World Autism Awareness (WAAW) Climate Friendly Food Growing

We had a fantastic first session in our series of food growing workshops, teaching residents how they can help to combat climate change through growing food and providing plants for pollinators/beneficial insects.

We ran this event not only for the autistic community, as part of WAAW, but for a wider audience to include people with special educational needs with or without autism, plus any carers for those with additional support needs.

The workshop was tailored to attendees’ different requirements and lack thereof, to allow something for everyone! All participants were given a tour of the food forest and the rainwater harvesting areas, followed by hands on seed-sowing experience.

Where autism was not accompanied by any special needs we gave a separate talk on advised food growing practices to maximise the yield of organically grown food.

We had a very positive session with plenty of engagement and new skills learnt.

We hope to run more inclusive workshops in the future, reaching out to all sectors of our society, helping everyone to see the part that they can play and the difference they can make in combatting climate change!