to bring a bottle to take some juice home and come and help us chop apples and squeeze them into juice.

🍎 It is free to attend, but booking is required - just click the button below 👇

Location Information:

Heeley & Meersbrook Allotments
Carfield Place
Sheffield
S8 9JA (use this postcode if you use a satnav)

There are two entrances to the allotment and for this event we will be using the top gate. This is located on Carfield Place.
The What3Words location for the gate is: ///fired.drank.frame

Please park responsibly being careful not to block any resident’s drives.

Join us for a relaxed and inspiring Vase Arrangement Workshop hosted by Bloom Sheffield at Bon.

In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to create your own seasonal arrangement using beautiful British-grown flowers, thoughtfully selected for colour, scent, and texture. Whether you're new to floristry or simply looking for a creative, mindful evening, this is a lovely way to connect with nature and take home something special.

All materials are provided, including your vase, which you'll take home along with your finished arrangement.

If you have a passion for flowers or have always wanted to have a go at flower arranging then Bloom's Flower Club is here for you!

Flower Club is a relaxed drop-in workshop where you will be given a mixed bucket of locally grown flower stems for you to play with. All flowers and equipment are provided along with cups of tea and friendly faces. 

One of our in-house florists will be on hand to teach you anything you would like to know whether that's, bouquet making, flower crowns, buttonholes, arranging in a vase - literally anything! And you will get to leave with your wonderful creation and some new skills.

Come and join us for a creative morning of natural weaving. Get creative and join us for a walk through the woods, gather and process natural materials, learn to make string and weave yourself a hanging for inside or outside.

We will be walking through Cat Lane Woods to collect our natural materials ad then heading back to Big Bloom, our community garden, to practice weaving and making string. Warm drinks and refreshments are provided, but please make sure you wear appropriate shoes and clothing as this is an outdoor event. 

This session will be facilitated by Charlie Hill - an outdoor artist and facilitator. Charlie has worked in communities across South Yorkshire for over 12 years and her work explores ways to connect to nature and each other through creativity and bushcraft.

If you have a passion for flowers or have always wanted to have a go at flower arranging then Bloom's Flower Club is here for you!

Flower Club is a relaxed drop-in workshop where you will be given a mixed bucket of locally grown flower stems for you to play with. All flowers and equipment are provided along with cups of tea and friendly faces. 

One of our in-house florists will be on hand to teach you anything you would like to know whether that's, bouquet making, flower crowns, buttonholes, arranging in a vase - literally anything! And you will get to leave with your wonderful creation and some new skills.

We're hosting a very special outdoor book club with our friends at Novel where we'll be talking about Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg with Bloom - a community flower garden for women and non-binary people in Sheffield.  Come and join us for an evening in the garden.

Join us for a relaxed and inspiring drawing workshop set in the beautiful surroundings of Blooms Gardens. We will start by wandering through the gardens, where you can pick some flowers for your inspiration ( you can also take these home with you ☺️) and then together, we'll explore a range of creative techniques—experimenting with watercolour pencils, playful organic marks, and vibrant colours—to create unique artworks inspired by nature.

Whether you're a seasoned artist or just starting out, this session is open to all abilities. There will be live demonstrations and friendly guidance throughout, so you can feel supported every step of the way.

Join us at Sheffield Botanical Gardens for our annual plant sale and seed swap. We will have a huge range of plants up for grabs, so come and treat yourself to something special for your garden. We will have homemade cakes, teas and coffees. We will be situated at the Dorothy Fox Education Centre.

Join us for a magical evening of garden grown flowers, friendly faces and creativity. We will be celebrating the summer solstice in style with a flower crown workshop hosted at The Mowbray - a wonderful reason to come and learn something new and stretch those creative muscles. 

Along with expert tutorage, your ticket price includes a botanical cocktail or mocktail, all your equipment and buckets full of flowers to choose from.

So grab some pals, or come on your own, and let's enjoy a summers evening together.

We have teamed up with Helen Todd for a special evening of Forest Bathing to start off your week right.
Join us for an immersive woodland experiences called Shinrin Yoku, or forest bathing. In this session, Helen will invite participants to slow down, and deeply connect with nature through a series of sensory activities. Research shows these mindful forest experiences are beneficial for psychological wellbeing, while also fostering a reciprocal relationship with nature.

Flower Club is back! 

If you have a passion for flowers or have always wanted to have a go at flower arranging then Bloom Flower Club is here for you! Flower Club is a relaxed drop-in workshop where you will be given a mixed bucket of locally grown flower stems for you to play with. All flowers and equipment are provided. 

One of our in-house florists will be on hand to teach you anything you would like to know whether that's, bouquet making, flower crowns, buttonholes, arranging in a vase - literally anything! And you will get to leave with your wonderful creation and hopefully some new skills.

It's that time of year again when all of our dahlias need planting out at our community garden at Heeley and Meersbrook Allotment. This will be a hands on morning of digging and planting tubers - very satisfying but make sure you bring your waterproofs and sturdy shoes.

This event will be held at our community garden for women. These sessions are all about giving gardening a go and meeting new people - no experience necessary just a willingness to get stuck in and get a bit muddy! Tea, biscuits and friendly faces always available.

Join the Bloom team and ceramicist Clare Anderson for an evening of creativity at Tonco Bakery. In this two hour workshop you will learn how to make a trio of pinch pots and will discover the therapeutic benefits of playing with clay. The workshop will guide you through a fundamental hand-building technique so you will end up with a trio of useful pots or small bowls. You will be able to be creative and make them unique by putting your own personal mark on your pieces.

At the end of the workshop you will have learnt new skills and created three unique pieces of pottery which will be fired, glazed and returned to you to proudly display in your home or gift to someone special.

Flower Club is back! 

If you have a passion for flowers or have always wanted to have a go at flower arranging then Bloom Flower Club is here for you! Flower Club is a relaxed drop-in workshop where you will be given a mixed bucket of locally grown flower stems for you to play with. All flowers and equipment are provided. 

One of our in-house florists will be on hand to teach you anything you would like to know whether that's, bouquet making, flower crowns, buttonholes, arranging in a vase - literally anything! And you will get to leave with your wonderful creation and hopefully some new skills.

Come and learn how to make your very own bouquet!

You will be creating a hand-tied bouquet with guidance and tutorage from our in-house florist. We will be using spring flowers and foliage to make a unique arrangement and we will teach you the skills to wrap it beautifully in brown paper. Our workshops are for all abilities and are about having fun, being creative and giving it a go!

It's that time of year again when all of our dahlias need potting up at our community garden at Heeley and Meersbrook Allotment. This will be a hands on morning - very satisfying but make sure you bring your waterproofs and sturdy shoes.

This event will be held at our community garden for women. These sessions are all about giving gardening a go and meeting new people - no experience necessary just a willingness to get stuck in and get a bit muddy! Tea, biscuits and friendly faces always available.

We are delighted to announce that we have added two new book club events to our Winter Wellbeing programme in collaboration with Novel Sheffield bookshop.

This is the second of two collaborative book clubs, focusing on the novel The Garden Against Time In Search of a Common Paradise by Olivia Laing. It takes place at Novel at 221 School Road in Sheffield.

THE BOOK BLURB:

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work drew them into an exhilarating investigation of paradise and its long association with gardens.

Moving between real and imagined gardens, from Milton's Paradise Lost to John Clare's enclosure elegies, from a wartime sanctuary in Italy to a grotesque aristocratic pleasure ground funded by slavery, Laing interrogates the sometimes shocking cost of making paradise on earth.

But the story of the garden doesn't always enact larger patterns of privilege and exclusion. It's also a place of rebel outposts and communal dreams. From the improbable queer utopia conjured by Derek Jarman on the beach at Dungeness to the fertile vision of a common Eden propagated by William Morris. New modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds, experiments that could prove vital in the coming era of climate change.

The Garden Against Time… is a beautiful and exacting account of the abundant pleasures and possibilities of gardens: not as a place to hide from the world but as a site of encounter and discovery, bee-loud and pollen-laden.

It's that time of year again when all of our dahlias need potting up at our production garden at Wortley Hall Walled Garden. This will be a hands on morning of potting tubers - very satisfying but make sure you bring your waterproofs and sturdy shoes.

This event will be held at our community garden for women. These sessions are all about giving gardening a go and meeting new people - no experience necessary just a willingness to get stuck in and get a bit muddy! Tea, biscuits and friendly faces always available.

Join Alice for a fun and invigorating run around Bingham Park, which will boost your mood and provide an opportunity to embrace the great outdoors during the colder months.

We will meet at the entrance to Bingham Park that is located at the junction of Oakbrook and Rustlings Road before setting off on a gentle 5km run along paths and trails. After the run is complete, we will head to a nearby cafe for coffee and pastries!

This activity is suitable for all levels and is designed to be a welcoming and inclusive experience. The pace will be adjusted to the ability of the group and we will take plenty of walking breaks if needed. If you have any concerns prior to the event, please get in touch.

Remember to wear clothes and footwear that is suitable for the activity and weather conditions, and bring a water bottle.

Join us for an introduction to The Art of Deep & Health Giving Rest. During our time together you will be guided through some gentle movement into the restorative space of Deep & Health Giving rest in the practice of nourishing Yoga Nidra, sound, poetry and story. All finished off with tea and treats. 
Noela, a qualified Pilates and Yoga coach, though now retired, is passionate about rest - pure and constructive rest. She will offer a space to understand how and why rest is of the utmost importance. 

In order to get the most out of your rest, you need to be as cosy and comfortable as possible.
Therefore, please bring blankets, pillows, cosy jumpers or whatever you have to make the most out of your experience.
Yoga mats will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer. 

This session will be held at Bradbury Maker's Shed in Hillsborough Park.

This event is for women and non-binary people. We are a trans-inclusive organisation.

Come and join us for a creative morning of natural weaving. Get creative and join us for a walk through the woods, gather and process natural materials, learn to make string and weave yourself a hanging for inside or outside.

We will be walking through Cat Lane Woods to collect our natural materials ad then heading back to Big Bloom, our community garden, to practice weaving and making string. Warm drinks and refreshments are provided, but please make sure you wrap up warm as this is an outdoor event. 

This session will be facilitated by Charlie Hill - an outdoor artist and facilitator. Charlie has worked in communities across South Yorkshire for over 12 years and her work explores ways to connect to nature and each other through creativity and bushcraft.

Join us for a practical morning of fruit tree pruning where you can come and help us prune and maintain our fruit trees at Big Bloom. No experience needed - just a willingness to get stuck in!

If you have them, please bring along a sharp pair of secateurs, loppers, a pruning saw and a pair of rubber grip gardening gloves. Tools and gloves will be provided if you don’t have your own. Make sure to wrap up warm.