Our Vision

To revive the hidden gem of a Victorian Walled Garden, make it accessible to everyone and to encourage urban connection to nature and community health and wellbeing through nature, plants and herbs

Our Mission

To restore and revive the walled garden to create a safe, accessible and therapeutic space to use gardening, growing and a variety of outdoor approaches to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of the community and to encourage urban connections with the healing power of nature and plants. To develop the adjacent changing rooms building as a community resource with compatible aims to the enterprise and to provide an income stream for the operation of the walled garden, ensuring long-term viability.

Our Values

Growing Sudley is committed to building a sustainable social enterprise to use the walled garden and changing rooms to contribute to the health, wellbeing and social cohesion of the community, in particular those who need support to access this type of activity. We aim for sustainability in all areas: economic, ecological, social, cultural. Sudley House and Grounds were bequeathed to the City of Liverpool for the enjoyment, wellbeing and education of the community and these principles also underpin Growing Sudley’s activities.

Our ethos is particularly centred around nature and the environment. We consider ourselves to be stewards and beneficiaries of the natural environment and are committed to protecting, encouraging and learning from nature and the rich biodiversity our greenspaces are capable of sustaining. We use no chemicals or pesticides and garden organically, using natural methods. We are a permaculture project and apply this approach in everything from landscape design to business planning. We have a strong environmental policy and ethos and do everything we can to tread lightly, use local and circular resources and combat climate breakdown.